THE BATTALION.
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A TEXAN KILLED IN A WRECK.
Cuero, Texas, November 10.—Mr. W.
A. Luhrsen, one of the substantial citi
zens of the county, received a message
this morning giving the sad news that
his only son, Carl, had been killed in a
railroad wreck in Arkansas. The young
man recently graduated from the Agri
cultural and Mechanical College and was
with an engineering corps in Arkansas.
Mr. Luhrsen graduated here last June
in the department of civil engineering.
He was captain of Company C. The an
nouncement of his death was a great
shock to the whole College community.
His career as a student was in every way
an enviable one. By his manliness, up
rightness and fidelity, he won a very high
place in the admiration and esteem of
both his comrades and his instructors.
No man has gone out from among us
leaving a more commendable record be
hind him or carrying with him brighter
prospects of great success and usefulness.
The sorrowing family have the deepest
sympathy of the faculty and the stu
dents of the A. and M.
The following clipping and letter give
about all the particulars obtainable:
From the Cuero Star: The remains of
the late Carl W. Luhrsen arrived in the
city yesterday and were laid to rest in
Hillside cemetery yesterday afternoon at
4 o'clock. The funeral was largely at
tended. Services were conducted by Rev.
Schubert, of the Lutheran church. Many
friends of the deceased from Stratton and
surrounding country were present, testi
fying to the honor and esteem in which
he was held at his old home. Many of
his young friends in this city who had
known him when a boy in school here,
were there to mingle their grief with that
of the heart-broken family.
Friend Nagle: I must write you some
very sad news. Luhrsen was killed Fri
day afternoon by the switch engine in
Camden yards. * * * Carter left Sat
urday morning via Waco for Cuero in
charge of the remains. * * *
Friday afternoon we quit about a
quarter to five o’clock and started to
Camden on a Sheffield velocipede car.
Carter and I pulled about half the way
and then Luhrsen changed places with
Carter and we then pulled into Camden.
When we reached the south end of the
compress track a headlight showed up
ahead. We stopped and rolled the car
off the track to one side to let the train
pass; it did not pass, but went in on
the siding. I knew it was the switch
engine then, and 1 that we would be de
layed some time, so I walked on to town,
leaving the boys to bring in the car
later. * * * I had just entered the
dining room at the hotel when I was
called to the telephone and informed by
the agent in the office that one of my
men - had been killed. * * * j found
Carter uninjured, but nearly frantic. He
explained to me that they had taken ad
vantage of a chance to get by the switch
engine, * * * and had passed a
trestle about two hundred yards, when
he looked back and saw the rear end of
the engine, and said: “A train! Jump,
Luke, jump!” He got off easily enough,
but saw Luhrsen run against the guide
wheel twice before the engine passed
him. * * * It was just awful. Luhr
sen never got outside of the rails.
E. J. Nichols.