Allegheny County PA Archives- Obituaries: Wilkinson, George, 15 May 1893 Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Martha Little, , Apr 2010 Copyright 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/allegheny/ ________________________________________________ from The Pittsburgh Press dated Monday, May 15, 1893 (page 1): George WILKINSON, aged , living at Port Perry, had both his legs crushed last night in the Edgar Thompson steel works by being run over by two steel cars in the yard. He was removed to the Mercy hospital, where he died early this morning. The coroner will hold an inquest. from The Pittsburgh Press dated Tuesday, May 16, 1893 (page 3): George WILKINSON, aged 38, died yesterday at the Mercy hospital from shock due to having both of his legs crushed in the yards of the Edgar Thompson steel works. (under the article title, Sudden Deaths) from the City of Pittsburgh Death Records: George WILKINSON, aged 38 years, married, brakeman, died on May 15, 1893 in Mercy Hospital from having his legs crushed in the yards of Bessemer Steel Works. He was born in England, his parents are unknown. He was buried in a Braddock PA cemetery on May 16, 1893.