Allegheny County PA Archives-  Obituaries: Stoop, William A., 03 Aug 1877

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from The Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette dated Saturday, August 4, 1877 (page 4):
 
Killed on the Railway
 
Early this morning a dispatch was received by police wire at the
Mayor's office, stating the William STREUB, engineer of a shifting
engine on the Panhandle railroad, was run over at eleven o'clock last
night at Limerick, on the South Side, by the Mansfield accommodation
train and killed. The coroner was requested to go to Jones' Ferry and
hold an inquest.
 
from The Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette dated Monday, August 6, 1877 (page 4):
 
The Death of Wm A Stoop
 
William A STOOP (not STREUB) was the name of the man killed at Jones'
ferry landing, on the South Side, Friday night, by being run over by a
train on the Pan Handle Railroad. He was conductor on a night
shifting engine, and resided at No. 28 Morton street, Allegheny, where
he leaves a wife and two children. The Coroner could not secure on
Saturday the attendance of the crew of the train which ran over the
deceased, and he adjourned the inquest until nine o'clock this
morning, at his office.
 
 
from the City of Pittsburgh Death Records:
 
William A STOOP, aged 26 years, married, railroad conductor, died
August 3, 1877, killed on railroad; born in Ohio; lived on Morton
Street; burial in Allegheny Cemetery on August 5, 1877.
 
NOTES: City directories and census suggest that the wife is Elizabeth
with daughters Ann and Lizzie. Census suggests that he is the son of
John and Ann STOOP of Ohio. Allegheny Cemetery site notes burial in
Section 32, Lot SP, Grave 4058.