The son of Osmond Reed and Mary Ann Adams of New York. Was a locomotive engineer and was accidentaly killed by an overturning engine.
Obituary: William A. Reed. Pioneer Engineer Lost His Life In Accident at Roaring Brook. Harbor Springs train derailed and William A. Reed killed! In a few moments after the word was received about 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon, the news had spread over Petoskey and people were asking each other if it could be true, few believing at first that the Harbor Springs trains, which had left here at 1 o'clock as usual, had met with such an accident. But the sight of the relief train going at top speed through the city to the scene of the disaster soon confirmed the report. The accident took place near Roaring Brook, and how it happened no one know and probably no one ever will know, although various theories are advanced. The train was speeding along as usual when, in the twinkling of an eye, the engine jumped the track and fell on its side, Engineer Reed falling beneath it and Fireman McClure being thrown clear of the wreck, landing ten feet away. The news was soon telephone to Harbor Springs and Petoskey and doctors and citizens were on their way to the scene, ready to help in any way. There was nothing to be done, however, till Mr. Reed was released which was done by digging away the sand and taking him from beneath the wrecked engine. The position he was in indicated that death came to him instantly and he probably never realized that it was near. An examination showed that he had sustained a bruise on the back of the head and had been badly scalded from the escaping steam.
The remains were taken to Harbor Springs till evening when they were brought here and taken to Henika's undertaking rooms. Sunday afternoon he was removed to his home, 488 State street. William A. Reed was born in the city of Grand Rapids, July 24, 1859, and was 46 years, 8 months and 27 days old. At the age of 17 he left school and went to work in a round-house, wiping engines and doing the usual work required of those who expected to become engineers. From this he was promoted to firing and in May 1881, made his first trip as engineer, his run being on the old strap railroad between hear and Conway, or Crooked Lake as it was called in the pioneer days of Petoskey. He kept on this run till the railroad was extended to Harbor Springs for which he helped lay and distribute iron with a little "Riverside" engine. The year 1881 was eventful to him in still another way for it was in this year that he was married to Miss Ida A. Clapp of Cadillac and came to Petoskey where they lived one and one years, moving to Harbor Springs where the next ten years of their life was spent, then coming back to Petoskey where they have since lived. One child, May reed, was born to them and is a source of great comfort to her mother during her great bereavement.
Mr. Reed Was know far and near as one of the most careful and reliable engineers on the road and was highly esteemed by the company and his associates. As a citizen he was one of the most respected men of Petoskey, know to be a careful and honorable business man and devoted to his family and home life. He was a member of the K.O.T.M.M, the A.O.U.W, the Masons, and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
The funeral was held at the home yesterday afternoon under the auspices of the Masonic Lodges of Harbor Springs and Petoskey at 2:30 o'clock. Rev. J. F. Horton, officiating. Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers performed the duties of pall bearers, bearing their brother to his last resting place with reverend tread and heavy hearts. The interment was in beautiful Greenwood.
Many beautiful floral tributes bore mute testimony to the loving sympathy of friends and neighbors, even strangers expressing their sorrow by means of the silent but sweet token. Besides the wife and daughter, the immediate survivors are his brothers, Clarence Reed and Fred L. Reed of Cadillac, Miss Frances Reed, of Grand Rapids, all of whom are present. Mrs. Reed's father and sister of Mackinaw, were also here to attend the funeral. Mr. McKegan, master of motors, Mr. McMullen, foreman, Engineers Cunningham and Scanion, all of Grand Rapids, and Foreman Rowe and Engineers Reed and White, all of Cadillac, were also in the city to attend the funeral.
Obituary: William A. Reed. Pioneer Engineer Lost His Life In Accident at Roaring Brook. Harbor Springs train derailed and William A. Reed killed! In a few moments after the word was received about 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon, the news had spread over Petoskey and people were asking each other if it could be true, few believing at first that the Harbor Springs trains, which had left here at 1 o'clock as usual, had met with such an accident. But the sight of the relief train going at top speed through the city to the scene of the disaster soon confirmed the report. The accident took place near Roaring Brook, and how it happened no one know and probably no one ever will know, although various theories are advanced. The train was speeding along as usual when, in the twinkling of an eye, the engine jumped the track and fell on its side, Engineer Reed falling beneath it and Fireman McClure being thrown clear of the wreck, landing ten feet away. The news was soon telephone to Harbor Springs and Petoskey and doctors and citizens were on their way to the scene, ready to help in any way. There was nothing to be done, however, till Mr. Reed was released which was done by digging away the sand and taking him from beneath the wrecked engine. The position he was in indicated that death came to him instantly and he probably never realized that it was near. An examination showed that he had sustained a bruise on the back of the head and had been badly scalded from the escaping steam.
