L. F. Partridge
Burial Details
Obituaries
Eagle County Blade page 3 - February 14, 1901
INSTANTLY KILLED
BADLY « URT
L . F . Partriilge . Run Do _> vn in the Railroadi Yards . it Minturn . • About 7 : 25 l _^ riday . morning L . F . Partridge _\ yasracciciontally , strtick by ifDcn ? ver & Rib Grando train in tho yards at Minium und instantly killed . Mr . Partridgo was on his way fb ; breakfast when ho was run down by tlio local freight train consisting of . engine No . 57 G , ono car and tho caboose . 1 Tho train wiis in the backward motion when tho unforfti nate man was struck .,. He was dragged about seventy-live foot and his . body badiy mangled . , , , ¦ It is evidentthat-the deceased did not hear or see the approaching train , and all moinb ers of the train crow testify to not having soon him until after the accident _. An incident of the unfortunate accident is that tho victim s littlo dog was with him at the time arid was also killed . Coroner Graham was called to tho scene and investigated the case . ;; . The tragedy was clearly an accidentand tho coroner deemed nn inquest unnecessary , and . the body was turned . over to John M . BaunieiBter , the , _deeousoilB . friend and jusiness associate . . ¦ . . Mr . Partridge was an old resident of the county and a number ot years ago was engaged in mining at Battle Mountain With John M. Baumeister, the deceased friend and business associate. He was a single man about 55 years of age. Several brothers of the deceased are wealthy men residing in Chicago; one of the brothers being a partner in a well known : law firm of that city . The funeral occured at Minturn, on Sunday.
