This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ARMSTRONG Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kQB.2ACIB/2509 Message Board Post: "The Kansas City Journal" (Missouri) Thursday, March 24, 1881 CRUSHED BY A LOCOMOTIVE. A terrible accident occurred, Tuesday, at Belleview, Kansas, by which Alexander ARMSTRONG, a brakeman on the Kansas division of the Union Pacific railroad, came to his death. It seems that the train was switching near Belleview and that ARMSTRONG, in endeavoring to uncouple the engine from the front car, fell under the wheels and was crushed to death by the tender and the rear driving wheel. The remains were brought to Kansas City and an inquest held at Carlat's, yesterday, at which a verdict was rendered in accordance with the above facts. The deceased lived near the Kaw Valley hotel in West Kansas, was a single man, of good habits, and universally liked by his associates. He leaves a brother and sister to mourn his untimely death. "The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Thursday, March 24, 1881 BRAKEMAN KILLED. About 8 o'clock Tuesday night, Alexander ARMSTRONG, a brakeman employed by the Kansas Pacific railway, was instantly killed while coupling cars near Belleview. ARMSTRONG's home was on Genessee street between Eleventh and Twelfth, in this city, where his mother resided, and there the remains will be taken today. It seems the poor fellow was coupling cars and in some way slipped and was cut in two by the engine. He was working between the engine and the first car behind, at the time, and did not have time to give even a warning cry before the life was crushed out of him. The body was brought in on the passenger train yesterday morning and taken to Carlat's, where Coroner Day at once held an inquest, the verdict being that deceased came to his death while coupling cars. "The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Friday, March 25, 1881 The funeral of Alex. ARMSTRONG, the brakeman killed on the U. P. road last Tuesday, was largely attended yesterday from his sister's residence in West Kansas. (I have no connection with this family.) neirbo