From the Celina Advocate, 16 Dec 1905, Page 1:
Mrs. Perry C. Good, the Unfortunate Victim
Was Run Down by a Lake Erie Passenger Train While on Her Way to Church
A shocking and fatal accident occurred at the Market Street crossing of the Lake Erie and Western railroad last Tuesday evening when Mrs. Perry C. Good was run down by the 5:27 p.m. east bound passenger train. Mrs. Good and her two daughters, Viola and Artie, were on their way from home, just east across the Lake Erie tracks, to church. The young girls had safely crossed the tracks when they saw the passenger approaching the crossing at full speed. They turned to warn their mother of the danger. She was following close behind the girls but being afflicted with deafness she did not hear the train or the warning of her children and was struck by the train. Her skill was crushed and she was otherwise badly injured but lingered along unti noon the next day before death ensued.
Frank VanWormer heard the cries of the girls for help and was soon upon the scene and carried the bruised form of the woman back to the home she left but a moment before. Doctors Wintermure and [illegible] were summoned but her injuries were beyond the power of human hands to aid.
Mrs. Good and her two daughters had but a moment before the accident left the husband and father at home and were on their way to attend the meeting being conducted in the little frame church on East Anthony street.
Deceased was born in Adams county, Ind., April 17, 1870, and was married to Perry C. Good on Sept. 22, 1899. To this union three children were born, one of whom preceded the mother in death. The family has resided in this city some four years.
The dead woman was well respected by all who knew her. She was a hard working woman and had been employed in the canning factory the past season. The husband and daughters have the sympathy of all in their sad hour of affliction. Deceased was in her thirty-sixth year. The funeral was held at ten o'clock Friday morning, Rev. Newton Peters, of Portland, Ind., officiating. Burial took place at the Oldtown cemetery. [illegible] & Meister were the funeral directors.
The crossing at which the unfortunate woman met her death is a dangerous one and council should take some action looking to have the railroad keep a watchman at that point. There have been several very narrow escapes at this crossing and it is time to place some safe-guard there before another shocking accident carries sorrow and sadness to another home and the community.