Child Killed by Truck – The little three year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Haggstrom, residing at Peets, Colo. was crushed to death on Wednesday of last week at their home when ran over by a truck driven by the father of the little one. As near as we have been able to learn the facts Mr. Haggstrom was hauling wheat in the truck. He had just finished the load and as some shoats had been eating the spilled wheat, before starting the truck he looked from both sides to see that none of them were in the way. Seeing nothing he cranked the truck and tried to start it, killing his engine. Again cranking it he threw it into gear suddenly and started to back up. He at once knew that he had ran over something, and says he heard a groan and knew it was not one of the shoats. Stopping the truck he found the wheel of the loaded truck had passed over the little girl across her abdomen and had crushed her to death. One can but imagine the grief of the father when he learned what had happened. The remains of the little one were brought to St. Paul and last Saturday were laid to rest in the Fairdale cemetery west of Wolbach. Mr. and Mrs. Haggstrom are well known in this community, and their friends here ask to share in their grief as a result of the sad and fatal accident.
Wolbach Messenger, Wolbach, Nebraska, Thursday, October 25, 1923
Wolbach Messenger, Wolbach, Nebraska, Thursday, October 25, 1923
Child Killed by Truck – The little three year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Haggstrom, residing at Peets, Colo. was crushed to death on Wednesday of last week at their home when ran over by a truck driven by the father of the little one. As near as we have been able to learn the facts Mr. Haggstrom was hauling wheat in the truck. He had just finished the load and as some shoats had been eating the spilled wheat, before starting the truck he looked from both sides to see that none of them were in the way. Seeing nothing he cranked the truck and tried to start it, killing his engine. Again cranking it he threw it into gear suddenly and started to back up. He at once knew that he had ran over something, and says he heard a groan and knew it was not one of the shoats. Stopping the truck he found the wheel of the loaded truck had passed over the little girl across her abdomen and had crushed her to death. One can but imagine the grief of the father when he learned what had happened. The remains of the little one were brought to St. Paul and last Saturday were laid to rest in the Fairdale cemetery west of Wolbach. Mr. and Mrs. Haggstrom are well known in this community, and their friends here ask to share in their grief as a result of the sad and fatal accident.
Wolbach Messenger, Wolbach, Nebraska, Thursday, October 25, 1923
Wolbach Messenger, Wolbach, Nebraska, Thursday, October 25, 1923
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