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FOUR LOSE LIVES WHEN TRAIN HITS MOTORCAR
TWO WOMEN AND MAN FROM NIAGARA FALLS, RANSOMVILLE MAN DIE
Automobile Is Sideswiped by Lehigh Valley Freight Train at Tonawanda
GASOLINE TANK LETS GO
Occupants of Car Are Showered with Blazing Fluid - Man Leaps into Water
Mr. and. Mrs, Adelbert Sherman. No. 3 Niagara street, Mrs. Jacob Meahl. No. 466 Second street, this city, and Arnold Cumrow of Ransomville, were fatally injured when an auto owned by Sherman and in which all four rode early Sunday morning
was sideswiped by a Lehigh Valley freight train at the Ellicott creek crossing in Tonawanda. The Shermans are survived by two children, nine and eleven respectively. Mrs. Meahl is survived by her husband and two children aged seven and four respectively. The women were sisters. It was told here that Mr. Sherman was trying out a new car and that his wife at first objected to making the trip out Saturday night. Coroner Helwig will conduct an inquest. Sherman was a trusted employe at the Wm. A. Rogers, Ltd., and had lived here fourteen years. Mr. Meahl is employed in an up river plant.
Gasoline Explodes.
When the collision occurred the gasoline tank of the auto exploded and the vehicle was set on fire. The clothing of the woman and Cumrow caught fire. Sherman jumped into the creek from which his body was taken Sunday'morning. The others died in the DeGraff hospital. The two men and Cumrow were Jammed
in the car with their clothing on fire and the. train crew had to release them. An all night search for Sherman proved futile until daylight when the creek was dragged, He had a fractured skull and other injuries. He jumped from the car before it caught fire. Mrs. Meahl Will be buried in Akron, NY. Mr & Mrs. Sherman in Newfane, and Cumrow in Ransomville.

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NF Gazette
Wilson - The funeral services for William Cumrow who died Monday Oct 1(0) were held at his home Wednesday Oct 13. Interment in North Ridge Cemetery.

Wilhelm married BEUTEL, Mathilda Emilie on 10 Jan 1895 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. Mathilda (daughter of BEUTEL, Friedrich Martin and BEHM, Albertine Henriette) was born on 5 Sep 1875 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 26 Feb 1958 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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NF Gazette
Mrs. Schultz Dies At 82
North Tonawanda - Mrs. Matilda E. Beutel Cumrow Schultz, 82, Klemer Rd.. Town
of Wheatfield, died Wednesday (Feb. 26, 1958) at DeGraff Memorial Hospital, after a brief illness. Surviving are her daughter, Mrs. Walter Grawe, with whom Mrs. Schultz had made her home for the last two years, two sons. Charles Cumrow, this city, and Willard Cumrow, San Diego, Calif.: a stepson, Herbert Schultz, Wilson; a step daughter, Mrs John Demler, this city; three brothers, Gustav, Henry and Anthony Beutel; two sisters, Mrs. Minnie Schultz and Mrs. Bernard Behm; four grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. The Rev. Frederick Hinners will conduct the funeral service at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Fretthold Funeral Home. Burial will be in St. Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Bear (North) Ridge.

Carl + GANSCHOW, Wilhelmine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buffalo NY Courier - 5/16/1917

BEUTEL - In North Tonawanda. N. Y.,
May 14, 1917 Frederlrk Beutel aged 76
years. husband of Minnie Beutel, father.
of Mrs. Minnie Schultz, Mrs. . Matilda
Schultz, Mrs. Gust Donner. Mrs. Ella Behn,
Albert, Gustave. Henry and Anton Beutel.
brother of Mrs. Minnie Reichert. Funeral
will take place from the familv residence
at Martinsville Thursday afternoon at 1:30
and from St. Paul's Lutheran church of
Martinsville at 2 p.m. Friends are invited
to attend.

ALSO

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 5/15/1917

Fred Beutel died May 14, 1917, at
his late residence,, Martinsville, N. Y.,
aged 76. He leaves besides his widow
eight children, Albert of Martinsville,
Gustavo W., Ueftry II., Anton G., of
Wilson. Mrs. Minnie Schulz of Martinsville.
Matilda Schultz. Augusta
Donner, Eleanor Behm, all of Wilson,
and 2 5 grand children, two great
grand children.
Funeral Thursday, May 17th at 2
o'clock from the home and 2:30 from
St. Paul's Church, Martinsville.

Friedrich married BEHM, Albertine Henriette in 1865 in Niagara County, NY. Albertine (daughter of BEHM, Joachim and WITTKOPP, Anna Sophia) was born on 28 Aug 1847 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 3 Jan 1892 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Christian married RICHERT, Maria about 1828 in Prussia. Maria was born on 30 Dec 1806 in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 15 Dec 1896 in Afton, Washington County, MN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joachim + WITTKOPP, Anna Sophia. Anna was born about 1810 in Prussia; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]