Lyon County NV Archives Obituaries.....Schmartz, Daniel May 18, 1887
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Reno Evening Gazette May 19, 1887
Killed by the Cars

Daniel Schmartz, a German, was run over by a freight car at the Virginia and
Truckee railroad yard in Gold Hill, yesterday afternoon.   He had delivered a
load of wood at Smith’s yard near the depot and went to the office to settle
with Smith.  The side-track run directly in front of Smith’s office.  After a
settlement Schmartz started away, and was crossing the track just as the switch
engine was pushing a freight car over it.  Parties endeavored to warn the
unfortunate man of his danger, but he either did not hear them or was so deeply
absorbed in thought that he did not heed the warning.  He did not notice the car
until it struck him.  He was knocked down and the wheel of one truck passed over
his leg, crushing it in a horrible manner from the thigh to the ankle.  The limb
was amputated, but he died a few minutes after the operation was performed.  He
leaves a wife and four children in Silver City, where he resided.


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