Chester County PA Archives News..... Train Accident and Death of Samuel SHARP, 1873

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Chester-Delaware Co. PAGenWeb Archives - NEWSPAPER and FUNERAL ANNOUNCMENT – 
Train Accident and Death of Samuel SHARP.

L = DAILY LOCAL NEWS
 
From Penningtonville 29 October 1873 
   On Saturday, the 25 inst., SAMUEL SHARP, the baggage agent at Parkesburg,
   was instantly killed by the cars. The two mail trains came up to the depot 
   about the same time, Mr. SHARP stood on the platform with the baggage, and
   as the eastern bound train came slowly along, he had a trunk up ready to put 
   into the car, and the western bound train ran over him, killing him instantly.--
   Confusion reigned for a few minutes, while all of the passengers and lookers-on
   were horror struck at the sight and the thought. His funeral is to take place on
   Tuesday, the 28th, at 9 o'clock.
 
Note: Chester Co. Tombstone Images - Malvern Baptist Cemetery
    Husband of Susanna EVANS.
    Father of Phoebe Ann (nee Sharp) BAKER; Abigail Ann (nee Sharp) YARNALL;
    Mentor P. Sharp; Ann E (nee Sharp) ESSIG; and Tamor (nee Sharp) BAKER1 and HANNUM2.