Newspapers: Multnomah County Oregon John Daugherty dies from fall.

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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, September 1, 1901
 
       FELL TO HIS DEATH
 
       WATCHMAN DAUGHERTY CRASHED AGAINST FLOATING TIMBERS
 

 John Daugherty, 57 years old, 565 Marshall St., fell from Montgomery
 Dock number 2, Albina, yesterday afternoon about 1 o'clock, and 
crashed against floating timber, receiving such injuries "that he 
was almost instantly killed."  He had just finished eating dinner 
and was walking about the wharf when he probably made a misstep and 
fell against the timbers and then into the river.  As far as the 
police have been able to find out, no one saw the accident, and it 
was only when Daugherty disappeared so suddenly from the wharf that 
a search was made for him.  Someone saw blood on the timbers and 
water, and it was then conjectured that Daugherty had fallen into 
the river.  His body was recovered shortly afterward, and it was 
found that his skull was fractured and his right jawbone broken.  
He was employed by the Mutual Warehouse Company, and was to have 
resigned his position Saturday, as watchman, to work for another 
concern.  He was born in Scotland and had a wide acquaintance with 
steamboat men, who knew him as "Scotty."  A widow and four of a 
family survive him.
 
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