On this Date in Minnesota history: July 11

July 11, 1907 - Walter Bannister Congdon, the oldest son of Chester A. Congdon of Duluth, “was run over by a loaded ore car at the washing plant at the Canesteo mine at Coleraine” about 2 p.m. “His foot was crushed under the wheels, making amputation above the ankle necessary. Mr. Congdon was employed by the Oliver Mining company and the performance of his duties took him to all parts of the plant.”

A recent graduate of Yale, Mr. Congdon is 24 years of age and “just starting at the practice of his profession. He is a mining engineer, having taken that course at the Minnesota School of Mines, in addition to his studies at Yale.”

Duluth News-Tribune; “W.B. Congdon, Struck By a Car, Loses Foor”; Duluth, Minn.; July 12, 1907; p. 1.

Walter Bannister Congdon

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