A west-bound Northern Pacific train which travels from St. Paul to International Falls, through Brainerd, struck an automobile at a crossing in Clear Lake last night killing four persons. The dead were: Ardath Trego, 26, driver of the car and co-owner of a cafe at Becker, Minn., Edward Mooney, 48, of Clearwater Minn., two daughters-Rose Mooney, 19, and Cecelia Mooney, 22.
Engineer H. J. Wilson, of St. Paul, was the only witness. He said the train was traveling about 35 miles an hour and that the car shot across the tracks without warning. Frances Hojzem, Sherburne county coroner, said the crossing was well-lighted. The automobile was dragged about 1,200 feet with the bodies of Cecelia and Ed Mooney in the car. Trego and Rose Mooney were thrown about 100 feet west of the tracks. The impact dislodged the train's ilot ?, broke an airpipe between the tender and train. The train was stalled until 2:30 a.m.
Mooney's widow and nine children survive.
The passenger train is due in Brainerd at 1:50 a. m. but was two hours late today because of the Clear Lake accident. From Brainerd, the train goes to Bemidji and then to International Falls.
The Brainerd Daily Dispatch, May 23, 1941, Brainerd, Minnesota
Engineer H. J. Wilson, of St. Paul, was the only witness. He said the train was traveling about 35 miles an hour and that the car shot across the tracks without warning. Frances Hojzem, Sherburne county coroner, said the crossing was well-lighted. The automobile was dragged about 1,200 feet with the bodies of Cecelia and Ed Mooney in the car. Trego and Rose Mooney were thrown about 100 feet west of the tracks. The impact dislodged the train's ilot ?, broke an airpipe between the tender and train. The train was stalled until 2:30 a.m.
Mooney's widow and nine children survive.
The passenger train is due in Brainerd at 1:50 a. m. but was two hours late today because of the Clear Lake accident. From Brainerd, the train goes to Bemidji and then to International Falls.
The Brainerd Daily Dispatch, May 23, 1941, Brainerd, Minnesota
A west-bound Northern Pacific train which travels from St. Paul to International Falls, through Brainerd, struck an automobile at a crossing in Clear Lake last night killing four persons. The dead were: Ardath Trego, 26, driver of the car and co-owner of a cafe at Becker, Minn., Edward Mooney, 48, of Clearwater Minn., two daughters-Rose Mooney, 19, and Cecelia Mooney, 22.
Engineer H. J. Wilson, of St. Paul, was the only witness. He said the train was traveling about 35 miles an hour and that the car shot across the tracks without warning. Frances Hojzem, Sherburne county coroner, said the crossing was well-lighted. The automobile was dragged about 1,200 feet with the bodies of Cecelia and Ed Mooney in the car. Trego and Rose Mooney were thrown about 100 feet west of the tracks. The impact dislodged the train's ilot ?, broke an airpipe between the tender and train. The train was stalled until 2:30 a.m.
Mooney's widow and nine children survive.
The passenger train is due in Brainerd at 1:50 a. m. but was two hours late today because of the Clear Lake accident. From Brainerd, the train goes to Bemidji and then to International Falls.
The Brainerd Daily Dispatch, May 23, 1941, Brainerd, Minnesota
Engineer H. J. Wilson, of St. Paul, was the only witness. He said the train was traveling about 35 miles an hour and that the car shot across the tracks without warning. Frances Hojzem, Sherburne county coroner, said the crossing was well-lighted. The automobile was dragged about 1,200 feet with the bodies of Cecelia and Ed Mooney in the car. Trego and Rose Mooney were thrown about 100 feet west of the tracks. The impact dislodged the train's ilot ?, broke an airpipe between the tender and train. The train was stalled until 2:30 a.m.
Mooney's widow and nine children survive.
The passenger train is due in Brainerd at 1:50 a. m. but was two hours late today because of the Clear Lake accident. From Brainerd, the train goes to Bemidji and then to International Falls.
The Brainerd Daily Dispatch, May 23, 1941, Brainerd, Minnesota
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