Caught by Flying Train
A boy aged thirteen years was instantly killed by the east bound train on the Bee Line road on Monday evening. The accident happened at a road crossing four and on-half miles west of the city [Anderson], while the young lad was attempting to drive a team across the track. He and his father, whose name is Hersberger, had each brought a load of heading timber to this city during the day and were returning to their home when the sad accident occurred which robbed the boy of his promising life--the man of his promising child. Neither knew of the approaching train until the father, who was driving ahead, was fully upon the track and saw the impending danger. He beckoned to his son to halt, but the sign was undoubtedly misinterpreted to mean "come ahead," and the boy urged his horses forward only to be caught by the flying train and to lose his life in an instant. He was found lying on the pilot, cold in death when the train was halted. The remains were conveyed to this city and thence to Pendleton, where his relatives were awaiting the sad return to them of what was so soon before the very model of life and vitality.
From: Zook, Haroldyne S. compiler of Deaths and Administrations from Madison County, Indiana to end of 1880, Vol 2 (Kokomo, IN: Shelby Publishing and Printing, 1989), p. 236 of Anderson Democrat, 5 Oct. 1877.
Caught by Flying Train
A boy aged thirteen years was instantly killed by the east bound train on the Bee Line road on Monday evening. The accident happened at a road crossing four and on-half miles west of the city [Anderson], while the young lad was attempting to drive a team across the track. He and his father, whose name is Hersberger, had each brought a load of heading timber to this city during the day and were returning to their home when the sad accident occurred which robbed the boy of his promising life--the man of his promising child. Neither knew of the approaching train until the father, who was driving ahead, was fully upon the track and saw the impending danger. He beckoned to his son to halt, but the sign was undoubtedly misinterpreted to mean "come ahead," and the boy urged his horses forward only to be caught by the flying train and to lose his life in an instant. He was found lying on the pilot, cold in death when the train was halted. The remains were conveyed to this city and thence to Pendleton, where his relatives were awaiting the sad return to them of what was so soon before the very model of life and vitality.
From: Zook, Haroldyne S. compiler of Deaths and Administrations from Madison County, Indiana to end of 1880, Vol 2 (Kokomo, IN: Shelby Publishing and Printing, 1989), p. 236 of Anderson Democrat, 5 Oct. 1877.
Family Members
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Amanda Hersberger Givens
1847–1910
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Laura Virginia Hersberger Bolinger
1849–1932
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Milton Hersberger
1850–1911
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Susan Alice Hersberger Sears
1852–1942
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Ida Mae Hersberger Fisher
1855–1925
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Leora Ellen "Ella" Hersberger Sears
1860–1953
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Jenette "Nettie" Hersberger
1862–1882
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Thomas E. Hersberger
1863–1911
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Mary Katherine "Kate" Hersberger McClintick
1865–1948
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Howard A. Hersberger
1868–1957
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Oliver Parker "O.P." Hersberger
1873–1949
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