1890 August 22, Friday, "The Topeka State Journal,"
The Santa Fe plug struck and killed a 12 year old boy named Willie Dodson, one mile east of Argentine last evening.
1890 August 23, Saturday, "Lawrence Daily Journal," Killed By the Plug
ARGENTINE, Kan., Aug. 23 -- Willie Dodson, aged twelve years, was struck by the Ottawa plug on the Santa Fe road last evening at about 5:30 o'clock and instantly killed. The accident occurred just about 100 yards west of the Twelfth street bridge, and the train was running at a rapid rate of speed.
1890 August 23, Saturday "Kansas City Daily Gazette," ARGENTINE.
The funeral of Willie Dodson, who was killed by a Santa Fe train Thursday, took place at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The remains were interred at the Junction cemetery.
1890 August 28, Thursday, "The Kansas City Gazette"
WILLIE DODSON'S DEATH -- An Argentine Lad Instantly Killed Last Night by a Santa Fe Train. [From Friday's Daily.]
Willie Dodson, the 12-year-old son of James Dodson [sic], of Argentine, met a horrible death on the Santa Fe tracks last evening. The accident occurred a short distance west of the Twenty-fourth street bridge. The boy was walking on the track and, looking backward, saw a passenger train approaching from the west. In stepping from the track to avoid one train he was struck by another. He was thrown a distance of thirty feet and when the train was stopped and the trainmen reached him he was dead. The body was removed to Simmons' undertaking rooms on Silver avenue, where they were viewed by the coroner. An inquest was held this morning at 10 o'clock.
The boy's parents were moving from Argentine to Kansas City, Kansas, at the time of the accident, and he had gone down to river bank to gather up some fishing tackle that he had left there. He was returning across the tracks when death overtook him.
The Santa Fe plug struck and killed a 12 year old boy named Willie Dodson, one mile east of Argentine last evening.
1890 August 23, Saturday, "Lawrence Daily Journal," Killed By the Plug
ARGENTINE, Kan., Aug. 23 -- Willie Dodson, aged twelve years, was struck by the Ottawa plug on the Santa Fe road last evening at about 5:30 o'clock and instantly killed. The accident occurred just about 100 yards west of the Twelfth street bridge, and the train was running at a rapid rate of speed.
1890 August 23, Saturday "Kansas City Daily Gazette," ARGENTINE.
The funeral of Willie Dodson, who was killed by a Santa Fe train Thursday, took place at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The remains were interred at the Junction cemetery.
1890 August 28, Thursday, "The Kansas City Gazette"
WILLIE DODSON'S DEATH -- An Argentine Lad Instantly Killed Last Night by a Santa Fe Train. [From Friday's Daily.]
Willie Dodson, the 12-year-old son of James Dodson [sic], of Argentine, met a horrible death on the Santa Fe tracks last evening. The accident occurred a short distance west of the Twenty-fourth street bridge. The boy was walking on the track and, looking backward, saw a passenger train approaching from the west. In stepping from the track to avoid one train he was struck by another. He was thrown a distance of thirty feet and when the train was stopped and the trainmen reached him he was dead. The body was removed to Simmons' undertaking rooms on Silver avenue, where they were viewed by the coroner. An inquest was held this morning at 10 o'clock.
The boy's parents were moving from Argentine to Kansas City, Kansas, at the time of the accident, and he had gone down to river bank to gather up some fishing tackle that he had left there. He was returning across the tracks when death overtook him.
1890 August 22, Friday, "The Topeka State Journal,"
The Santa Fe plug struck and killed a 12 year old boy named Willie Dodson, one mile east of Argentine last evening.
1890 August 23, Saturday, "Lawrence Daily Journal," Killed By the Plug
ARGENTINE, Kan., Aug. 23 -- Willie Dodson, aged twelve years, was struck by the Ottawa plug on the Santa Fe road last evening at about 5:30 o'clock and instantly killed. The accident occurred just about 100 yards west of the Twelfth street bridge, and the train was running at a rapid rate of speed.
1890 August 23, Saturday "Kansas City Daily Gazette," ARGENTINE.
The funeral of Willie Dodson, who was killed by a Santa Fe train Thursday, took place at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The remains were interred at the Junction cemetery.
1890 August 28, Thursday, "The Kansas City Gazette"
WILLIE DODSON'S DEATH -- An Argentine Lad Instantly Killed Last Night by a Santa Fe Train. [From Friday's Daily.]
Willie Dodson, the 12-year-old son of James Dodson [sic], of Argentine, met a horrible death on the Santa Fe tracks last evening. The accident occurred a short distance west of the Twenty-fourth street bridge. The boy was walking on the track and, looking backward, saw a passenger train approaching from the west. In stepping from the track to avoid one train he was struck by another. He was thrown a distance of thirty feet and when the train was stopped and the trainmen reached him he was dead. The body was removed to Simmons' undertaking rooms on Silver avenue, where they were viewed by the coroner. An inquest was held this morning at 10 o'clock.
The boy's parents were moving from Argentine to Kansas City, Kansas, at the time of the accident, and he had gone down to river bank to gather up some fishing tackle that he had left there. He was returning across the tracks when death overtook him.
The Santa Fe plug struck and killed a 12 year old boy named Willie Dodson, one mile east of Argentine last evening.
1890 August 23, Saturday, "Lawrence Daily Journal," Killed By the Plug
ARGENTINE, Kan., Aug. 23 -- Willie Dodson, aged twelve years, was struck by the Ottawa plug on the Santa Fe road last evening at about 5:30 o'clock and instantly killed. The accident occurred just about 100 yards west of the Twelfth street bridge, and the train was running at a rapid rate of speed.
1890 August 23, Saturday "Kansas City Daily Gazette," ARGENTINE.
The funeral of Willie Dodson, who was killed by a Santa Fe train Thursday, took place at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The remains were interred at the Junction cemetery.
1890 August 28, Thursday, "The Kansas City Gazette"
WILLIE DODSON'S DEATH -- An Argentine Lad Instantly Killed Last Night by a Santa Fe Train. [From Friday's Daily.]
Willie Dodson, the 12-year-old son of James Dodson [sic], of Argentine, met a horrible death on the Santa Fe tracks last evening. The accident occurred a short distance west of the Twenty-fourth street bridge. The boy was walking on the track and, looking backward, saw a passenger train approaching from the west. In stepping from the track to avoid one train he was struck by another. He was thrown a distance of thirty feet and when the train was stopped and the trainmen reached him he was dead. The body was removed to Simmons' undertaking rooms on Silver avenue, where they were viewed by the coroner. An inquest was held this morning at 10 o'clock.
The boy's parents were moving from Argentine to Kansas City, Kansas, at the time of the accident, and he had gone down to river bank to gather up some fishing tackle that he had left there. He was returning across the tracks when death overtook him.
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