A Terrible Accident

William McGovern and Miss Mary Quinlan Killed by the Cars

Dawson, Nebraska, December 14 – (Special to The Herald) – William McGovern and Miss Mary Quinlan were struck by “the flyer” at Dawson, seven miles southeast of here yesterday and instantly killed. 

They were driving over the crossing when the train, which does not stop there, passed through, striking the vehicle and throwing them both on the track.

The lady was literally torn to pieces, being disemboweled and mutilated almost beyond recognition.

The gentleman had the tope of his head cut off and was otherwise disfigured. 

The coroner’s jury rendered a verdict that the cause of the accident was a neglect of proper signals by the trainmen.

Omaha Herald – December 15, 1888

Dawson County   

Lexington, Nebraska, December 31. --  To the Editor of the World Herald:

Replying to your inquiry under date of 28th inst., concerning the number of families which have left our county within the last year, will say that, taking the election returns as a basis for calculation, Dawson county has not lost much in population during the trying ordeal through which we have passed since the beginning of 1894.

In 1893 we polled 2,625 votes, in 1894, 2,328 votes, and in 1895, 2, 533.  True, a number of families have moved out of Dawson County during the last year, but I believe that more have come in than have gone out, and of those who left during the season of 1894, many have returned, and a large percentage of those who have not returned will do so as soon as circumstances will permit.  Of my personal acquaintances throughout the county who went away, some went to Oregon,  some to Missouri and others to Arkansas and Oklahoma, and, with few exceptions, they have returned and express  themselves happy to be back in Dawson County.

William McDonald, William McLean, D. Kelley, M. W. Kreitz of Lexington, who moved to Oregon, and H. R. Stevens of Cozad are among those who have recently returned, and many others are like my brother, H. G. Lantz, who moved with his family to Dade County, Missouri, in October last, and in less than two months they wrote back that they regretted having left their Nebraska farm.  These are not isolated cases, but the experience of the parties named above is the

rule.  Dawson County is all right.

T. B. Lantz, County Clerk

Omaha World Herald - January 5, 1896

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