Detroit, Michigan Train - Firetruck Wreck
March 7, 1895
THREE FIREMEN FATALLY HURT.
A Freight Train Dashed Into a Hook and Ladder
Truck.
DETROIT, Mich., March 7.--A shocking
accident occurred at the intersection of
Canfield avenue and the railroad tracks early
this morning. There had been a fire to which
Hook and Ladder Company No. 5 had been called.
As the truck was crossing the Detroit, Grand
Haven and Milwaukee tracks a freight train
dashed into the truck and threw it from the
track. The following men were probably fatally
hurt: Driver ANTHONY KORTE, married, aged 26;
Steersman CHRISTIAN GOEBET, single, aged 51;
Lieutenant CHARLES L. CHASE, single, aged 35.
The tine of one of the hook and ladder forks
entered KORTE's head, penetrating the brain. The
truck was thrown about 150 feet and wrecked. The
horses were badly mangled.
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA 8
Mar 1895
Transcribed by
Linda Horton. Thanks, Linda!
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