The remains were taken to Harbor Springs till evening when they were brought here and taken to Henika's undertaking rooms. Sunday afternoon he was removed to his home, 488 State street. William A. Reed was born in the city of Grand Rapids, July 24, 1859, and was 46 years, 8 months and 27 days old. At the age of 17 he left school and went to work in a round-house, wiping engines and doing the usual work required of those who expected to become engineers. From this he was promoted to firing and in May 1881, made his first trip as engineer, his run being on the old strap railroad between hear and Conway, or Crooked Lake as it was called in the pioneer days of Petoskey. He kept on this run till the railroad was extended to Harbor Springs for which he helped lay and distribute iron with a little "Riverside" engine. The year 1881 was eventful to him in still another way for it was in this year that he was married to Miss Ida A. Clapp of Cadillac and came to Petoskey where they lived one and one years, moving to Harbor Springs where the next ten years of their life was spent, then coming back to Petoskey where they have since lived. One child, May reed, was born to them and is a source of great comfort to her mother during her great bereavement.
Mr. Reed Was know far and near as one of the most careful and reliable engineers on the road and was highly esteemed by the company and his associates. As a citizen he was one of the most respected men of Petoskey, know to be a careful and honorable business man and devoted to his family and home life. He was a member of the K.O.T.M.M, the A.O.U.W, the Masons, and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
The funeral was held at the home yesterday afternoon under the auspices of the Masonic Lodges of Harbor Springs and Petoskey at 2:30 o'clock. Rev. J. F. Horton, officiating. Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers performed the duties of pall bearers, bearing their brother to his last resting place with reverend tread and heavy hearts. The interment was in beautiful Greenwood.
Many beautiful floral tributes bore mute testimony to the loving sympathy of friends and neighbors, even strangers expressing their sorrow by means of the silent but sweet token. Besides the wife and daughter, the immediate survivors are his brothers, Clarence Reed and Fred L. Reed of Cadillac, Miss Frances Reed, of Grand Rapids, all of whom are present. Mrs. Reed's father and sister of Mackinaw, were also here to attend the funeral. Mr. McKegan, master of motors, Mr. McMullen, foreman, Engineers Cunningham and Scanion, all of Grand Rapids, and Foreman Rowe and Engineers Reed and White, all of Cadillac, were also in the city to attend the funeral.
The son of Osmond Reed and Mary Ann Adams of New York. Was a locomotive engineer and was accidentaly killed by an overturning engine.
Obituary: William A. Reed. Pioneer Engineer Lost His Life In Accident at Roaring Brook. Harbor Springs train derailed and William A. Reed killed! In a few moments after the word was received about 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon, the news had spread over Petoskey and people were asking each other if it could be true, few believing at first that the Harbor Springs trains, which had left here at 1 o'clock as usual, had met with such an accident. But the sight of the relief train going at top speed through the city to the scene of the disaster soon confirmed the report. The accident took place near Roaring Brook, and how it happened no one know and probably no one ever will know, although various theories are advanced. The train was speeding along as usual when, in the twinkling of an eye, the engine jumped the track and fell on its side, Engineer Reed falling beneath it and Fireman McClure being thrown clear of the wreck, landing ten feet away. The news was soon telephone to Harbor Springs and Petoskey and doctors and citizens were on their way to the scene, ready to help in any way. There was nothing to be done, however, till Mr. Reed was released which was done by digging away the sand and taking him from beneath the wrecked engine. The position he was in indicated that death came to him instantly and he probably never realized that it was near. An examination showed that he had sustained a bruise on the back of the head and had been badly scalded from the escaping steam.
The remains were taken to Harbor Springs till evening when they were brought here and taken to Henika's undertaking rooms. Sunday afternoon he was removed to his home, 488 State street. William A. Reed was born in the city of Grand Rapids, July 24, 1859, and was 46 years, 8 months and 27 days old. At the age of 17 he left school and went to work in a round-house, wiping engines and doing the usual work required of those who expected to become engineers. From this he was promoted to firing and in May 1881, made his first trip as engineer, his run being on the old strap railroad between hear and Conway, or Crooked Lake as it was called in the pioneer days of Petoskey. He kept on this run till the railroad was extended to Harbor Springs for which he helped lay and distribute iron with a little "Riverside" engine. The year 1881 was eventful to him in still another way for it was in this year that he was married to Miss Ida A. Clapp of Cadillac and came to Petoskey where they lived one and one years, moving to Harbor Springs where the next ten years of their life was spent, then coming back to Petoskey where they have since lived. One child, May reed, was born to them and is a source of great comfort to her mother during her great bereavement.
