Fritz Bauer, 61, of Columbus, a longtime employee of Southern Pacific Railroad Lines, was killed at 4:30 a.m. Wednesday in the Glidden switching yard when two freight cars ran over him.
It was not immediately known whether he tripped and fell into the car's path or whether he had a heart attack or fainting spell. Justice of the Peace Mrs. Bonnie Jackson of Columbus returned a verdict of accidental death.
The tragic accident occurred on a switching track, 600 feet east of the depot, where an engine was pushing the two cars. One arm was cut off but the rest of Mr. Bauer's body, lying between the rails, was not badly mangled, Chief Deputy Sheriff M. H. Buller said.
He had been employed in the car department at Glidden 25 years.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 16, at Untermeyer Funeral Home, Columbus, with burial in the church cemetery. The rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Thursday in the funeral home.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Emma Buxkemper Bauer of Columbus; two sons, Edgar L. and Joseph M. Bauer, both of Houston; two daughters, Mrs. Floyd Neuendorf[sic] of Columbus and Mrs. Edwin Gassmann of Phoenix, Ariz.; 14 grandchildren; two brothers and two sisters.
Weimar Mercury, December 8, 1966, page 1
It was not immediately known whether he tripped and fell into the car's path or whether he had a heart attack or fainting spell. Justice of the Peace Mrs. Bonnie Jackson of Columbus returned a verdict of accidental death.
The tragic accident occurred on a switching track, 600 feet east of the depot, where an engine was pushing the two cars. One arm was cut off but the rest of Mr. Bauer's body, lying between the rails, was not badly mangled, Chief Deputy Sheriff M. H. Buller said.
He had been employed in the car department at Glidden 25 years.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 16, at Untermeyer Funeral Home, Columbus, with burial in the church cemetery. The rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Thursday in the funeral home.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Emma Buxkemper Bauer of Columbus; two sons, Edgar L. and Joseph M. Bauer, both of Houston; two daughters, Mrs. Floyd Neuendorf[sic] of Columbus and Mrs. Edwin Gassmann of Phoenix, Ariz.; 14 grandchildren; two brothers and two sisters.
Weimar Mercury, December 8, 1966, page 1
Fritz Bauer, 61, of Columbus, a longtime employee of Southern Pacific Railroad Lines, was killed at 4:30 a.m. Wednesday in the Glidden switching yard when two freight cars ran over him.
It was not immediately known whether he tripped and fell into the car's path or whether he had a heart attack or fainting spell. Justice of the Peace Mrs. Bonnie Jackson of Columbus returned a verdict of accidental death.
The tragic accident occurred on a switching track, 600 feet east of the depot, where an engine was pushing the two cars. One arm was cut off but the rest of Mr. Bauer's body, lying between the rails, was not badly mangled, Chief Deputy Sheriff M. H. Buller said.
He had been employed in the car department at Glidden 25 years.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 16, at Untermeyer Funeral Home, Columbus, with burial in the church cemetery. The rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Thursday in the funeral home.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Emma Buxkemper Bauer of Columbus; two sons, Edgar L. and Joseph M. Bauer, both of Houston; two daughters, Mrs. Floyd Neuendorf[sic] of Columbus and Mrs. Edwin Gassmann of Phoenix, Ariz.; 14 grandchildren; two brothers and two sisters.
Weimar Mercury, December 8, 1966, page 1
It was not immediately known whether he tripped and fell into the car's path or whether he had a heart attack or fainting spell. Justice of the Peace Mrs. Bonnie Jackson of Columbus returned a verdict of accidental death.
The tragic accident occurred on a switching track, 600 feet east of the depot, where an engine was pushing the two cars. One arm was cut off but the rest of Mr. Bauer's body, lying between the rails, was not badly mangled, Chief Deputy Sheriff M. H. Buller said.
He had been employed in the car department at Glidden 25 years.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 16, at Untermeyer Funeral Home, Columbus, with burial in the church cemetery. The rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Thursday in the funeral home.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Emma Buxkemper Bauer of Columbus; two sons, Edgar L. and Joseph M. Bauer, both of Houston; two daughters, Mrs. Floyd Neuendorf[sic] of Columbus and Mrs. Edwin Gassmann of Phoenix, Ariz.; 14 grandchildren; two brothers and two sisters.
Weimar Mercury, December 8, 1966, page 1
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