Allegheny County PA Archives- Obituaries: Oliver, Sylvester J., 28 Oct 1873 Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Martha Little, , Jun 2010 Copyright 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/allegheny/ ________________________________________________ from The Pittsburgh Daily Gazette dated Thursday, October 30, 1873 (page 4): Accidental Death Coroner West yesterday held an inquest on the body of Sylvester J OLIVER, who was fatally injured near the Union Depot on Monday night. The deceased who was a brakeman on the Fort Wayne railroad was standing on the platform of a car, when he was jolted off and run over. A verdict of accidental death was returned. from the City of Pittsburgh Death Records: Sylvester James OLIVER, age 20 years, single, brakeman, died October 28, 1873, killed on the Pennsylvania Railroad near Union Depot; was born in PA; burial in a Baden, Beaver County, PA cemetery on October 31, 1873.