Struck By The Cars

Struck by the Cars.

Girl Killed Near Milan While Driving Across the Track.

Stephen Bailey, the well known cattle buyer, tells of a terrible affair that happened on the Wabash track, two miles and a half east of Milan, about 10 o'clock last Tuesday morning. Mr. Bailey had been to Buffalo with a shipment of cattle and was returning on the through train due in Adrian in the morning. The train was about two hours late, and just east of Milan the train was suddenly stopped and backed up. Mr. Bailey got out with the train crew and some other passengers and found lying in the ditch, the remains of Maggie McComb, aged 17, whose parents live in that neighborhood. The engineer stated that the girl had attempted to cross the track, driving an old horse, hitched to a buggy. The animal seemed to halt on the track and refuse to move. The girl was thrown about 35 feet and instantly killed.

Mr. Bailey assisted in picking up the remains of the unfortunate, and helped carry her to her home, a short distance away. She was badly bruised about the head and neck.

Mr. Bailey states that it was one of the worst sights he has ever witnessed and he does not want to be in again at such an affair. - Adrian Telegram.