Linn-Multnomah County OR Archives Obituaries.....Ledahl, John September 22, 1904 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sheron Faynor nitwittwin@hotmail.com July 5, 2008, 10:16 am Morning Oregonian September 23,1904 Run Down By Engiine Intoxicated Man Killed In The Corvallis & Eastern Track Toledo,Or.,Sept.22-(Special)- John Ledahl,a Norwegian about 23 years of age,was run over by the westbound Corvallis & Eastern train at 5:45 this evening and instantly killed,his head being completey severed and his body crushed to a pulp.Ledahl was intoxicated and walking on the track.The train came upon him in a cut on a sharp curve about one mile from toledo.Engineer Arthur Casteel saw him and gave the warning signal,but was too close to stop the train. Cornoer W.W.Soule summoned a jury and ascertained the above facts.The engineer was exonerated from all blame.Ledahl leaves a wife only 17 years of age,and a 6 month old baby. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/linn/obits/l/ledahl3997gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb