Allegheny County PA Archives- Obituaries: Holmes, Harry, 06 Apr 1893 Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Martha Little, , May 2010 Copyright 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/allegheny/ ________________________________________________ from The Pittsburgh Press dated Thursday, April 6, 1893 (page 6): STRUCK BY A SHIFTER Harry HOLMES, a brakeman employed on the Ft Wayne road, was struck by a shifting engine in the yards below the Washington street crossing and received injuries which will probably prove fatal. He was badly crushed about the chest and abdomen, and it is feared received internal injuries. HOLMES has been boarding at 28 Adams street, but was taken to the West Penn hospital. from The Pittsburgh Press dated Sunday, April 9, 1893 (page 3): HOLMES - Wednesday, April 5, 1893, Henry HOLMES, brother of James HOLMES, in his 26th year. Funeral will take place Sunday at 2 pm, at No. 8, Eighth street, Pittsburg. Friends of the deceased are respectfully invited to attend. Irish papers, please copy. from the City of Pittsburgh Death Records: H HOLMES, age about 30 years, single, laborer, died April 5, 1893 at the West Penn Hospital, crushed on the PFW&C railroad Washington Avenue crossing in Allegheny City; his parents are Henry and Jane HOLMES, both from Ireland; was born in Ireland; living at 28 Adams Street in Allegheny City; burial in Union Dale Cemetery on April 9, 1893.