Assistant football coach killed in the Halloween train wreck that killed may Purdue University football players en route to the annual Purdue-Indiana game.
Thanks to Bushong Weiss for the following news clipping: ALBION,MI--100 YEARS AGO, NOVEMBER 1903
Morning Star, November 2, 2003, pg. 3:
Week ending November 5, 1903: "Among those killed in the frightful railroad accident at Indianapolis Saturday morning, was E. C. Robertson, assistant coach and captain of the Purdue team two years ago. Young Robertson was born in Albion, being the son of Mott O. Robertson, of East Helena, Montana, formerly of Albion, a nephew of Ezra Robertson, Mrs. T. C. Anthony and Mrs. Jacob Wartman. Many residents of this city will remember young Robertson as a boy."
Thanks to Bushong Weiss for the following news clipping: ALBION,MI--100 YEARS AGO, NOVEMBER 1903
Morning Star, November 2, 2003, pg. 3:
Week ending November 5, 1903: "Among those killed in the frightful railroad accident at Indianapolis Saturday morning, was E. C. Robertson, assistant coach and captain of the Purdue team two years ago. Young Robertson was born in Albion, being the son of Mott O. Robertson, of East Helena, Montana, formerly of Albion, a nephew of Ezra Robertson, Mrs. T. C. Anthony and Mrs. Jacob Wartman. Many residents of this city will remember young Robertson as a boy."
Assistant football coach killed in the Halloween train wreck that killed may Purdue University football players en route to the annual Purdue-Indiana game.
Thanks to Bushong Weiss for the following news clipping: ALBION,MI--100 YEARS AGO, NOVEMBER 1903
Morning Star, November 2, 2003, pg. 3:
Week ending November 5, 1903: "Among those killed in the frightful railroad accident at Indianapolis Saturday morning, was E. C. Robertson, assistant coach and captain of the Purdue team two years ago. Young Robertson was born in Albion, being the son of Mott O. Robertson, of East Helena, Montana, formerly of Albion, a nephew of Ezra Robertson, Mrs. T. C. Anthony and Mrs. Jacob Wartman. Many residents of this city will remember young Robertson as a boy."
Thanks to Bushong Weiss for the following news clipping: ALBION,MI--100 YEARS AGO, NOVEMBER 1903
Morning Star, November 2, 2003, pg. 3:
Week ending November 5, 1903: "Among those killed in the frightful railroad accident at Indianapolis Saturday morning, was E. C. Robertson, assistant coach and captain of the Purdue team two years ago. Young Robertson was born in Albion, being the son of Mott O. Robertson, of East Helena, Montana, formerly of Albion, a nephew of Ezra Robertson, Mrs. T. C. Anthony and Mrs. Jacob Wartman. Many residents of this city will remember young Robertson as a boy."
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