Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Linden, John P. 1900 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net August 12, 2011, 1:45 pm Ionia Daily Standard, 28 Sep 1900 Terrible Accident. John P. Linden Meets a Shocking Death. In a Train Collision at Durand Early This Morning – The Engineer Also Killed and Twenty-Four Cars Burned. John P. Linden, a well-known young man of this city, was killed at Durand this morning. He was employed as fireman on the yard engine at that place, and the engine was struck while on the siding by an incoming freight train about 3 o’clock. The accident seems to have been caused by the switch being left open. Hamlin, the engineer, was so badly injured that he died one hour later. There were no other casualties. The body of Linden will be received here on the 8:50 train tonight. Deceased was a son of John S. Linden, West Main street, was 23 years old and unmarried. He was a superb specimen of physical manhood, 6 feet and 2 inches tall, and well proportioned. He was fond of athletic sports and well known as a football and baseball player. He played two seasons with the Ionia football team, and last year was a member of the Lansing team. He had been employed on the steam shovel, on the Pere Marquette road, for about eight months, and had been on the Grand Trunk less than two months. He first went to work on the road at Battle Creek, but was transferred to Durand about three weeks ago. Besides his parents, he leaves two brothers and a sister to mourn his sad death. The family have been residents of Ionia 26 years, and a large circle of friends sympathize in this shocking calamity. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/l/linden16163nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb