Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 February 1910 — Death of a Former Resident of Rensselaer. [ARTICLE]

Death of a Former Resident of Rensselaer.

We have been banded a copy of. the Franklin, Ind., Star, 'containing the following account of the death of William T. Hamar. Deceased was a resident pt Rensselaer many years ago, and was one pf the first engineers on the narrow guage railroad, which was later converted into a standard guage road, now the Monon. The article follows: William T. Hamar, only brother of Dr. Walter Hamar, died Saturday night between ten and eleven o’clock. The deceased was brought here from Atlanta, Ga., a few weeks ago by his brother, Dr. Hamar, and taken to the home of the latter. He was a sufferer from tuberculosis. His demise was hastened by a fall he received Saturday, when he fell from ah upstairs window and fractured his left leg. Mr. Hamar’s condition was so weak that he was unable to walk without assistance, and on the morning of the accident he was sitting in a chair near the window. While the nurse was absent from the room for a short time he was seized with a smothering spell, and crawling to the window he raised it. The sash comes up very easy, and the sudden raising of the window, together With his weak condition, caused Mr. Hamar to lose his balance and fall out. Mr. Hamar for years was a locomotive engineer for a southern railway. For the last twelve years he was an air brake expert for the Atlanta Southern Railway Co., with headquarters at Atlanta. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Mr. Hamar was a man of pleasing appearance and had many staunch friends. Dr. Hamar is the only surviving member of his family and he has the sympathy of air in this hour of affliction. The funeral was held this afternoon at two o’clock from the home of Dr. and Mrs. Hamar, conducted by Rev. B. W. Tyler. Burial in Greenlawn.