Multnomah County OR Archives Obituaries.....Cole, John Henery November 1, 1899
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The Oregonian November 2, 1899

SWITCHMAN KILLED
Employee of the O.R. & N. Co. Mangled by a Freight Car

J.H. Cole, a switchman in the employ of the 
O.R. & N., met death yesterday morning as a result of being run over by a 
freight car. He was in the act of running along in front of a moving string of 
cars, when his foot was caught in a frog. He signaled the engineer to stop, 
but too late to prevent his being run over, the two wheels of the forward 
truck crushing both thighs, the abdomen and right arm. He was conscious when 
picked up, and asked that word be sent to his wife, Cora Cole, 220 Ellis 
street, Pittsburg, Pa., as he knew he had but a few moments to live. The 
ambulance of St. Vincent’s hospital was sent for and the injured man tenderly 
lifted in, but death came to his relief before the ambulance left the East 
Side.

An inquest was held at the morgue last evening at 7: 30, when five witnesses 
were examined - J.J. Fitzgerald, yardmaster; Alexander Kennedy, foreman of the 
switching crew; Peter Miller, engineer of the switching engine; J.R. Dem, 
fireman, and J.F. McKinney, switchman - and the verdict rendered attributed 
the death to an accident.

Deceased was an American, about 37 years of age, a stranger here, and had a 
wife and little daughter at Pittsburg. Mrs. Cole was telegraphed yesterday as 
to what disposition she desired to make of the remains, and answered that she 
had no means to bear the expense of the transfer home. The switchman of 
Albina, however, have decided to stand the expense, if the widow can have the 
funeral arranged; if not, the interment will take place here, at the expense 
of his friends at the Albina yards. Mr. Cole was known here as a sober and 
capable switchman. He had formerly been a locomotive engineer.

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