STRUCK BY SWITCH ENGINE ---- A Terrible Calamity to the Family and Friends of the Unfortunate Man.
One of the worst catastrophes which ever happened in the history of Raveena, occured at the Burlington depot at about nine o'clock last Saturday in the almost instant death of Mr. Elmer Lewis, one of Raveena's most popular and prominent citizens.
Mr. Lewis was returning home from a brief business trip to mason City, being a passenger on a local freight train which reached here about nine o'clock in the evening. While the way car was passing the depot, Mr. Lewis attempted to alight. The train was still moving at a speed if six or eight miles an hour, and when he struck the ground he tripped over the rails of an adjoining track, and the switch engine which was moving westward along the track struck him.
Death, it is thought, must have been almost instantaneous. The body was discovered almost immediately after the accident, but no signs of life remained.
This terrible accident cast a pall of gloom over Ravenna such as it has never experienced before. The victim was the intimate friend of nearly every man in Ravenna; he had lived here many years, and his jovial good friendship had won him a place in the regard and affections of all his neighbors and associates. That he should be taken away in the very prime of his life, in such a sudden and terrible manner was a shock to the entire community.
To the immediate members of his family, the blow was a crushing one. Mr. Lewis had left his home but a few hours before, full of life and vigor, and the news of his sudden death in a home where he was idolized by his wife, aged mother and children may be better imagined than described.
His company valued him highly, and his business associates feel a deep personal loss in his death. He was a man of fine business ability, the soul of honor and integrity, and fulfilled every obligation and duty in his business and private life as to win the highest praise of those with whom he was associated in a business or social way.
A large number of relatives of the Lewis family were present at the funeral, and a delegation of 30 members of the Loup City Lodge of Oddfellows attended the funeral. The funeral service was held at the Methodist Church, Reverend Clifton, the new pastor preaching an eloquent and impressive sermon. At the grave, the Oddfellows had charge of the ceremonies and the impressive burial service of the order was enacted. The pall-bearers were eight in number, and were selected from among the officers and managers of the Ravenna Creamery Co., as follows: Jos. Clark, Wm. Cline, F. M. Henry, Joseph Tompson, Fred Funke, Ferdinand Thompson, Lester Coverly and Albert Elliott.
As a mark of respect, all business houses in Ravenna, were closed Tuesday afternoon, until after the funeral.
Elmer was born in Warsaw, Kosciusko county, Indiana, April 8th, 1863, and was in his forty-sixth year at the time of his death. His early life was spent on a farm. When ten years of age he came to Nebraska with his parents, and for a time lived in Lincoln. Later the family located to Buffalo county, and he has made his home in Raveena the greater part of the time since. He was married to Rena Pinnell, at Oconto, Neb., Nov. 22d, 1885, and to this union, eight children were born, six of whom survive as follows, Elva, a teacher in the Raveena public schools, Arnold, Monte, Edna, Minnie and Gerald.
.....Mr. Lewis was a member of the Methodist church, joining in 1899, and retaining his membership therein until the time of his death. besides his wife and children, his aged mother and two sisters and two brothers mourn his loss. Mrs. Baker and Mrs. Thirtyacre of Urea, Ill., Walter Lewis of South Dakota and Ora Lewis, of Gandy, Neb. (Raveena News, Nov. 1908)
One of the worst catastrophes which ever happened in the history of Raveena, occured at the Burlington depot at about nine o'clock last Saturday in the almost instant death of Mr. Elmer Lewis, one of Raveena's most popular and prominent citizens.
Mr. Lewis was returning home from a brief business trip to mason City, being a passenger on a local freight train which reached here about nine o'clock in the evening. While the way car was passing the depot, Mr. Lewis attempted to alight. The train was still moving at a speed if six or eight miles an hour, and when he struck the ground he tripped over the rails of an adjoining track, and the switch engine which was moving westward along the track struck him.
Death, it is thought, must have been almost instantaneous. The body was discovered almost immediately after the accident, but no signs of life remained.
This terrible accident cast a pall of gloom over Ravenna such as it has never experienced before. The victim was the intimate friend of nearly every man in Ravenna; he had lived here many years, and his jovial good friendship had won him a place in the regard and affections of all his neighbors and associates. That he should be taken away in the very prime of his life, in such a sudden and terrible manner was a shock to the entire community.
