Two Engineers Die
Submitted by N.O.V.A. July 2006
Daily Picayune 02-07-1904


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Two Engineers Die - Death Claims Two Well Known Southern 
Pacific Engineers Laurence Stenger And Edward Beuker
Who Were In The Employ Of The Southern Pacific As Locomotive 
Engineers For A Number Of Years, Died At Their Homes In
Algiers, Yesterday. Mr. Stenger Was Born In Alsace-Lorraine, 
France, 51 Years Ago. He Immigrated To The Us Before He Had
Attained His Majority And For The Past 30 Years He Has Been 
A Resident Of The 5th District. Mr. Stenger Was A Reliable
And Prominent Passenger Engineer, But A Week Ago, Ill Health 
Compelled Him To Abandon His Position And Yesterday Morning
At 7:30 O'clock, He Breathed His Last. He Is Survived By His 
Wife, Formerly Miss Barbara Streib, And 5 Children. Mr.
Stenger Was A Member Of The German Benevolent Association And 
The Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers. The Funeral Will
Take Place From His Residence No. 544 Pacific Avenue, And The 
Interment Will Be In The Catholic Cemetery, Algiers. Lisa
Cotten's Notes: Laurence Was My Great-Great-Grandfather. 
Children: Peter Laurence Stenger, Odilie (Odeal) Mary Stenger
Mclean, Katie C. Stenger, Michel Edward Stenger, Joseph Louis 
Stengerwrence Charles Stenger, Jr., And An Infant That
Died Before 1900. Laurence's Parents And Siblings Are Unknown 
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