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Charles W. Burchard

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Charles W. Burchard

Birth
Death
5 Sep 1899 (aged 25)
Burial
Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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DAILY REVIEW 9/6/1899

CHARLES BURCHARD DIED AT 6 OCLOCK TUESDAY NIGHT AT THE DENVER & RIO GRANDE HOSPITAL AT SALIDA, COLO. THE INFORMATION WAS CONVEYED TO HIS FRIENDS IN THIS CITY BY A TELEGAM WHICH WAS RECEIVED AT 7 OCLOCK THIS MORNING.
FOR SEVERAL DAYS THERE HAS BEEN NO HOPE FOR HIM AND LAST NIGHT J. O. HORTON OF THIS CITY RECEIVED A TELEGRAM FROM HIS SISTER, MRS. BURCHARD, INFORMING HIM THAT PASSSES HAD BEEN MAILED TO HIM AND TO COME AT ONCE ON RECEIPT OF THEM. HE WAS THIRTEEN DAYS SINCE HE WAS HURT. HE HAD BEEN UNCONSCIOUS SINCE THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AND THE TELEGRAM RELATING TO THE PASSES INDICATED THAT ALL HOPE HAD BEEN GIVEN UP BY HIS WIFE. THE INFORMATION OF HIS DEATH WAS THEREFORE NO SURPRISE TO HIS DECATUR FRIENDS.
CHARLES BURCHARD WAS A FIREMAN ON THE DENVER AND RIO GRANDE AND ON THE ACCIDENT THAT ON THE OCCASION THAT HE MET WITH THE FATAL ACCIDENT HE WAS FIRING PASSENGER, ? A POINT NEAR COLORADO SPRINGS, HE STUCK HIS HEAD OUT OF THE CAB WINDOW AND WAS STRUCK BY THE ARM OF THE MAIL CATCHER FROM WHICH THIS TRAIN WAS TO TAKE MAIL. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL AT COLORADO SPRNGS WHERE HE RECEIVED THE BEST OF MEDICL ATTENTION.
THE SKULL HAD BEEN CRUSHED IN OVER AN AREA AN INCH AND A HALF IN DIAMETER. THE PIECES OF BROKEN BONE WERE REMOVED FROM THE BRAIN BUT HE NEVER RECOVERED CONSCIOUNESS.
ON FRIDAY HE WAS REMOVED TO THE COMPANY HOSPITAL AT SALIDA IN THE HOPE THAT THE TREATMENT THERE WOULD BENEFIT HIM. HE WAS LOOKED AFTER BY THE RAILROAD COMPANY AND MEMBER OF THE B. OF L. F.
THE BODY WILL BE BROUGHT OT DECATUR FOR BURIAL BUT NO INFORMATION HAS YET BEEN RECEIVED AS TO WHEN IT WILL LEAVE SALIDA. IT IS EXPECTED BY FRIENDS TO ARRIVE HERE THURSDAY.
IT WILL BE TAKEN AT ONCE TO THE HOME OF MRS. BURCHARDS BROTHER J. O. HORTON AT 808 JOHNS AVE. FROM WHICH PLACE THE FUNERAL WILL BE CONDUCTED.
CHARLES BURCHARD IS WELL KNOW IN DECATUR, HAVING LIVED HERE SEVERAL YEARS. HE LEFT HERE FOUR YEARS AGO TO TAKE THE PLACE ON THE D & R G. AS A FIREMAN AND FOR SOME TIME PREVIOUS TO HIS LEAVING HE HAD BEEN A FIREMAN ON THE WABASH. PREVIOUS TO HIS SERVICE WITH THE WABASH HE HAD BEEN IN THE EMPLOY OF THE PACIFIC EXPRESS COMPANY.
FOUR YEARS AGO HE MARRIED MISS DELLA HOTON. MR.AND MRS. BURCHARD VISITED IN THIS CITY THIS SUMMER AND LEFT HERE FOR DENVER THREE WEEKS AGO. THEIR ONLY CHILD DIED A SHORT TIME AGO.
DAILY REVIEW 9/6/1899

