Glynn County GaArchives Obituaries.....Schoeppel, William August August 4, 1912
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6 August 1912; The Brunswick News; pg. 1 cols. 4 & 5

W.A. SCHOEPPEL FALLS BENEATH CARS; IS KILLED--WELL-KNOWN RAILROAD OFFICIAL 
LOST HIS LIFE ON SUNDAY NIGHT--WAS COUPLING FREIGHT CARS--LOST HIS BALANCE AND 
CAR PASSED OVER BODY, KILLING HIM ALMOST INSTANTLY.  WORKED FOR COAST LINE 
TWENTY-TWO YEARS.
        As the result of a frightful accident which occurred at the scale 
tracks of the Atlantic Coast Line about 7 o'clock Sunday night, W.A. 
Schoeppel, night yardmaster of that line was instantly killed.  Details of the 
horrible accident are meager owing to the fact that there was no actual eye-
witnesses of the tragedy.
        It seems, however, that Mr. Schoeppel was engaged in coupling cars and 
in some way lost his balance and fell across the tracks.  There was no engine 
attached to the car, as it was connected with the train on the main line, the 
switching crew being engaged in the work of dropping or parking the cars in 
their respective places on the sidetrack.  It is believed that Mr. Schoeppel 
must have fallen just as he was about to reach the coupling and too late to 
clear himself of the approaching car.
        The car ran over his legs and the lower portions of his body, crushing 
them almost into a pulp, one of the feet being horribly mangled.  Internal 
injuries were also sustained and to this fact is due his death, as the other 
injuries would not have been fatal.  As soon as the accident was discovered, 
the engine was removed from the body, which had actually chucked the car.
        Medical aid was immediately sent for, but before a physician arrived 
the unfortunate man passed away; in fact it is believed his death was almost 
instantaneous.
        The body was removed to an undertaking establishment on Newcastle 
street, where the body was prepared for burial.  Officials of the line 
notified the members of the family, who were shocked at the suddenness of the 
accident.  Mrs. Schoeppel was prostrated and physicians had to administer to 
her comfort during the night.
        Mr. Schoeppel was 52 years of age, was born in Germany, coming to this 
country as a young man, first making his home in Waycross, where he was 
engaged with the old Plant System, later coming to Brunswick.  He has been in 
the service of the Atlantic Coast Line railroad for twenty-two consecutive 
years and the officials of that road say they have never employed a more 
constant, faithful and efficient man.  He was a consistent member of the First 
Methodist church, belonged to the Odd Fellows and the Woodmen of the World, 
and was of that type of citizenship which any community can ill afford to lose.
        The deceased is survived by his widow, who prior to her marriage was 
Miss Minnie Townsend, a niece of Capt. W.R. Townsend, the well-known Glynn 
county citizen, and four children, Mrs. Lola May Boyd and Robert E. Lee 
Schoeppel of Augusta, and Misses Lillian and Ruby Schoeppel of this city, all 
of whom have the sympathy of a very large circle of friends here and elsewhere.
        The funeral will occur at Waycross this morning that city being the 
former home of Mr. Schoeppel.  The body, accompanied by members of the family, 
left on the early Atlantic Coast Line train this morning.  An honorary escort 
from the Woodmen of the World accompanied the remains this morning.  The 
funeral services in Waycross will be conducted by Rev. Loy Warwick of this 
city and Rev. O.F. Cook of Waycross, the interment occurring in Lott cemetery, 
that city.

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