ADAM PFEIFER
From Der Nord Westen, 27 Sept. 1894:
Adam Pfeifer, a 72 yr. Old resident of Two Rivers, intended to
travel to Newton Sat. morning to attend a wedding. He took the
8 o’clock morning train from Manitowoc, but because he was totally
deaf, he missed the announcement for the Newton Station stop and
traveled on to Cleveland. There he got off and started back toward
Newton on foot. He had traveled several miles along the track as
the northbound express train approached. The engineer gave the
warning signal, but naturally Pfeifer didn’t hear. When the engineer
saw that his warning signal had not taken effect, he hit the brakes
so hard that the passengers were thrown from their seats, but it was
too late. The cowcatcher hit the unlucky man and threw him to the side.
When the train came to a stop and the poor individual was reached, he
was already dead. An inquest was held and the coroner’s jury found the
locomotive engineer to be blameless. The body was then brought back to
Two Rivers.
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OSSW wife Wilhelmina
ADAM PFEIFER
From Der Nord Westen, 27 Sept. 1894:
Adam Pfeifer, a 72 yr. Old resident of Two Rivers, intended to
travel to Newton Sat. morning to attend a wedding. He took the
8 o’clock morning train from Manitowoc, but because he was totally
deaf, he missed the announcement for the Newton Station stop and
traveled on to Cleveland. There he got off and started back toward
Newton on foot. He had traveled several miles along the track as
the northbound express train approached. The engineer gave the
warning signal, but naturally Pfeifer didn’t hear. When the engineer
saw that his warning signal had not taken effect, he hit the brakes
so hard that the passengers were thrown from their seats, but it was
too late. The cowcatcher hit the unlucky man and threw him to the side.
When the train came to a stop and the poor individual was reached, he
was already dead. An inquest was held and the coroner’s jury found the
locomotive engineer to be blameless. The body was then brought back to
Two Rivers.
**************************************************************
OSSW wife Wilhelmina
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