Allegheny County PA Archives- Obituaries: Benson, Mark, 18 Sep 1890 Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Martha Little, , Apr 2010 Copyright 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/allegheny/ ________________________________________________ from The Pittsburgh Press dated Thursday, September 18, 1890 (page 7): A Brakeman Fatally Injured A young man named Mark BENSON, a brakeman on the Baltimore & Ohio, was brought to the Homeopathic hospital this afternoon, where he is lying at the point of death from injuries received on the road. He was run over by a car and horribly crushed. His death is expected at any time. from The Pittsburgh Press dated Saturday, September 20, 1890 (page 4): The verdict at the inquest on the body of Mark BENSON, killed on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, was negligence on the part of the car inspector. (under an article titled, Echoes of the Night) from the City of Pittsburgh Death Records: Mark BENSON, age 23 years, single, railroad switchman, died September 18, 1890 in Homeopathic Hospital, by being crushed on the B & O Railroad at Laughlin station; born in Waterford PA; living in Pittsburgh; buried in a Waterford PA cemetery on September 20, 1890. Census records suggest that he is the son of John & Rachel BENSON of Waterford, Erie Co, PA.