The Globe-republican., 1897-01-07
Killed in q Wreck.

A telegram was received here MONDAY
noon, stating that Ed. Martin was killed
| in a wreck. on the Denver & Fort Worth
railroad. south Of Trinidad. The young
man was employed as fireman on the
road. Martin was well known to many
Dodge City people. having been resi-
dent here for number Of years He was
son of Fred Martin. formerly a butcher
in this place, but who is now resident
of Trinidad.
The deceased was y years Of age, and
was fine specimen of physical man
hood. He was here on Il visit during
Christmas week. and won u fine music
box in Il drawing that took place. In
conversation with friends he said he de-
sired to make change If his work. as it
was hazardous in the mountains, and the
trains having poor air brakes they some
times could not control the trains on the
heavy grades. He expressed fear that
he would meet death, while in CONVERSE
tioL here, and strangc to relate, he met
deatL Oh the first run after his holiday
J vacation He was sober and industri-
Gus young man and was well liked by his
associates. The sad news of Martins
death is deeply regretted by his friends
and those Of his parents and relatives.
The following account is from the
| Trinidad Advertiser, of January 9Th:
| Il, off hx
ceived here that while buckiug snow
from the track about thirty miles below
Texline, engine No. "A, with MIR. Casey
as engineer, aud E. l.. Martin as fireman,
was thrown from the track and young
Martin. the fireman, killed. A special
train was at once sent ont Of here To help
clear the wreck and bring in the body to
this city which was young Martins home'
The train left here about 3 80 Sunday
afternoon and it was expected would re-
turn during the night, but it was ncces-
sary to hold an inquest down there in
Texas where the accident occurred and
this delayed the return of the train to
this city until yesterday evening about !
o'clock. When the train came in large
crowd of friends of the deceased, more
particularly railroad men, were there to
see that everything was done for the re-
: mains that could be. The body was de-
!, liyered to Undertaken Sipe who will have
, the funeral in charge which will occur
tomorrow.
1t seems that the snow plOw and an.
other engine undertook, by rush, to
? force the snow and sand which had drift
} ted on the track, and when the plow
struck the spow bank the engine was
thrown from the track and young Martin
was crushed between the snow plow AID
the engine. Engineer Casey escaped
without any injuries worth mentioning
Young Martin stood high in the esti-
nation Of his employers and associates.
Engineer Tom O'Neil, for whom the de-
ceased had fired for two years, speaking
of the occurrence said: ''In the two
wears past that young Martin has fired
for me he was most careful and stndious,
and so devoted to his duties that in my
opinion. had he not met with his untime.
IL end. his zeal and devotion TO duty
combined with the estimation in which
he was held by his superior officers
would shortly have elevated him to the
position of bis ambition, locomotive
; engineer" Many We're the expressions
Of similar character among his associ-
ates. which show that deceased held
more than an ordinary position in the es-
timation Of his fellow workers.
9 His many near relatives here have the
> beartfelt sympathy Of the community In
/, this their irreparable loss.