Clearfield County PA Archives Obituaries.....Irwin III, William Fisher December 23, 1922
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Clearfield Progress, December 23, 1922 (Front page) 

ACCIDENT RESULTS IN DEATH OF WELL KNOWN RAILROADER

William Irwin, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. F. Irwin, at Clark street, was 
fatally injured while at work at the coal dock in the local New York Central 
railroad yards about 6:30 o'clock this morning.   Mr. Irwin was working alone 
when injured and just how the accident occurred is not known.   When discovered 
by fellow workmen he was lying on the coal dock alongside the track with a 
badly fractured skull and was removed at once to the Clearfield hosiptal by Dr. 
Hayes Woolridge who was called to attend him.   

When the accident happened the young man was engaged in unloading coal from the 
cars.   A car of coal would be hauled up the incline to the dumping shute 
whereupon the work men would open the hopper or "possum belly" and drop the 
coal down through the chute.   It is thought that young Irwin attached his 
wrench and loosened the bolt or bar sufficiently to allow or cause it to let go 
suddenly and as the load of coal rushed downward the wrench attached to the bar 
was torn from his hands and in its revolution struck Irwin on the head with 
such force as to cause a compound fracture of the skull.   

Irwin is a married man and resides with his wife and two children on South 
Fourth street.   He is a native Clearfield boy and the many friends of the 
family sympathize deeply with them in their misfortune.   

Despite all that medical skill could accomplish, the young man passed away 
about 11:30 o'clock never having regained consciousness.   

The deceased was an honest, upright, industrious young man, quiet and 
unassuming.   He was born in Clearfield about 30 years ago and had always 
resided here.   He was well liked by all who knew him and his untimely end will 
be sincerely mourned.   
      

Additional Comments:
His wife was Clara Isabell Gifford and his children were Bessie Naomi age 2 and 
William IV age 1. 

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