Obit.
Seldom or ever has our community received so sudden and terrible a shock as on last Friday afternoon in the sad and tragic death of Mr. A. W. Bell, a citizen of our town, and conductor on material train No. 3 of the South Carolina Railway Company. The fatal accident occurred about 1 o'clock on Friday, at Felder's, about three miles from our town. Conductor Bell was standing on the platform of his car giving directions to his engineer when his foot slipped and he fell on the track between the cars. Three of the cars passed over his body and nearly severed it before the train could be stopped. He was almost instantly killed. His body was immediately brought to his home in Orangeburg. As soon as the news of the melancholy affair reached Charleston, a special train was sent by the Railroad Company to convey the body to the the city for interment. Mr. H. W. Sigwald, of Charleston, the father-in-law of the deceased, and a Committee of Conductors, came on this train. The funeral services were performed at the residence of Mr. Sigwald in the City by Rev. L. K. Probst, of the Lutheran church, after which the remain were followed to their last resting place at Magnolia Cemetery by a long train of sorrowing friends and relatives. Among the number were fifty or more Railroad employees. Mr Bell was a native of Colleton, had resided for many years in Charleston, and had recently made himself a comfortable home in Orangeburg. He had been in the employ of the Railroad Company for eight years, during which time he had given entire satisfaction. He was very popular and highly esteemed by all who knew him. He leaves behind a wife and child who have the heartfelt sympathy of the entire community in so sad a bereavement.
A. W. is buried in the family plot of Henry William Sigwald and his wife Leonora.
Seldom or ever has our community received so sudden and terrible a shock as on last Friday afternoon in the sad and tragic death of Mr. A. W. Bell, a citizen of our town, and conductor on material train No. 3 of the South Carolina Railway Company. The fatal accident occurred about 1 o'clock on Friday, at Felder's, about three miles from our town. Conductor Bell was standing on the platform of his car giving directions to his engineer when his foot slipped and he fell on the track between the cars. Three of the cars passed over his body and nearly severed it before the train could be stopped. He was almost instantly killed. His body was immediately brought to his home in Orangeburg. As soon as the news of the melancholy affair reached Charleston, a special train was sent by the Railroad Company to convey the body to the the city for interment. Mr. H. W. Sigwald, of Charleston, the father-in-law of the deceased, and a Committee of Conductors, came on this train. The funeral services were performed at the residence of Mr. Sigwald in the City by Rev. L. K. Probst, of the Lutheran church, after which the remain were followed to their last resting place at Magnolia Cemetery by a long train of sorrowing friends and relatives. Among the number were fifty or more Railroad employees. Mr Bell was a native of Colleton, had resided for many years in Charleston, and had recently made himself a comfortable home in Orangeburg. He had been in the employ of the Railroad Company for eight years, during which time he had given entire satisfaction. He was very popular and highly esteemed by all who knew him. He leaves behind a wife and child who have the heartfelt sympathy of the entire community in so sad a bereavement.
A. W. is buried in the family plot of Henry William Sigwald and his wife Leonora.
Obit.
Seldom or ever has our community received so sudden and terrible a shock as on last Friday afternoon in the sad and tragic death of Mr. A. W. Bell, a citizen of our town, and conductor on material train No. 3 of the South Carolina Railway Company. The fatal accident occurred about 1 o'clock on Friday, at Felder's, about three miles from our town. Conductor Bell was standing on the platform of his car giving directions to his engineer when his foot slipped and he fell on the track between the cars. Three of the cars passed over his body and nearly severed it before the train could be stopped. He was almost instantly killed. His body was immediately brought to his home in Orangeburg. As soon as the news of the melancholy affair reached Charleston, a special train was sent by the Railroad Company to convey the body to the the city for interment. Mr. H. W. Sigwald, of Charleston, the father-in-law of the deceased, and a Committee of Conductors, came on this train. The funeral services were performed at the residence of Mr. Sigwald in the City by Rev. L. K. Probst, of the Lutheran church, after which the remain were followed to their last resting place at Magnolia Cemetery by a long train of sorrowing friends and relatives. Among the number were fifty or more Railroad employees. Mr Bell was a native of Colleton, had resided for many years in Charleston, and had recently made himself a comfortable home in Orangeburg. He had been in the employ of the Railroad Company for eight years, during which time he had given entire satisfaction. He was very popular and highly esteemed by all who knew him. He leaves behind a wife and child who have the heartfelt sympathy of the entire community in so sad a bereavement.
A. W. is buried in the family plot of Henry William Sigwald and his wife Leonora.
Seldom or ever has our community received so sudden and terrible a shock as on last Friday afternoon in the sad and tragic death of Mr. A. W. Bell, a citizen of our town, and conductor on material train No. 3 of the South Carolina Railway Company. The fatal accident occurred about 1 o'clock on Friday, at Felder's, about three miles from our town. Conductor Bell was standing on the platform of his car giving directions to his engineer when his foot slipped and he fell on the track between the cars. Three of the cars passed over his body and nearly severed it before the train could be stopped. He was almost instantly killed. His body was immediately brought to his home in Orangeburg. As soon as the news of the melancholy affair reached Charleston, a special train was sent by the Railroad Company to convey the body to the the city for interment. Mr. H. W. Sigwald, of Charleston, the father-in-law of the deceased, and a Committee of Conductors, came on this train. The funeral services were performed at the residence of Mr. Sigwald in the City by Rev. L. K. Probst, of the Lutheran church, after which the remain were followed to their last resting place at Magnolia Cemetery by a long train of sorrowing friends and relatives. Among the number were fifty or more Railroad employees. Mr Bell was a native of Colleton, had resided for many years in Charleston, and had recently made himself a comfortable home in Orangeburg. He had been in the employ of the Railroad Company for eight years, during which time he had given entire satisfaction. He was very popular and highly esteemed by all who knew him. He leaves behind a wife and child who have the heartfelt sympathy of the entire community in so sad a bereavement.
A. W. is buried in the family plot of Henry William Sigwald and his wife Leonora.
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From the Times and Democrat dated December 27, 1883 page 4.
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