Clay County IL Archives Obituaries.....Crites, Mr & Mrs 1908
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Cook County Herald, May 22, 1908
Cook County Herald, Arlington Heights IL

May 22, 1908



Train Hits Carriage; 3 Dead



Fourth Person Also Fatally Injured on Crossing Near Flora



A south-bound Pennsylvania passenger train struck the carriage of Trustee Jas. 

C. Crites of Monroe township at a crossing one mile north of Flora, instantly 

killing Mr. Crites, aged 50, Mrs. Crites, aged 45, and their youngest 

daughter, Ruth, aged 3. Another daughter, Dorothy, aged 7, was fatally 

injured. The family was returning from a visit to friends in the country. When 

the carriage was near the crossing, the engineer states, the horse became 

frightened and ran away. Mr. Crites, losing control, slackened the lines and 

let the animal run, thinking he would cross the danger point before the train 

reached the spot. The carriage and the train, however, met at the crossing. 

The carriage and its occupants were thrown thirty feet. The dead were terribly 

mangled.

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