Brown County KS Archives Obituaries.....Smith, William February 3, 1889
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The Brown County World, Hiawatha, KS, February 8, 1889
William Smith Killed:  About eleven o'clock Sunday forenoon an extra freight 
train ran against William Smith of Reserve, and instantly killed him.  Mr. 
Smith was about 60 years old and both deaf and dumb.  He was walking on the 
track on his way to the home of a nephew, who lives near Reserve, and had just 
got to the cut this side of the bridge when the extra train came along.  The 
engineer whistled and tried to stop the train but could not, being only a 
short distance from Smith when he was noticed.  The engine pilot struck his 
head and knocked him over against the iron casting on the pilot and from there 
he fell beside the track.  The train was stopped and the train men went back 
to where he lay but life was extinct - his skull had been crushed.  Only a 
short time ago he was struck by a train near the same place.  The railroad 
employees are blemeless.

Additional Comments:
NOTE: William's name should read Schmitt rather than Smith.  He was a brother 
of John Schmitt and Margaret Schorr.

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