This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HAUGER HOOVER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TNC.2ACI/1941.1 Message Board Post: U P D A T E....U P D A T E....U P D A T E I recently found these newspaper articles about Irma Hoover HAUGER and her husband at the University of Northern British Columbia (Prince George Campus): Peace River Block News Thursday, October 17, 1946 Vol. 17, No. 24. Dawson Creek, B.C. . THREE DIE IN CRASH AT RAILWAY CROSSING A fatal accident occurred near Dawson Creek on Tuesday morning, October 15, about 7:20 a.m., when three men, driving in a one-ton truck, were struck by a freight train at a crossing about one and a half miles east of the village. Two died instantly and the other succumbed to serious injuries at noon the same day. Killed instantly: Lyman Hauger, aged 28, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Hauger, Dawson Creek, and Phillip Ehersman, aged about 45, of Dawson Creek, whose wife and family live in Germany. Fatally injured: Jasper Fraser, aged about 25, of Dawson Creek, who came here from Redwater, Alta., 40 miles northeast of Edmonton. The three men were riding in the cab of the truck and had turned off the north Pouce Coupe Road headed north across the railway tracks when a freight train, travelling east, apparently hit the centre of the truck. The box was torn off after being dragged about 50 feet. The cab of the truck had apparently been pierced by the drawbar of the locomotive and, with the chassis, was dragged another 500 feet or so before the train came to a stop. The chassis was twisted out of shape, the cab doors were buckled, and the box completely destroyed. Occupants of the truck were apparently thrown out of the cab onto the tracks, bodies of two of the men being carried under the train for a distance of about 400 feet, and their bodies were mutilated beyond recognition. Fraser was thrown clear, but received such terrible injuries that he died later. He was rushed to hospital by Charles Collins, who was one of the first to arrive at the scene of the crash. The bodies of the other two men were then removed to the morgue at Dill’s Funeral Home. An inquest will be held on Monday, October 21. (Note: The newspaper reported Lyman Hauger’s age as 28 when, in fact, it was 27.) Peace River Block News Thursday, October 24, 1946 Vol. 17, No. 25. Dawson Creek, B.C. . MANY MOURNERS AT HAUGER BURIAL On of the largest funeral services to be held in Dawson Creek was that of the late Lyman Oliver Hauger, aged 27, who was accidentally killed in a railway crossing mishap on Tuesday, October 15. The service was held in the United Church here with the Rev. A.T. Bell officiating on Friday, October 18, at 2:00 p.m. Mr. Hauger was born in North Dakota, U.S., August 30, 1919, and came to the district with his parents when one month old. He received his schooling at Dawson Creek and then took up farming managing his father’s farm. He was married to Irma Hoover Hauger of the Kilkerran District in 1943. He leaves to mourn his loss, his wife, a two year-old son, Edgar Charles Hauger; his mother and father; three sisters, Alice and Bertha of Vancouver and Charlotte of Almirante, Panama. Interment took place in the Dawson Creek Cemetery. Peace River Block News Thursday, October 24, 1946 Vol. 17, No. 25. Dawson Creek, B.C. . CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank our many friends for their kind expressions of sympathy and beautiful floral wreaths which they extended during our recent sad bereavement. THE HAUGER FAMILIES Peace River Block News Thursday, October 24, 1946 Vol. 17, No. 25. Dawson Creek, B.C. . EHRESMAN FUNERAL HELD IN CATHOLIC CHURCH OCTOBER 19 The funeral of Phillip Ehresman, aged 52, who was also killed in the fatal railway crossing accident was held in the Catholic Church on Saturday, October 19. He was born June 10, 1894, and came to Canada in 1929. He is survived by his wife and two sons who live in Germany. Internment took place in the Catholic Cemetery. Peace River Block News Thursday, October 24, 1946 Vol. 17, No. 25. Dawson Creek, B.C. . BODY OF THIRD VICTIM SHIPPED TO REDWATER The body of Jasper Roy Fraser, who received fatal injuries in the railway crossing accident was shipped to Edmonton on October 17. Funeral services were held at Redwater, Alta. Fraser was born at Redwater March 17, 1919. He is survived by his mother and father, also eight sisters, and four brothers. Peace River Block News Thursday, October 24, 1946 Vol. 17, No. 25. Dawson Creek, B.C. . EXONERATE TRAIN CREW IN CROSSING CRASH An inquiry into the deaths of Lyman Hauger, Phillip Ehersman, and Jasper Fraser was held at Dawson Creek last Monday evening. Dan Fenton was Coroner and the inquest was held in the British Columbia Police Barracks. After hearing evidence from five witnesses, the Jury returned a verdict of “Death by Mis-Adventure” and completely exonerated the train crew.