Man's Arms, Legs Are Severed
Fred Landwehr, New Bremen Farmer, Killed by L. E. & W.
Severance of both arms and both legs caused instant death of Fred Landwehr, 75, farmer, living near New Bremen, late Friday when struck and run over by a L. E. & W. Railroad train on a crossing near the Landwehr homestead. William Landwehr, a son, who was working in a field nearby, saw his father's danger and made frantic efforts to warn him, but because the older man was deaf, he failed to hear his son calling or the approach of the train.
Landwehr was knocked down and the wheels of the locomotive and several cars passed over him, mutilating the body almost beyond recognition.
Landwehr, who was a widower, had been at work in the field with his son during the morning and at about 11 a.m. told his son he was going to the home to rest. It was while returning to the field in the afternoon that the accident occurred.
Engineer Paul Phillips said he saw Landwehr approaching the railroad crossing and thought he heard the train. When he realized the man did not make any apparent effort to stop it was too late to stop the train.
(published in The Lima News, Saturday, June 23, 1923)
Fred Landwehr, New Bremen Farmer, Killed by L. E. & W.
Severance of both arms and both legs caused instant death of Fred Landwehr, 75, farmer, living near New Bremen, late Friday when struck and run over by a L. E. & W. Railroad train on a crossing near the Landwehr homestead. William Landwehr, a son, who was working in a field nearby, saw his father's danger and made frantic efforts to warn him, but because the older man was deaf, he failed to hear his son calling or the approach of the train.
Landwehr was knocked down and the wheels of the locomotive and several cars passed over him, mutilating the body almost beyond recognition.
Landwehr, who was a widower, had been at work in the field with his son during the morning and at about 11 a.m. told his son he was going to the home to rest. It was while returning to the field in the afternoon that the accident occurred.
Engineer Paul Phillips said he saw Landwehr approaching the railroad crossing and thought he heard the train. When he realized the man did not make any apparent effort to stop it was too late to stop the train.
(published in The Lima News, Saturday, June 23, 1923)
Man's Arms, Legs Are Severed
Fred Landwehr, New Bremen Farmer, Killed by L. E. & W.
Severance of both arms and both legs caused instant death of Fred Landwehr, 75, farmer, living near New Bremen, late Friday when struck and run over by a L. E. & W. Railroad train on a crossing near the Landwehr homestead. William Landwehr, a son, who was working in a field nearby, saw his father's danger and made frantic efforts to warn him, but because the older man was deaf, he failed to hear his son calling or the approach of the train.
Landwehr was knocked down and the wheels of the locomotive and several cars passed over him, mutilating the body almost beyond recognition.
Landwehr, who was a widower, had been at work in the field with his son during the morning and at about 11 a.m. told his son he was going to the home to rest. It was while returning to the field in the afternoon that the accident occurred.
Engineer Paul Phillips said he saw Landwehr approaching the railroad crossing and thought he heard the train. When he realized the man did not make any apparent effort to stop it was too late to stop the train.
(published in The Lima News, Saturday, June 23, 1923)
Fred Landwehr, New Bremen Farmer, Killed by L. E. & W.
Severance of both arms and both legs caused instant death of Fred Landwehr, 75, farmer, living near New Bremen, late Friday when struck and run over by a L. E. & W. Railroad train on a crossing near the Landwehr homestead. William Landwehr, a son, who was working in a field nearby, saw his father's danger and made frantic efforts to warn him, but because the older man was deaf, he failed to hear his son calling or the approach of the train.
Landwehr was knocked down and the wheels of the locomotive and several cars passed over him, mutilating the body almost beyond recognition.
Landwehr, who was a widower, had been at work in the field with his son during the morning and at about 11 a.m. told his son he was going to the home to rest. It was while returning to the field in the afternoon that the accident occurred.
Engineer Paul Phillips said he saw Landwehr approaching the railroad crossing and thought he heard the train. When he realized the man did not make any apparent effort to stop it was too late to stop the train.
(published in The Lima News, Saturday, June 23, 1923)
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