Storey County NV Archives Obituaries.....Malloy, Daniel May 17, 1884
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Daily Nevada State Journal May 20, 1884
A Frightful Accident
A Miner Loses His Life in Attempting to Board a Moving Train
About 8 o’clock Saturday evening Daniel Malloy, a miner from Virginia City,
attempted to board a freight train as it moved out of the station and in some
way, no one knows how, lost his footing and was crushed to death under the cars.
 He held on and was dragged for some distance in a fruitless effort to save
himself.  It was very dark and the train went on its way, the men being ignorant
of the terrible accident.  Malloy was discovered and picked up soon after the
train passed over him and conveyed to the sidewalk, and Doctors Waggoner and
Berman summoned.  His left arm was crushed into a shapeless mass from the
shoulder down, his right heel cut off and several bad cuts about the head and
chest. He regained consciousness after being taken to the sidewalk, sufficiently
to give his name and where he was from, and that he had a wife and two children
and a brother residing in Virginia City.  He was removed to the Hospital where
he died about 10 o’clock.
In response to a telegram Anthony Malloy, a brother of the deceased arrived from
Virginia Sunday morning, and from him it was learned that his brother’s wife
died in Virginia about two years ago, and that the deceased has four sons
living, but none of them have been in Virginia since the death of their mother.
 Frank, a young man 21 years of age, he says, is now in Arizona in some mining
camp.  Another son, Daniel, aged 18 years, is now in Portland, Oregon, and the
two youngest boys, Willie aged about 14 years, and Eddie, aged 10 years, are in
the Catholic Orphan Home in Grass Valley in charge of the Sisters.  It was
learned from the same source that the deceased was a native of Donegal county,
Ireland, and came to the United States when a mere boy, and is aged 54 years. 
He crossed the plains in 1849, and in 1857 went to Australia; returning early in
the sixtys, he settled in Virginia City, where he remained until two years ago
when he went to Salt Lake.  About six weeks ago he returned from Salt Lake, and
was hunting for work, stating to Anthony when they parted a few days since, that
he was going to Humboldt.  The deceased had been in Reno three days, and a few
hours before the accident stated to officer Mershon that he was going to walk to
Truckee, and this statement leads to the theory that he was attempting to board
the train for the latter place when he received the fatal injuries.  A Coroner’s
jury viewed the remains yesterday morning and adjourned until 6 o’clock in the
evening in order to obtain the testimony of the train men.  The testimony of the
train was substantially in accordance with the facts above stated, and the jury
rendered a verdict of accidental death.  The remains were buried yesterday
afternoon in the Catholic Cemetery.


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