Merle E Miller (1906 - 1915)

Ancestors

Died 17 Dec 1915 at age 9 in Berthold, Ward, North Dakota, United States

Merle Miller died young.

Biography

FIVE BOYS AND A MAN KILLED ON CROSSING.

ANOTHER YOUTH FATALLY INJURED WHEN GREAT NORTHERN TRAIN HITS SCHOOL BUS.

Berthold, N.D., Dec. 17. -- Five school boys and a man were killed and another boy probably mortally injured when a Grest Northern passenger train struck a bus loaded with school children at a railroad crossing during a heavy fog near here this afternoon. JOHN AHERN, the driver of the bus, was the adult killed. The children, all under 16 years old, were members of three families and were being taken from school to their homes near here. LEONARD and EARL MILLER, SEVERT and ANTON HAGEN and HARRY ARNOLD were killed, and the latter's brother, LEONARD, is expected to die from injuries.

Salt Lake Tribune Utah 1915-12-18

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