Tragedy at the Sumner Crossing
A weekend outing turned to mourning after a fatal collision between an automobile and a passenger train.
Tacoma, Wash.—John Conginske, Mrs. John Conginske, and Ed Able were killed and two others injured when a Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul passenger train crashed into an automobile on a railroad crossing near Sumner Sunday night. The party was returning to South Tacoma from a day's outing when the accident occurred.
“All are from South Tacoma and were returning to the city from a day's outing when the accident occurred.”
Railroad crossing safety remained a persistent, deadly issue in Washington for decades, reflecting the growing tension between rapid industrial transit and local travel. Today, Sumner and the surrounding valley have seen significant infrastructure investments to eliminate many of these grade-level conflicts.
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