Mr. Reed Was know far and near as one of the most careful and reliable engineers on the road and was highly esteemed by the company and his associates. As a citizen he was one of the most respected men of Petoskey, know to be a careful and honorable business man and devoted to his family and home life. He was a member of the K.O.T.M.M, the A.O.U.W, the Masons, and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
The funeral was held at the home yesterday afternoon under the auspices of the Masonic Lodges of Harbor Springs and Petoskey at 2:30 o'clock. Rev. J. F. Horton, officiating. Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers performed the duties of pall bearers, bearing their brother to his last resting place with reverend tread and heavy hearts. The interment was in beautiful Greenwood.
Many beautiful floral tributes bore mute testimony to the loving sympathy of friends and neighbors, even strangers expressing their sorrow by means of the silent but sweet token. Besides the wife and daughter, the immediate survivors are his brothers, Clarence Reed and Fred L. Reed of Cadillac, Miss Frances Reed, of Grand Rapids, all of whom are present. Mrs. Reed's father and sister of Mackinaw, were also here to attend the funeral. Mr. McKegan, master of motors, Mr. McMullen, foreman, Engineers Cunningham and Scanion, all of Grand Rapids, and Foreman Rowe and Engineers Reed and White, all of Cadillac, were also in the city to attend the funeral.
Obituary: William A. Reed. Pioneer Engineer Lost His Life In Accident at Roaring Brook. Harbor Springs train derailed and William A. Reed killed! In a few moments after the word was received about 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon, the news had spread over Petoskey and people were asking each other if it could be true, few believing at first that the Harbor Springs trains, which had left here at 1 o'clock as usual, had met with such an accident. But the sight of the relief train going at top speed through the city to the scene of the disaster soon confirmed the report. The accident took place near Roaring Brook, and how it happened no one know and probably no one ever will know, although various theories are advanced. The train was speeding along as usual when, in the twinkling of an eye, the engine jumped the track and fell on its side, Engineer Reed falling beneath it and Fireman McClure being thrown clear of the wreck, landing ten feet away. The news was soon telephone to Harbor Springs and Petoskey and doctors and citizens were on their way to the scene, ready to help in any way. There was nothing to be done, however, till Mr. Reed was released which was done by digging away the sand and taking him from beneath the wrecked engine. The position he was in indicated that death came to him instantly and he probably never realized that it was near. An examination showed that he had sustained a bruise on the back of the head and had been badly scalded from the escaping steam.
The remains were taken to Harbor Springs till evening when they were brought here and taken to Henika's undertaking rooms. Sunday afternoon he was removed to his home, 488 State street. William A. Reed was born in the city of Grand Rapids, July 24, 1859, and was 46 years, 8 months and 27 days old. At the age of 17 he left school and went to work in a round-house, wiping engines and doing the usual work required of those who expected to become engineers. From this he was promoted to firing and in May 1881, made his first trip as engineer, his run being on the old strap railroad between hear and Conway, or Crooked Lake as it was called in the pioneer days of Petoskey. He kept on this run till the railroad was extended to Harbor Springs for which he helped lay and distribute iron with a little "Riverside" engine. The year 1881 was eventful to him in still another way for it was in this year that he was married to Miss Ida A. Clapp of Cadillac and came to Petoskey where they lived one and one years, moving to Harbor Springs where the next ten years of their life was spent, then coming back to Petoskey where they have since lived. One child, May reed, was born to them and is a source of great comfort to her mother during her great bereavement.
Mr. Reed Was know far and near as one of the most careful and reliable engineers on the road and was highly esteemed by the company and his associates. As a citizen he was one of the most respected men of Petoskey, know to be a careful and honorable business man and devoted to his family and home life. He was a member of the K.O.T.M.M, the A.O.U.W, the Masons, and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
The funeral was held at the home yesterday afternoon under the auspices of the Masonic Lodges of Harbor Springs and Petoskey at 2:30 o'clock. Rev. J. F. Horton, officiating. Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers performed the duties of pall bearers, bearing their brother to his last resting place with reverend tread and heavy hearts. The interment was in beautiful Greenwood.
Many beautiful floral tributes bore mute testimony to the loving sympathy of friends and neighbors, even strangers expressing their sorrow by means of the silent but sweet token. Besides the wife and daughter, the immediate survivors are his brothers, Clarence Reed and Fred L. Reed of Cadillac, Miss Frances Reed, of Grand Rapids, all of whom are present. Mrs. Reed's father and sister of Mackinaw, were also here to attend the funeral. Mr. McKegan, master of motors, Mr. McMullen, foreman, Engineers Cunningham and Scanion, all of Grand Rapids, and Foreman Rowe and Engineers Reed and White, all of Cadillac, were also in the city to attend the funeral.
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