Multnomah County OR Archives Obituaries.....Wing, Sue March 1893
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Oregnina March  5,1893
Death of Sue Wing
Coroner Holan yesterday held an inquest on the remains of Suw Wing,who was 
killed by being struck by an engine on the Hathorne avenue motor line Friday 
evening.
Pat O'Brien,the engineer.testified that about 5:10 o'clock,while coming down 
Dolan's Hill at Twenty Fifth street and Hawthorne avenue,he saw a Chinaman 
walking along the track about 200 feet away. He rang the bell anf blew the 
whistle,and the Chinaman stepped off the track.When the engine got within 
about 30 feet of him,he suddenly stepped on the track again.The pilot beam 
struck him and knocked him to one side of the track.The engineer stopped the 
treain as soon as possible and went back to where the Chinaman was lying.Life 
was then extinct,a terrible wound on his head which exposed his brain having 
caused almost instanaeuos death. The train st the time was running about six 
miles an hour.The fireman was left in charge of the body and o'Brien acme to 
town to report thematter
All the witnesses at the inquest were subjected to a close examination.The 
railroad company was represented by counsel,while friends of the dead man had 
an attorney there.It is understood that a suit for damages will be instituted 
at once.
The evidence brought out showed that the employees of the companywere in no 
way criminally responsible for the accident,and the jury brought ina  verdict 
to that effect.

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