Decatur County Journal Leon, Iowa Thursday, March 11, 1920 JAMES SWEGLE, of near Grand River, was badly injured and one of the horses he was driving to a wagon, killed Saturday afternoon just west of Grand River when the eastbound train struck his wagon and team as he was driving over the track. The accident happened just a few minutes after two o'clock. Mr. SWEGLE had started to drive to Grand River and asked a neighbor, F.D. RUSSELL, to accompany him. They were driving along and had reached the second crossing west of Grand River when the accident occurred. Neither of the occupants of the wagon seemed to hear the approaching train and drove onto the crossing. The team had just about passed over the track and the wagon was well on the track when the engine pulling the passenger train struck them. One horse was killed but the other animal was injured but little. Mr. RUSSELL was thrown completely away from the wagon and was not injured except bruises upon his legs. He suffered no broken bones. Mr. SWEGLE was caught beneath the wreckage of the wagon. The train was stopped and the injured man picked up and taken to the hospital at Weldon. He received bad injuries about the head. He is getting along very well considering the extent of his injuries. Mr. SWEGLE is about twenty-seven years old. Both Mr. SWEGLE and Mr. RUSSELL, the two occupants of the wagon, reside within about two miles of Grand River. -------------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert April 28, 2010 iggy29@grm.net