OBIT: William BOYER, 1875, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA

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THREE RAILROADERS KILLED

  William Boyer, a freight brakeman on the Middle Division, 
Pennsylvania Railroad, was almost instantly killed in the company's 
yard, this city. Monday night last, while in the act of coupling cars. 
deceased was about forty-five years of age, and resided in Harrisburg, 
where a wife and five children are left to mourn his loss. Mr. B. had 
been in the service of the railroad company for six years. A verdict of 
accidental death was rendered.

The Register, Hollidaysburg, Pa., Wednesday, April 7, 1875