The Echo.—The first number of the Hunts­man's Echo, published by our old friend J. E. Johnson at Wood River, Buffalo County, Nebraska, has been received.

"We wish it success, but the concern is too far off to have the reverberant sounds heard distinctly."

Come up higher Joseph, or blow a little-louder.

 Deseret News – May 23, 1860

Injured in Nebraska Wreck   

Kearney, Neb.—A fruit train crashed into No. 62, the Grand Island accommodation train, in the Union Pacific yards in this city late Tuesday afternoon.

Six persons were injured, some of them seriously

Alma, Wabaunsee County, Kansas October 9, 1908 Page 2

Transcribed and contributed by:  Barbara Ziegenmeyer

Girl is Pinned Under Automobile   

Pleasanton, Nebraska, July 31. --  Miss Mabel Hunt, of near here, was severely injure in a automobile accident west of town.

She was on of a party of girls driving into Pleasanton.  While ascending a hill, the engine went dead and the car started back down, turning over and pinning Miss Hunt beneath it.  The others escaped injury.

The Lincoln Daily Star, Monday, July 31, 1916

A Blaze at Kearney

Kearney, Nebraska, November 4. -- (Special). --  Fire was discovered at 2 o'clock this morning in F. J. Brown's Shoe Store, next to the Kearney Opera House, and Hooley's bakery next door on the other side, was also fired.  

Brown's stock was completely damaged by fire and water; valued at $5,000 and insured for about $4,000.  Hooley's had $800 insurance on $2,000 stock.  Both buildings were owned by L. M. Bradley of Southington, Connecticut.  They were worth about $12,000 apiece and were supposed to be insured.  They were about used up.  

Drunken men in  a shed in the rear are supposed to have started the fire.

Omaha World Herald - November 5, 1891

Unknown Man Falls From Train   

Gibbon, Neb. May 21^st:

An unknown man fell off Union Pacific train no. 22 and the train passed over him, severing one arm and one leg and otherwise injuring him.  He is yet alive, but can survive but a short time.  No one saw him fall.  A brakeman first discovered him beside the rails.  Four other tramps were in the same car and the marshal has them in custody.  They assert they left him in the car and got out before he was hurt.  In case of death an inquest will be held.

Source: Custer County Republican, May 24, 1900 edition

Transcribed by: Melody Beery

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