To the immediate members of his family, the blow was a crushing one. Mr. Lewis had left his home but a few hours before, full of life and vigor, and the news of his sudden death in a home where he was idolized by his wife, aged mother and children may be better imagined than described.
His company valued him highly, and his business associates feel a deep personal loss in his death. He was a man of fine business ability, the soul of honor and integrity, and fulfilled every obligation and duty in his business and private life as to win the highest praise of those with whom he was associated in a business or social way.
A large number of relatives of the Lewis family were present at the funeral, and a delegation of 30 members of the Loup City Lodge of Oddfellows attended the funeral. The funeral service was held at the Methodist Church, Reverend Clifton, the new pastor preaching an eloquent and impressive sermon. At the grave, the Oddfellows had charge of the ceremonies and the impressive burial service of the order was enacted. The pall-bearers were eight in number, and were selected from among the officers and managers of the Ravenna Creamery Co., as follows: Jos. Clark, Wm. Cline, F. M. Henry, Joseph Tompson, Fred Funke, Ferdinand Thompson, Lester Coverly and Albert Elliott.
As a mark of respect, all business houses in Ravenna, were closed Tuesday afternoon, until after the funeral.
Elmer was born in Warsaw, Kosciusko county, Indiana, April 8th, 1863, and was in his forty-sixth year at the time of his death. His early life was spent on a farm. When ten years of age he came to Nebraska with his parents, and for a time lived in Lincoln. Later the family located to Buffalo county, and he has made his home in Raveena the greater part of the time since. He was married to Rena Pinnell, at Oconto, Neb., Nov. 22d, 1885, and to this union, eight children were born, six of whom survive as follows, Elva, a teacher in the Raveena public schools, Arnold, Monte, Edna, Minnie and Gerald.
.....Mr. Lewis was a member of the Methodist church, joining in 1899, and retaining his membership therein until the time of his death. besides his wife and children, his aged mother and two sisters and two brothers mourn his loss. Mrs. Baker and Mrs. Thirtyacre of Urea, Ill., Walter Lewis of South Dakota and Ora Lewis, of Gandy, Neb. (Raveena News, Nov. 1908)
STRUCK BY SWITCH ENGINE ---- A Terrible Calamity to the Family and Friends of the Unfortunate Man.
One of the worst catastrophes which ever happened in the history of Raveena, occured at the Burlington depot at about nine o'clock last Saturday in the almost instant death of Mr. Elmer Lewis, one of Raveena's most popular and prominent citizens.
Mr. Lewis was returning home from a brief business trip to mason City, being a passenger on a local freight train which reached here about nine o'clock in the evening. While the way car was passing the depot, Mr. Lewis attempted to alight. The train was still moving at a speed if six or eight miles an hour, and when he struck the ground he tripped over the rails of an adjoining track, and the switch engine which was moving westward along the track struck him.
Death, it is thought, must have been almost instantaneous. The body was discovered almost immediately after the accident, but no signs of life remained.
This terrible accident cast a pall of gloom over Ravenna such as it has never experienced before. The victim was the intimate friend of nearly every man in Ravenna; he had lived here many years, and his jovial good friendship had won him a place in the regard and affections of all his neighbors and associates. That he should be taken away in the very prime of his life, in such a sudden and terrible manner was a shock to the entire community.
To the immediate members of his family, the blow was a crushing one. Mr. Lewis had left his home but a few hours before, full of life and vigor, and the news of his sudden death in a home where he was idolized by his wife, aged mother and children may be better imagined than described.
His company valued him highly, and his business associates feel a deep personal loss in his death. He was a man of fine business ability, the soul of honor and integrity, and fulfilled every obligation and duty in his business and private life as to win the highest praise of those with whom he was associated in a business or social way.
A large number of relatives of the Lewis family were present at the funeral, and a delegation of 30 members of the Loup City Lodge of Oddfellows attended the funeral. The funeral service was held at the Methodist Church, Reverend Clifton, the new pastor preaching an eloquent and impressive sermon. At the grave, the Oddfellows had charge of the ceremonies and the impressive burial service of the order was enacted. The pall-bearers were eight in number, and were selected from among the officers and managers of the Ravenna Creamery Co., as follows: Jos. Clark, Wm. Cline, F. M. Henry, Joseph Tompson, Fred Funke, Ferdinand Thompson, Lester Coverly and Albert Elliott.
