Monday, October 31, 1955
Ottawa (Kansas) Herald
TRAIN KILLED MISSOURI MAN AT PRINCETON
CRASH VICTIM WAS A FORMER RESIDENT OF MIAMI COUNTY
A Missouri man was killed last night when the car he was driving was struck by a freight train on a crossing at Princeton.
The deceased was Grover C. Argenbright, 63, of Rt. 1, Drexel, Mo. Officers assumed that Argenbright had been hunting as shotguns and other hunting equipment was found in the car.
According to the train's engineer, the eastbound 1941 Buick driven by Argenbright approached the crossing and was slowing down. When the car was near the crossing, it almost stopped and then eased onto the track in the path of the oncoming Santa Fe freight.
Officers said that the train was traveling about 50 miles an hour. The engine pushed the car 57 feet down the track and into a ditch. Argenbright was thrown out and his body was found near the car.
Highway Patrolmen Art Jensen and Bob onaty, who investigated, said that Argenbright apparently didn't see the train. They said death resulted from multiple injuries.
The accident happened shortly after 10 p.m. last night on the John Brown highway crossing north of Princeton.
The body was taken to Lamb funeral Home in Ottawa. It will be removed today to a funeral home at Belton, Mo.
Argenbright, a bachelor, had lived in Miami county many years before moving to Missouri. His occupation was listed as a farmer.
Argenbright was born in Bates county, Missouri, June 23, 1892. He leaves three brothers: Ray of Baldwinsville, N.Y.; Lyle of Denver; and Glenn of Peculiar, Mo.; and two sisters: Miss Celeste Argenbright of Drexel and Mrs. Cleo Eichhorn of Pilot Grove, Mo.
He was a member of the American Legion post at Osawatomie. Place of interment will be Memorial Park cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
Ottawa (Kansas) Herald
TRAIN KILLED MISSOURI MAN AT PRINCETON
CRASH VICTIM WAS A FORMER RESIDENT OF MIAMI COUNTY
A Missouri man was killed last night when the car he was driving was struck by a freight train on a crossing at Princeton.
The deceased was Grover C. Argenbright, 63, of Rt. 1, Drexel, Mo. Officers assumed that Argenbright had been hunting as shotguns and other hunting equipment was found in the car.
According to the train's engineer, the eastbound 1941 Buick driven by Argenbright approached the crossing and was slowing down. When the car was near the crossing, it almost stopped and then eased onto the track in the path of the oncoming Santa Fe freight.
Officers said that the train was traveling about 50 miles an hour. The engine pushed the car 57 feet down the track and into a ditch. Argenbright was thrown out and his body was found near the car.
Highway Patrolmen Art Jensen and Bob onaty, who investigated, said that Argenbright apparently didn't see the train. They said death resulted from multiple injuries.
The accident happened shortly after 10 p.m. last night on the John Brown highway crossing north of Princeton.
The body was taken to Lamb funeral Home in Ottawa. It will be removed today to a funeral home at Belton, Mo.
Argenbright, a bachelor, had lived in Miami county many years before moving to Missouri. His occupation was listed as a farmer.
Argenbright was born in Bates county, Missouri, June 23, 1892. He leaves three brothers: Ray of Baldwinsville, N.Y.; Lyle of Denver; and Glenn of Peculiar, Mo.; and two sisters: Miss Celeste Argenbright of Drexel and Mrs. Cleo Eichhorn of Pilot Grove, Mo.
He was a member of the American Legion post at Osawatomie. Place of interment will be Memorial Park cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
Monday, October 31, 1955
Ottawa (Kansas) Herald
TRAIN KILLED MISSOURI MAN AT PRINCETON
CRASH VICTIM WAS A FORMER RESIDENT OF MIAMI COUNTY
A Missouri man was killed last night when the car he was driving was struck by a freight train on a crossing at Princeton.
The deceased was Grover C. Argenbright, 63, of Rt. 1, Drexel, Mo. Officers assumed that Argenbright had been hunting as shotguns and other hunting equipment was found in the car.
According to the train's engineer, the eastbound 1941 Buick driven by Argenbright approached the crossing and was slowing down. When the car was near the crossing, it almost stopped and then eased onto the track in the path of the oncoming Santa Fe freight.
Officers said that the train was traveling about 50 miles an hour. The engine pushed the car 57 feet down the track and into a ditch. Argenbright was thrown out and his body was found near the car.
Highway Patrolmen Art Jensen and Bob onaty, who investigated, said that Argenbright apparently didn't see the train. They said death resulted from multiple injuries.
The accident happened shortly after 10 p.m. last night on the John Brown highway crossing north of Princeton.
The body was taken to Lamb funeral Home in Ottawa. It will be removed today to a funeral home at Belton, Mo.
Argenbright, a bachelor, had lived in Miami county many years before moving to Missouri. His occupation was listed as a farmer.
Argenbright was born in Bates county, Missouri, June 23, 1892. He leaves three brothers: Ray of Baldwinsville, N.Y.; Lyle of Denver; and Glenn of Peculiar, Mo.; and two sisters: Miss Celeste Argenbright of Drexel and Mrs. Cleo Eichhorn of Pilot Grove, Mo.
He was a member of the American Legion post at Osawatomie. Place of interment will be Memorial Park cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
Ottawa (Kansas) Herald
TRAIN KILLED MISSOURI MAN AT PRINCETON
CRASH VICTIM WAS A FORMER RESIDENT OF MIAMI COUNTY
A Missouri man was killed last night when the car he was driving was struck by a freight train on a crossing at Princeton.
The deceased was Grover C. Argenbright, 63, of Rt. 1, Drexel, Mo. Officers assumed that Argenbright had been hunting as shotguns and other hunting equipment was found in the car.
According to the train's engineer, the eastbound 1941 Buick driven by Argenbright approached the crossing and was slowing down. When the car was near the crossing, it almost stopped and then eased onto the track in the path of the oncoming Santa Fe freight.
Officers said that the train was traveling about 50 miles an hour. The engine pushed the car 57 feet down the track and into a ditch. Argenbright was thrown out and his body was found near the car.
Highway Patrolmen Art Jensen and Bob onaty, who investigated, said that Argenbright apparently didn't see the train. They said death resulted from multiple injuries.
The accident happened shortly after 10 p.m. last night on the John Brown highway crossing north of Princeton.
The body was taken to Lamb funeral Home in Ottawa. It will be removed today to a funeral home at Belton, Mo.
Argenbright, a bachelor, had lived in Miami county many years before moving to Missouri. His occupation was listed as a farmer.
Argenbright was born in Bates county, Missouri, June 23, 1892. He leaves three brothers: Ray of Baldwinsville, N.Y.; Lyle of Denver; and Glenn of Peculiar, Mo.; and two sisters: Miss Celeste Argenbright of Drexel and Mrs. Cleo Eichhorn of Pilot Grove, Mo.
He was a member of the American Legion post at Osawatomie. Place of interment will be Memorial Park cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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