Allegheny County PA Archives-  Obituaries: Brett, Patrick, 02 Sep 1873

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from the Pittsburgh Daily Gazette dated Wednesday, September 3, 1873 (page 4):
 
A man employed in the iron works of Graff, Bennett & Co, at Girty's
Run, yesterday afternoon came to the city for the purpose of joining
his wife, who was visiting some of her friends on the hill near the
Union Depot. While crossing the track at the transfer depot, a
locomotive struck him, knocked him down, crushed his arm and gave some
internal injuries, from the combined effects of which he died in less
than an hour. W H Devore, undertaker, took the body in charge, and
will convey it to his late residence. An inquest will be held this
morning. (under an article titled, A Chapter of Calamities)
 
 
from The Pittsburgh Daily Gazette dated Thursday, September 4, 1873 (page 4):
 
Yesterday morning the Coroner held an inquest on the remains of
Patrick BRETT, whose death, by being run over by a locomotive, was
reported yesterday, when a verdict of accidental death was returned.
The deceased was thirty-two years of age, and leaves a wife and two
children, who reside at Girty's Run.
 
 
from the City of Pittsburgh Death Records:
 
Patrick BRETT, aged 35 years, married, laborer, died September 2,
1873, killed on the Pennsylvania Railroad near 17th Street; born in
Ireland; lived on 28th Street in the 12th Ward; burial in St Mary's
Cemetery on September 3, 1873.