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From: "John O'Brien" <>
Subject: Mr. & Mrs. George (DAVIS) JOHNSON - Kansas City, MO - 9 March 1904
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 20:46:43 -0500

"The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Thursday, March 10, 1904

WOMAN STRUCK BY A TRAIN.

George M. JOHNSON, a switchman, and his wife left their
home at 140 North Blair avenue yesterday afternoon to go
to the theater. They were returning home when his wife
stopped at a grocery store at St. John and Topping avenues
to get some provisions and he went home. At 8:30 o'clock
last night Mrs. JOHNSON was struck by a Chicago & Alton
train about half a mile east of Heim's brewery at a place in
the dark under the shadow of the bluffs. She was picked up
unconscious and at any early hour this morning, physicians
at the city hospital said her recovery was doubtful. How the
woman happened to be crossing the tracks in the lonely spot
two miles from her home is a mystery that neither her husband
nor her brother, A. R. DAVIS, a Milwaukee switchman, can explain.

The engineer, H. M. ZIMMERMAN, saw the woman as she tried
to dash across the track in front of his engine, which he was driving
at full speed. Both arms were broken twice and she had suffered a
fractured skull besides many body bruises. Mrs. JOHNSON is
50 years old. She carried a black hand bag containing papers and
receipts that established her identity. She is a member of the
auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen.


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(I have no connection with this family but I'd appreciate
knowing if you found this posting helpful.)

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