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S Frank Anderson

Birth	:	25 Feb 1851
Death	:	20 Feb 1915
Burial	:	Eltham Cemetery, Eltham, South Taranaki District, New Zealand
Coordinate	:	-39.4197140, 174.3251260
Plot	:	Section 15, Row 4
Description	:	Published in The Rochester Sentinel Monday, February 22, 1915 Frank ANDERSON, 64, a farmer who hauled city garbage for several years, was almost instantly killed Saturday evening at 6:20 when his team was struck at the Anchor Mills crossing in East Rochester by Lake Erie passenger train No. 25, due here at 6:06 from the north. Two sons of Charles RICHARDS who live in East Rochester and Cleo DARR had narrow escapes as they were in a buggy which was being hauled behind the wagon. The two horses were killed and the wagon demolished. As the view of the railroad at this crossing is... Read More	Published in The Rochester Sentinel Monday, February 22, 1915 Frank ANDERSON, 64, a farmer who hauled city garbage for several years, was almost instantly killed Saturday evening at 6:20 when his team was struck at the Anchor Mills crossing in East Rochester by Lake Erie passenger train No. 25, due here at 6:06 from the north. Two sons of Charles RICHARDS who live in East Rochester and Cleo DARR had narrow escapes as they were in a buggy which was being hauled behind the wagon. The two horses were killed and the wagon demolished. As the view of the railroad at this crossing is clear, friends of Mr. Anderson are wondering why he did not see the fast approaching train. According to the testimony of the engineer and of several people living near the crossing, the whistle was sounded in the usual manner and the electric bell placed there to warn people was ringing. Mr. Anderson was on his way to his home near the McKinley school. It is evident that the engine struck the team first as one horse was still on the pilot when the train stopped 600 feet south of the crossing. The other horse was dragged for about 100 feet. Howard McKEE, who lives near, was an eye witness and was the first person to reach the dying man. Anderson was lying just beside the rails against the cattle guard a few feet away from the road. The injury which caused his death was inflicted on the left side of the head, the skull being crushed. It is thought that the train did not touch Mr. Anderson, the impact throwing him from the wagon with great force, head first into the cattle guards, a hay ladder which he was hauling being found on top of him. The left hip was fractured and there was a wound in the left thigh. His heart was still beating when he was picked up by Mr. McKee but all life ceased a few minutes later. An ambulance was called at once and the body was taken to the morgue. Within five minutes from the time that Mr. Anderson was struck a hundred people were on the scene and the curious continued to visit the place throughout the following day. The passenger train is usually on time and makes the distance from Tiosa at high speed. Saturday evening the train was a few minutes late and it is thought that it was speeding along at 30 miles an hour when Mr. Anderson was struck. The engineer of the train was unable to stop until he reached the creek bridge south of the crossing. People who know Mr. Anderson assert that his death was indirectly caused by his tendency to be absent-minded. They claim that although he was not deaf, Mr. Anderson did not hear the wheels or the bell and that when he neared the crossing his mind was occupied with other things. He has been known to pass many of his best friends on the road without speaking and incidents have been known when he did not see a team and failed to give any part of the road to a passing rig. It is not thought that any effort will be made by the relatives to collect damages from the railroad company. As the wagon which Mr. Anderson was driving was loaded with a hay ladder and as the team was trotting, it is probable that the noise drowned all sound of warning, but if he had been aware that the crossing was near he could have seen the train. The boys who were riding in the buggy which was hitched on behind the wagon jumped in time and were not injured, although badly frightened. It is said that Mr. Anderson saw the train just as he got on the corssing and that he made an effort to whip the team across in time. Harley EMMONS was in a machine just ahead and came back after the accident. The boys riding in the buggy, also claim that the horses became frightened just before they reached the crossing. The shafts of the buggy got loose and dropped, one shaft running into the ground and breaking with a loud snap. This noise, so the boys claim, frightened the team and may have caused them to spring forward upon the crossing, against the will of the driver. Frank ANDERSON was born in Sandusky, O., Feb. 25, 1851, living there until he was of age, at which time he removed to Michigan to engage in the lumber business. In the fall of 1881 he came to Fulton county, locating on a farm north of Leiters Ford. In the spring of 1885, he married Mary C. NEFF of this county, and after four years on the farm, moved to Leiters Ford, where for two years, he engaged in the hardware business, then moving to a farm three miles east of Rochester, where he has since lived. Besides the wife there survive one son, Roscoe T. [ANDERSON], age 28, and one daughter, Madge [ANDERSON], age 17. Deceased was a member of the I.O.O.F. and the Tribe of Ben Hur, and was also affiliated with the Spiritualist church. Funeral at the home Tuesday p.m. at 1:30, I.O.O.F. in charge. Burial in mausoleum here. ----- Published in The Rochester Sentinel Tuesday, February 23, 1915 The funeral of the late S. F. ANDERSON was held this afternoon from the home three miles east of Rochester, Rev. E. W. SPRAGUE of Detroit officiating. The I.O.O.F. lodge was in charge of the services at their cemetery. Scores attended the funeral. SOURCE: Fulton County Indiana Obituaries - 1915 by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh

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Mary Christiania Neff Anderson

(1854 - 1934)

Children

Roscoe Thomas Anderson

(1886 - 1940)

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