Two Killed, Three Hurt in Crash at Crossing
New Philadelphia, O., Jan. 12.
A man and a child were killed and three other persons seriously injured today in a grade crossing accident near Mineral City, a few miles from here.
Henry Shroyer, 60, of Mineral City, and his one-year-old granddaughter, Anne Irene Egler, were killed when their automobile was struck by a southbound Baltimore & Ohio passenger train on the Cleveland-Marietta division at noon.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Egler of Dover, Ohio, parents of the dead child and another daughter, Mary 2, are in a hospital here.
Shroyer was killed instantly but Anne Irene died in a hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Egler are both believed to have suffered internal injuries. The car was wrecked.
The Times Recorder, Zanesville OH, 13 January 1930