Evening star., 1901-09-07
BROUGHT HERE FOR BURIAL.
Prominent Railway Man, Formerly .
Resident of AnacOstia.

Resident OF AnacOstaa.
The remains Of Patrick T. Downs, a
former resident of the District, who was
among the number killed in the recent
wreck on the Great Northern railway at
Nyack, Mont, reached Washington this
afternoon on special car. The body was
Immediately conveyed to st. Patrick's 8
Church, where funeral services were held.
beginning shortly after 2 o'clock. The re-
mains were inferred in Mount Olivet ceme-
terry. where the bodies Of the parents OF
the deceased are buried.
Mr.. Downs was brother Of Mrs. Ken
nelly of No. 45 street northwest. and was
the half brother of Mr.. NJ. ]. Quinn. chief
clerk of the Government Hospital for the
Insane. He came here with his parents
when young child, his father dying
shortly after reaching this city. He and
his mother subsequently became residents
OF the Anacostia section and became well
known to those who are now among the
older citizens of that place. His mothe-
died at Anacostfa several years ago.
Mr.. Downs spent his boyhood in the
neighborhood, and served during the war
between the north and the south With the
engineers engaged in the construction of
Notifications at GiesborO' and vicinity. At
the close of the war, when he was about
eighteen years old, he left the locality and
went to New Orleans, where he soon be-
came identified with railroad interests and
sponsibtlity. He came to the District fire.
quently to visit his relatives and friends,
and six weeks prior to his death had been
in Washington for this purpose. In the
railroad wreck In which he lost his life
his son, Kirk T. Downs, was also killed,
and his remains were not recovered. At
the time of his death Mr.. Downs was the
assistant general superintendent Of the
Great Northern lines west of Minot, s. d.
He was stationed at Spokane, Wash,
where the news of his death caused gen.
eral sorrow. as he was, 1t is stated, one
OF the most popular railroad men ever
doing service at that place. The lay sue
ceeding the railway disaster Mr.. Downs.
had he survived, was to have assumed the
position of vice president of the Spokane
Falls and Kootenai Valley roads
Mr.. Downs met his death with thirty-six
others while travelling in his private car.
He and his son had accompanied their
guests, Lieutenant Victor Blue and wife,
to Minot and were returning when the ac-
cident occurred. The wreck was caused
by the breaking of freight train on a
steep grade, the rear end of the freight
daSh1ng down mountain and into pas
sengeg train at the Nyack station. Thc
car attached to the rear end of this pas
senger train was Mr. Downs private
coach. 1t was thought at first that all
the victims of the wreck were crGmated,
as fire broke out Immediately aftcrward.
Mr.. Downs was fifty-four years old and
had spent over thirty years in the railroad
service. His wife and a daughter survive
him, the latter being Mrs. Rupert Blue of
San Francisco. The body was accompa-
MED to this city by his widow, several
friends and one of the railroad officials
The pallbearers were Messrs. Richard Ben
nett, George Skidmore and James Green
of the Government Hospital for the In
sane and Sergeant w. T. Anderson and
MeSSrS. John +. Reagan and Thomas r.
Kane of Anacostia.