MARTIN L. GOOD -- ACCIDENT VICTIM

C & P Brakeman Met Death Tuesday Evening

Martin L. Good, aged 24 years, a brakeman for the C. & P. Railroad Company, was instantly killed about 6 o'clock Tuesday evening, May 17, as his train was passing through Franklin. Mr. Good attempted to set the brakes on a car, and the brake stick broke throwing him between the cars. He is survived by two children, Mildred and Beulah Good. He also leaves his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Strather Good, of near Winchester, Va., who recently visited here, four brothers, Silas, Brunswick, MD; Edward, Middletown, VA; and William and Lester, Westernport, and one sister, Daleville, Ind. The funeral will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Baptist Church, Westernport.

BRAKE STICK SLIPPING -- FATAL TO M. L. GOOD

Was Struck on Head and Hurled from C. & P. Train Meeting Instantaneous Death

Westernport, MD, May 18. -- Martin L. Good, aged 35, a brakeman on the Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad, was instantly killed late yesterday afternoon at Franklin, MD, near here, when thrown from his train by the brake stick he was using in tightening the brakes, slipping, striking him on the head. He fell down between the cars and was run over. Mr. Good is survived by two children. Mildred and Beulah Good, his wife having died during the influenza epidemic. He is also survived by his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Strather Good, Fisher's Hill, Va; four brothers, Silas, Brunswick, MD; Edward, Middletown, VA; William and Lester, Westernport and one sister, Daleville, Ind.

 

Contributed by Katherine E. Heare Watts


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