CPRR locomotive engineer Arthur H. Real (engine #3) - Train Derailment 1899
My great-grandmother's brother was Arthur H. Real. He was an engineer on the Central Pacific Railroad (engine #3). His train derailed in Clarks, Nevada in July, 1899.
I have an extensive story from the San Francisco Call, dated July 26, 1899.
Are there any other news accounts of this wreck? Especially hoping to find mention of the family he left behind since nothing of family is included in the SF paper.
I am working on family genealogy and any kind of assistance you can offer me regarding Arthur H. Real will be very much appreciated. Also, I'd welcome anything relating to him prior to his death. ...
—Madelyne Pieper
CPRR Train Derailed at Curve, San Francisco Call, July 26, 1899.
posted from CPRR Discussion Group at 3:09 PM
8 Comments:
From: MaddyAnn51@aol.com
I just this morning found the newspaper article that I wrote to you previously about [see above]. It looks as if the name of the publication could have been San Francisco Call. Part of it is missing. Hope this helps and that there is more information regarding Arthur's family available.
From: "Wendell Huffman" wendellhuffman@hotmail.com
A locomotive engineer named Arthur Real was killed in a wreck near Clarks on Tuesday 25 July 1899. He was the only one killed and was praised in the Nevada State Journal as a hero for staying at his post, dying with his hand on the throttle. One paper stated that he had a wife and three children living in Sacramento, to which point his body was sent. Nothing further in the Reno papers – I suggest the Sacramento papers would have more about the family in connection with the funeral since they lived there. The locomotive was either 1815 or 1816 (the last digit is hard to read), a 4-6-0.
—Wendell
From: kylewyatt@aol.com
Go to the California Digital Newspaper, advanced search Enter subject Arthur Real, dates July 1899 - August 1899.
The first four entries (in the Sacramento Union) are about the wreck and the funeral – with family (wife Lizzie Real, and children Carrie M. and George C. Real) mentioned in the death notice published both July 27 and 28, 1899. All the Brotherhoods appear to have been represented at the funeral. The Masons conducted it, and the Odd Fellow were also in attendance. A particularly large attendance in honor of Arthur Real.
—Kyle Wyatt
Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 97, Number 156, 27 July 1899 — Page 3:
ENGINEER REAL. His Funeral Will Take Place To- Morrow Afternoon. The funeral of the late Arthur H. Real, the engineer who was killed in the railroad accident near Reno on Tuesday, will take place at 2:30 o'clock on Friday afternoon from the mortuary parlors of Clarke & Booth on Fourth street. The remains of the unfortunate engineer were brought to the city yesterday.
Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 97, Number 157, 28 July 1899 — Page 3:
DIED. ... REAL—Near Clark's Station, Nev., July 25th. Arthur H.. husband of Lizzie Real, father of Carrie M. and George C. Real,' a native of Mo., aged 45 years, 1 month and 17 days. Friends and acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend the funeral to-day (Friday), at 2:30 p. m., from Clark's undertaking parlors, Nos. 1017 and 1019 Fourth street. Interment City Cemetery.
Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 97, Number 158, 29 July 1899 — Page 3:
THE DEAD ENGINEER. Funeral Yesterday of the Late Arthur H. Real. There was a large attendance yesterday at the funeral of the late Arthur H. Real, the railroad engineer who lost his life near Reno a few days ago by the derailment of his locomotive. The funeral took place from the mortuary parlors of Clark & Booth, on Fourth street, and among those in attendance were a large number of friends of the deceased from Rocklin. The number of floral pieces was unusually large and the designs very beautiful. Division 415 of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, the Order of Railway Conductors, Sutter Lodge of Locomotive Trainmen, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and other bodies of railway employes sent choice pieces. Union Lodge. No. 58, F. and A. M. conducted the services. B. Wilson acting as Master. The Odd Fellows and Masonic bodies of Rocklin were also represented.
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Mr Real's beautiful grave marker is in the Old City cemetary at Riverside and Broadway, in Sacramento. It has a very interesting 3-d locomotive carved on it.
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