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Subject: [IAFREMON] Virgil VanNess injured in Nebraska City on Oct. 30, 1924
Date: 27 Nov 2006 14:29:39 -0700

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Surnames: Van Ness, Darby
Classification: Biography

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THE FREMONT COUNTY HERALD. November 6, 1924. "Virgil VanNess Hurt".-- Virgil Van Ness, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Van Ness was very painfully injured about eight o'clock last Wednesday evening when the Ford he was driving collided with a Burlington train at a crossing near the viaduct in eastern Nebraska City, while on his way to that place.

The Burlington switching crew were pusing a string of box cars to the upper yards when young Van Ness came from the east and crashed into one of the cars, apparently without seeing the train. The car was a total wreck; those who viewed the remains said that there was little left of the car to see for the machine was evidently dragged for some distance in front of the box car and pieces of the car were strewn along the block. Being rendered unconscious by the shock, Virgil has only hazy recollection of the details. It was a great miracle that the boy was not killed. As it was, his injuries include a fractured right collar bone, a deep wound in the mouth, minor lacerations, slight internal hurts and one ear partly severed.

N.B.: Soon after their marriage, A. A. VanNess and wife lived in Lacy Grove neighborhood during the time D. D. Darby was writing his "Darby Outline" of the Lacy Grove neighborhood in 1895 - 1896.--W.F.

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