Ionia County MI Archives News.....31 Dead, 8 Still in Danger from Train Crash Town of Ionia, Mich; Hard Hit July 22, 1907
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Boston Journal July 22, 1907
Town of Ionia, Mich., Hard Hit by Wreck of an Excursion Train, Town Suspends
Business to Care For the Afflicted.

Detroit July 21 - The death list as a result of yesterday's collision near Salem
in the wreck of an excursion and fright train, stands tonight at thirty - one,
but among the 100 injured in this city and Ionia, eight are reported to be in a
serious condition and not out of danger. There are sixty - one injured people at
their homes in Ionia and forty-two were brought to the hospital in this city for
treatment. Of the long list of suffering persons at Ionia, but one, Mrs. M.
Darling, whose husband and son were killed, is reported tonight, 16 be in
dangerous condition. Seven of the injured in the local hospitals are not yet out
of danger.
This has been a day of grief and mourning in the little city of Ionia which is
located 130 miles west of Detroit. Mayor John F Bible estimates that one in
every fifty of this city of inhabitants were either killed or injured yesterday
in the wreck. All last night members of the citizens committee which was
appointed when the extent of the catastrophe was realized, were at work visiting
the homes of the dead and injured and arranging for medical attention and
assistance where it was necessary. All of the cities normal activities have
practically been suspended and everyone is devoting attention to the wreck victims.
One of the most pathetic cases of suffering is the Hess family, which lost its
father and two sons, They were breadwinners and a widow and (illegible) children
are left nearly destitute by the death of Charles, Herman and Paul Hess. Not
until today was the identity of all the dead positively established and an
accurate list made up. All but five of the victims whose names are among the
death toll lived in Ionia.

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