As a mark of respect, all business houses in Ravenna, were closed Tuesday afternoon, until after the funeral.
Elmer was born in Warsaw, Kosciusko county, Indiana, April 8th, 1863, and was in his forty-sixth year at the time of his death. His early life was spent on a farm. When ten years of age he came to Nebraska with his parents, and for a time lived in Lincoln. Later the family located to Buffalo county, and he has made his home in Raveena the greater part of the time since. He was married to Rena Pinnell, at Oconto, Neb., Nov. 22d, 1885, and to this union, eight children were born, six of whom survive as follows, Elva, a teacher in the Raveena public schools, Arnold, Monte, Edna, Minnie and Gerald.
.....Mr. Lewis was a member of the Methodist church, joining in 1899, and retaining his membership therein until the time of his death. besides his wife and children, his aged mother and two sisters and two brothers mourn his loss. Mrs. Baker and Mrs. Thirtyacre of Urea, Ill., Walter Lewis of South Dakota and Ora Lewis, of Gandy, Neb. (Raveena News, Nov. 1908)
One of the worst catastrophes which ever happened in the history of Raveena, occured at the Burlington depot at about nine o'clock last Saturday in the almost instant death of Mr. Elmer Lewis, one of Raveena's most popular and prominent citizens.
Mr. Lewis was returning home from a brief business trip to mason City, being a passenger on a local freight train which reached here about nine o'clock in the evening. While the way car was passing the depot, Mr. Lewis attempted to alight. The train was still moving at a speed if six or eight miles an hour, and when he struck the ground he tripped over the rails of an adjoining track, and the switch engine which was moving westward along the track struck him.
Death, it is thought, must have been almost instantaneous. The body was discovered almost immediately after the accident, but no signs of life remained.
This terrible accident cast a pall of gloom over Ravenna such as it has never experienced before. The victim was the intimate friend of nearly every man in Ravenna; he had lived here many years, and his jovial good friendship had won him a place in the regard and affections of all his neighbors and associates. That he should be taken away in the very prime of his life, in such a sudden and terrible manner was a shock to the entire community.
To the immediate members of his family, the blow was a crushing one. Mr. Lewis had left his home but a few hours before, full of life and vigor, and the news of his sudden death in a home where he was idolized by his wife, aged mother and children may be better imagined than described.
His company valued him highly, and his business associates feel a deep personal loss in his death. He was a man of fine business ability, the soul of honor and integrity, and fulfilled every obligation and duty in his business and private life as to win the highest praise of those with whom he was associated in a business or social way.
A large number of relatives of the Lewis family were present at the funeral, and a delegation of 30 members of the Loup City Lodge of Oddfellows attended the funeral. The funeral service was held at the Methodist Church, Reverend Clifton, the new pastor preaching an eloquent and impressive sermon. At the grave, the Oddfellows had charge of the ceremonies and the impressive burial service of the order was enacted. The pall-bearers were eight in number, and were selected from among the officers and managers of the Ravenna Creamery Co., as follows: Jos. Clark, Wm. Cline, F. M. Henry, Joseph Tompson, Fred Funke, Ferdinand Thompson, Lester Coverly and Albert Elliott.
As a mark of respect, all business houses in Ravenna, were closed Tuesday afternoon, until after the funeral.
Elmer was born in Warsaw, Kosciusko county, Indiana, April 8th, 1863, and was in his forty-sixth year at the time of his death. His early life was spent on a farm. When ten years of age he came to Nebraska with his parents, and for a time lived in Lincoln. Later the family located to Buffalo county, and he has made his home in Raveena the greater part of the time since. He was married to Rena Pinnell, at Oconto, Neb., Nov. 22d, 1885, and to this union, eight children were born, six of whom survive as follows, Elva, a teacher in the Raveena public schools, Arnold, Monte, Edna, Minnie and Gerald.
.....Mr. Lewis was a member of the Methodist church, joining in 1899, and retaining his membership therein until the time of his death. besides his wife and children, his aged mother and two sisters and two brothers mourn his loss. Mrs. Baker and Mrs. Thirtyacre of Urea, Ill., Walter Lewis of South Dakota and Ora Lewis, of Gandy, Neb. (Raveena News, Nov. 1908)
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