Allegheny County PA Archives-  Obituaries: MATTHEWS, David, 01 Sep 1899

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from The Pittsburgh Press dated Friday, September 1, 1899 (page 1):
 
under the article titled LIVES LOST BY TERRIFIC EXPLOSION
 
David MATTHEWS, aged 50 years, of Sankey's row, South Thirty-second
street. Struck by flying debris.
 
(. . .)
 
David MATTHEWS, of 52 Thirty-third street, was a heater and had been
employed at the Republic iron works for many years. He was married
and leaves a wife and family of four grown-up children. He was a
well-known and highly respected citizen of the Twenty-fourth ward.
 
from the City of Pittsburgh Death Records:
 
David MATHEWS, aged about 51 years, married, heater, died September 1,
1899, instantly killed by boiler explosion; son of William and Anna
MATHEWS, both of Wales; born in Wales; lived at 50 33rd Street; burial
in South Side Cemetery on September 3, 1899.
 
NOTES: From census listings, wife is Elizabeth with children Jane,
Elizabeth, Alice, Edith, Grace and David.