Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Ziggler, Carl 1899
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The Portland Observer, Wednesday, August 30, 1899

The railroad crossing just west of Lyons station where one of Riley Taft’s 
daughters was instantly killed a few months ago and another received injuries 
from which she died soon after, was the scene of another fatal accident last 
Sunday forenoon.

The excursion train east which was due to leave Portland at 10:25 struck a 
buggy containing Carl Ziggler of Ionia, smashing the buggy into kindling wood 
and so injuring the occupant that he died in about ten minutes.  He was on his 
way to visit friends at Lyons.  He was employed in J. L. Webber’s clothing 
store, was 21 years of age and unmarried.

The engineer of the locomotive which killed the young man says he did not see 
the rig until it was right on the track and he had not time to reverse his 
engine.  The horse seemed to be either running away or was being driven on a 
run to get across the track ahead of the train.

The crossing where the accident took place is one of the most dangerous ones 
along the line and there have been many narrow escapes from death there.  The 
railroad company sent a special engine and car to the scene of the accident 
and took the body back to Ionia.

Ziggler is said to have been a fine young man and formerly worked in S. W. 
Webber store at Lyons.


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