Allegheny County PA Archives-  Obituaries: FAIRBANKS, William, Feb 1892

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from The Pittsburgh Press dated Monday, February 22, 1892 (page 6):
 
A BRAKEMAN KILLED
 
William FAIRBANKS, a brakeman and car dropper in the Pennsylvania yards, 
was instantly killed at Twenty-Eighth street last night.  He slipped and 
fell on the tracks in front of a train.  He was married, 38 years of age, 
and resided on Twenty-Eighth street.
 
 
from the City of Pittsburgh Death Records:
 
W W FAIRBANKS, aged 30 years and 3 months, married, railroad brakeman, 
died February 21, 1892, crushed on PRR; son of Warner and Mary Jane 
FAIRBANKS; born in Indiana PA; resided at 8 Phipps Brick Run; burial 
in an Indiana PA cemetery.