LAKE COUNTY

John Hill, a Finlander, aged 40, was struck by a Duluth & Iron Range passenger train near Waldo station at about 10:30 o'clock on November 12, 1910. The injured man intended to board the train at Waldo station, and was late in getting to the station. When he saw the train approaching, he ran down the track, waving his arms to attract the attention of the engineer, running between the rails all the time. The engineer slowed the train down and blew the whistle but Hill did not get out of the way and was struck by the engine while the train was going at the rate of 15 miles an hour. He was picked up and put on a train and taken to the Budd hospital. He was unconscious for a considerable time, but it is thought that his injuries will not prove fatal. --The Duluth News Tribune

Knife River (D&IR) - This station was moved from the London/Lakeside/Lester Park neighborhood of Duluth (St. Louis County) in the early 1900s as passenger traffic in that area shifted to streetcars and Knife River needed a station at the time (Lake County News-Chronicle, 7-13-2018). According to old maps, the Lakeside station was originally located on East Superior Street at North 47th Avenue (formerly Sargent Street) at GPS: 46.828890, -92.029450. Before the station's name was changed to Lakeside, it was known as London. This is a different station than the one called "Lester Park." Lester Park station was about a mile NE of the London/Lakeside station. According to the D&IR shareholders meeting minutes from 1916, money was allocated for the extension of this station (by then in Knife River) in the amount of $300.