Thomas Croughan
The Princeton union.(Princeton, Minn.), August 05, 1880 - KT - Sub by FoFG

Fatal Accident.... A terrible and fatal accident occurred July 27, at Wyoming, Chisago county, Minn., on the Wyoming and Central City branch of the St. Paul & Duluth railroad, by which a young man named Thomas Croughan was horribly mutilated and almost killed. Croughan was at work on a construction train, and was standing on a flat-car next to the engine, which was backing down the track, when by some means he lost his balance and fell beneath the wheel of the locomotive. The wheels passed over his body just about the waist, cutting him almost in two, severed his right hand at the wrist, and badly mutilated both legs at the knee. Death was, of course almost instantaneous. Croughan was about 17 years of age, and is spoken of as a steady, industrious young man. His father is a farmer residing at Stacy, a few miles from Wyoming.

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Gertrude C. Weiss
St. Paul Pioneer Press – Friday, 20 Jan. 1989; transcribed by Marla Zwakman

Weiss
Gertrude C., on Jan. 17, age 89, res. Chisago City Care Center, formerly of St. Paul. Preceded in death by her husband, Bernard; 4 daughters and 1 grandson. Beloved mother of John of Wyoming, MN, Arthur of Hackensack, Doraine Ahl of Duluth, Erwin of St. Paul, Betty Thoeny of Ogilvie, MN, Donald of Oakdale & Evelyn Morgan of Lonsdale. Also survived by 2 brothers, 5 sisters, 26 grandchildren & 11 great-grandchilden. Funeral from Mueller-Bies Funeral Home East Chapel, 650 N. Dale at Blair, on Saturday, Jan. 21 at 11 a.m. Internment Calvary Cemetery. Parish Vigil 4:30 p.m. Friday. Visitation from 4 – 9 p.m. Friday. Member of the Cathedral Altar & Rosary Society.

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