Submitted by: Mary Jo Koran

SBT 6/4/1919

Martin Kristl

2/1880 - June 2, 1919

DROWNS IN ASH PIT

Floating Oil Can Brings Workers Attention to Absence

Martin Kristl, 39 years old, 521 Sherman Avenue, was drowned Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock while working at the Indiana & Michigan Electric plant on East Colfax Avenue.  Kristl was greasing the machinery which conveys the ashes to the ash pit, necessitating his standing directly over the pit.  He lost his hold and feel into the pit which contained about eight feet of water.

The accident was first discovered when fellow workmen saw his oil can floating on the water. Hooks were procured and the body brought to the surface after which the electric company employees and the police worked with the lungmotor but without result.  He was in the water, according to reports, for about fifteen minutes before being taken out.

Kristl was born in Germany and came to America with his parents when but a year old.  He was married to Miss Lillio Schafer in 1905 and is survived by his wife and three children.  He also leaves his father, mother, two sisters an two brothers, all of South Bend.

Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2pm from the residence, Rev. Clifford C. Jordan officiating. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery.

SBT 6/5/1919

Funeral Notes

Funeral services for Martin Kristl, 524 Sherman Avenue, were held at 7 o'clock this afternoon from the residence, Rev. C. C. Jordan officiating.  Burial was in Highland Cemetery.