Obit of Mr. Fred Fritchie (d.1881) Waseca Co, MN
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The Mankato Review, Tuesday March 29th 1881

Man Killed on the Central

   On Thursday forenoon, Mr. Fred Fritchie of Danville in this county 
was run over by the train on the central road, in a snow cut between 
Minnesota Lake and Mapleton, and so badly injured that he died a few 
hours afterwards. It seems that Mr. Fritchie had been to Mankato the 
previous day on business, and returned to Minnesota Lake by the morning 
train. From there he started for home a foot, and as the railroad track 
run in that direction, and the walking was better than by the public
road, he took that route. The train went to Wells, and returning caught 
Mr. Fritchie in a snow cut this side of Minnesota Lake. He stepped to 
the side of the track to permit the cars to pass and he either fell in 
an effort to get further away or was attracted by the suction of the 
train towards the track, and was hit on the head by one of the box cars, 
thrown up on the track, and a portion of the train passed over him, 
crushing one of his arms and a leg. The body was dragged the length of 
two cars. Dr. Davis of this city was summoned by telegraph to assist in 
amputating the limbs, but when he reached there he learned the man had 
died. He was about 65 years old and owned a farm of 40 acres in Danville. 
The accident occurred about one mile this side of Minnesota Lake.