Blair County PA Archives Obituaries.....Gates, Robert M.  June 1893
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Tyrone Daily Herald    6/8/1893 
Robert M. Gates    6/8/1893    Tyrone Daily Herald   
Robert M. Gates Killed While Working at the Circus Train Wreck.

Another fatal accident occurred between 3 and 4 Thursday morning at McCann's 
crossing along the T. & C. railway, by which Robert M. Gates, one of the 
workmen of the Tyrone repair shops and wreck crew, met his death.  Mr. Gates 
was engaged with the crew in clearing up the wreck of the Main circus train. At 
the time of the accident, the men were pulling the tender from the bank below 
to the track by means of a long rope, and Robert Gates and William Lehner were 
working together blocking the car as it was being raised, when the rope broke, 
and according to the best theory advanced, struck the unfortunate man as he was 
endeavoring to get out of the way. After he was struck, he arose to his feet, 
then fell backward again to the ground. His companion asked Mr. Gates if he
knew him. The stricken man answered that he did, but never spoke again, and 
after lingering one hour, he died. There was only a slight bruise upon one eye 
and a small cut upon the back of his head, and it is thought that internal 
injuries caused his death. The remains were brought to the undertaking
establishment of Burley & Graham in Tyrone and prepared for burial, being 
conveyed that afternoon to his parents' home at Pennsylvania Furnace.  The 
deceased was aged 28 years and was the son of William and Catherine Gates, of 
Pennsylvania Furnace. Until a year ago, he worked upon the farm at home, coming 
to Tyrone last May, and engaging as a laborer in the Tyrone railroad shops. Two 
months ago he was promoted to the repair shop crew. He boarded with Mrs. 
McMurtrie on Blair avenue. An excellent and industrious young man, he is deeply 
mourned by all who knew him. He was a member of Camp 506 P. O. S. of A., of 
Pennsylvania Furnace, and had been a member of the Sheridan Troop for three 
years, his time of enlistment expiring last April. He was also a member of the 
Presbyterian church.  Surviving the deceased are his parents, one sister and 
four brothers, Mila, Frank, Thomas, William and Roland. An especially sad 
feature of the accident, too, is that he was betrothed to an excellent young 
lady of Tyrone, to whom the blow comes with grievous force. The funeral 
services were conducted by Rev. T. S. Ermentrout at the home of the bereaved 
parents at Pennsylvania Furnace, Saturday morning at 10.30 o'clock.
 


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