CHARLES BURCHARD DIED AT 6 OCLOCK TUESDAY NIGHT AT THE DENVER & RIO GRANDE HOSPITAL AT SALIDA, COLO. THE INFORMATION WAS CONVEYED TO HIS FRIENDS IN THIS CITY BY A TELEGAM WHICH WAS RECEIVED AT 7 OCLOCK THIS MORNING.
FOR SEVERAL DAYS THERE HAS BEEN NO HOPE FOR HIM AND LAST NIGHT J. O. HORTON OF THIS CITY RECEIVED A TELEGRAM FROM HIS SISTER, MRS. BURCHARD, INFORMING HIM THAT PASSSES HAD BEEN MAILED TO HIM AND TO COME AT ONCE ON RECEIPT OF THEM. HE WAS THIRTEEN DAYS SINCE HE WAS HURT. HE HAD BEEN UNCONSCIOUS SINCE THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AND THE TELEGRAM RELATING TO THE PASSES INDICATED THAT ALL HOPE HAD BEEN GIVEN UP BY HIS WIFE. THE INFORMATION OF HIS DEATH WAS THEREFORE NO SURPRISE TO HIS DECATUR FRIENDS.
CHARLES BURCHARD WAS A FIREMAN ON THE DENVER AND RIO GRANDE AND ON THE ACCIDENT THAT ON THE OCCASION THAT HE MET WITH THE FATAL ACCIDENT HE WAS FIRING PASSENGER, ? A POINT NEAR COLORADO SPRINGS, HE STUCK HIS HEAD OUT OF THE CAB WINDOW AND WAS STRUCK BY THE ARM OF THE MAIL CATCHER FROM WHICH THIS TRAIN WAS TO TAKE MAIL. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL AT COLORADO SPRNGS WHERE HE RECEIVED THE BEST OF MEDICL ATTENTION.
THE SKULL HAD BEEN CRUSHED IN OVER AN AREA AN INCH AND A HALF IN DIAMETER. THE PIECES OF BROKEN BONE WERE REMOVED FROM THE BRAIN BUT HE NEVER RECOVERED CONSCIOUNESS.
ON FRIDAY HE WAS REMOVED TO THE COMPANY HOSPITAL AT SALIDA IN THE HOPE THAT THE TREATMENT THERE WOULD BENEFIT HIM. HE WAS LOOKED AFTER BY THE RAILROAD COMPANY AND MEMBER OF THE B. OF L. F.
THE BODY WILL BE BROUGHT OT DECATUR FOR BURIAL BUT NO INFORMATION HAS YET BEEN RECEIVED AS TO WHEN IT WILL LEAVE SALIDA. IT IS EXPECTED BY FRIENDS TO ARRIVE HERE THURSDAY.
IT WILL BE TAKEN AT ONCE TO THE HOME OF MRS. BURCHARDS BROTHER J. O. HORTON AT 808 JOHNS AVE. FROM WHICH PLACE THE FUNERAL WILL BE CONDUCTED.
CHARLES BURCHARD IS WELL KNOW IN DECATUR, HAVING LIVED HERE SEVERAL YEARS. HE LEFT HERE FOUR YEARS AGO TO TAKE THE PLACE ON THE D & R G. AS A FIREMAN AND FOR SOME TIME PREVIOUS TO HIS LEAVING HE HAD BEEN A FIREMAN ON THE WABASH. PREVIOUS TO HIS SERVICE WITH THE WABASH HE HAD BEEN IN THE EMPLOY OF THE PACIFIC EXPRESS COMPANY.
FOUR YEARS AGO HE MARRIED MISS DELLA HOTON. MR.AND MRS. BURCHARD VISITED IN THIS CITY THIS SUMMER AND LEFT HERE FOR DENVER THREE WEEKS AGO. THEIR ONLY CHILD DIED A SHORT TIME AGO.

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