Allegheny County PA Archives- Obituaries: Ryan, William, 10 Jan 1900 Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Martha Little, , Sep 2010 Copyright 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/allegheny/ ________________________________________________ from The Pittsburgh Press dated Thursday, January 11, 1900 (page 6): William RYAN, an engineer on the Monongahela Connecting railway, was instantly killed yesterday afternoon in the Jones & Laughlins railroad yard, South Side. He slipped and fell in front of an approaching engine, with his neck across the rail. He was beheaded. He was 29 years old, unmarried, and lived at 36 South Twenty-seventh street. He had relatives in Philadelphia. from the City of Pittsburgh Death Records: William J RYAN, about 29 years old, single, brakeman, died January 10, 1900, instantly killed on railroad; born in Ireland; lived on 29th Street; burial in St Mary's Cemetery on January 12, 1900.