On This Date in Minnesota History: September 27

September 27, 1906 – Charles Fullerton, 51 years old and well known in Bemidji, was instantly killed yesterday around 11 a.m., about a mile and a half north of Puposky, Minn., being run over by a train on the Minneapolis, Red Lake & Manitoba Railway.

A painter by trade, Fullerton had been to Puposky and walked from that place to collect some money that was due him at the home of a friend a mile and a half north of Puposky. He was returning to Puposky walking in the middle of the railroad track, when he was hit by a train. The train crew saw the man walking on the track, but as the latter was deaf, he did not hear the train approaching and did not attempt to move from between the rails.

Every effort was made to stop the train, but it was not possible. Fullerton was picked up from between the engine and the first car on the train and an examination showed that he was badly hurt about the head, that both arms were broken and that he was injured internally.

The train was immediately headed for Bemidji and the body brought there. The injuries caused instant death.

No blame can possibly be attached to the railroad company or any of its employees.


Bemidji Daily Pioneer; “Deaf Man Run Down and Killed by Train. Charles Fullerton Meets Death Beneath Engine Wheels Yesterday on M. R. L. & M. Was Walking Between Rails. Could  Not Hear Warning. Dead Man Well Known in Bemidji, Where He Will be Buried.”; Sept. 28, 1906; p. 1.

Puposky, Minn., Depot

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