Allegheny County PA Archives-  Obituaries: Boyle, James, 09 Mar 1896
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from The Pittsburgh Press dated Monday, March 9, 1896 (page 1):
 
KILLED BY A TRAIN
 
James BOYLE, a river captain, aged 40 years, was run down and instantly 
killed by a train on the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie road in the West End at 
7:45 this morning.  The accident happened in the rear of Singer and 
Nimicks mill while BOYLE was walking along the tracks.  He failed to 
heed the warning bell and whistle of the locomotive, and the engineer 
could not stop in time to prevent the accident.
 
BOYLE had been employed on the Hornet Steamer No. 2 from January 25th 
to February 21, 1896.  He was a member of the seaman's association and 
held a master's certificate, signed from Wheeling.  He had evidently 
been sick, as his papers showed he had been kept in a hospital at the 
expense of the seaman's association.  It is not known where he lived.  
The only information obtained was from papers found on the body at the 
morgue.
 
 
from the City of Pittsburgh Death Records:
 
James BOYLE, aged 40 years, single, seaman, died March 9, 1896, killed 
on the P & L E Railroad.  He was buried in Highwood Cemetery on March 
14, 1896.