OBIT: Samuel CASH, 1880, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by JRB Copyright 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/pa/philadelphia/ __________________________________________ STRUCK BY DAY EXPRESS. He Dies of His Injuries Shortly After Being Picked Up. A man was yesterday struck by day express near bridge No. 9, not a great distance from Warrior's Ridge. The poor fellow was picked up and taken to Huntingdon, and every care was shown him, but he lived only a short time, dying about 4 o'clock in the afternoon without regaining consciousness. His right foot was terribly mutilated and a deep gash was cut in his head back of his right ear. He was evidently no tramp, as he was well dressed, having had a good black overcoat, blue waistcoat, and a wamus [sic]. He wore a pair of light striped pants, over which were a pair of blue overalls. He was a young looking man with auburn hair and a smooth face, having just been shaved. No one who saw the body knew him or from whence he came. The only piece of paper in his pockets was a memorandum tablet of Harrison's ready mixed paints, in which was written the name of Samuel Cash. Below this was also written the name Michael Cash, Philadelphia. We have not learned what disposition has been made of the remains. Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Wednesday, December 1, 1880 CITY AND COUNTRY. Things Briefly Told. The man who was killed near bridge No. 9, beyond Tyrone, on Tuesday, has not been identified. Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Thursday, December 2, 1880 THE UNKNOWN DEAD. The Young Man Killed on Tuesday Last Buried Unidentified. The young man whose name is supposed to be Samuel Cash and who was killed at No. 9 bridge near Birmingham, on Tuesday, an account of which and a description of whom was given in these columns, was held by the Huntingdon county authorities until yesterday afternoon, when nothing further being ascertained by which his identity could be established, his remains were interred in the Huntingdon county cemetery. We have since learned that a slip of paper was found on his person on which was the following, and which is either a bill or a receipt for board: "Samuel Cash, board bill, $1.70. "A. J. Dixon." The clothes of the deceased have been preserved. If this should meet the eye of any person who has any knowledge of the deceased, intelligence should be forwarded to Chief of Police Westbrook, Huntingdon. Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Friday, December 3, 1880 The name of the young man struck and killed by the cars, near bridge No. 9, on Wednesday of last week, and whose remains were interred in the cemetery here, the day following, was Samuel Cash, of Philadelphia, in which city his parents reside. His father arrived here on Sunday morning for the purpose of removing the remains to Philadelphia. They were exhumed during the day and taken to Philadelphia the same evening on Cincinnati Express. The young man, according to the statement of his father, had a good situation at home, but about two weeks ago he took a notion to go to Somerset for the purpose of getting a job on the railroad now in course of construction there, and in company with some ninety other men and boys started for that place. The supposition is that he tired of his new job, and at the time he was struck was on his way home. Huntingdon Journal, Huntingdon, Pa., Friday, December 10, 1880 1880 Philadelphia, Philadelphia County census - Michl. Cash, 49, brick burner Caroline Cash, 42 Saml. Cash, 20, laborer Michl. Cash, 16 Joseph Cash, 13 Thomas Cash, 12 Margeret Cash, 9 William Cash, 4 John F. Cash, 23 This file is located at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/philadelphia/obits/c/cash-s.txt