George Mackendanz
Kentucky Post, Monday, 25 July 1904, page
5
Interested in looking at some freight cars and failing to hear the whistle of an approaching C&O fast flyer, George Mackendanz, 44, of 331 West Twelfth st. Newport, was almost instantly killed at the head of Isabella st. Newport, Sunday morning. He was a lock and gunsmith and conducted a small place at Eighth, near Columbia st. Newport. Sunday morning he bade his family goodbye and started for a walk up the railroad tracks, not a great distance from his home.
At the crossing he stopped to watch the eastbound C&O freight train and became interested in the various cars. He failed to hear the shriek from the whistle of the fast flyer coming in his direction. The engine of the passenger train struck him and hurled him nearly 50 feet and death followed almost instantly. His neck was broken and his right arm was torn from its socket.
His wife and four children were in the parlor of his home, together with some guests, among whom was Lewis V Crockett, a medical student. He rushed to the injured man but the latter had died before assistance arrived. The children of Mackendanz range in age from 13 to 21 years. The was was almost prostrated when the body was brought home. Coroner Higgins viewed the remains and held an inquest. The funeral will take place Tuesday and the burial will be at Evergreen Cemetery.