Alexandria City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Richards, John  April 1869
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Shenandoah herald. (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974: April 29, 1869
John Richards, Brakeman Killed - We were extremely sorry to learn that Mr. John
Richards, from Alexandria, brakeman on the freight train on the 0., A. & M. R. R.
fell from the top of a house-car, whilst the train was in motion, near Burke's
Station, in Fairfax county, on Friday last, and was run over by the entire train and
mashed in a most horrible manner. It appears that no one saw him fall, but when the
caboose car came over him the body caught under the brake-bar and caused
considerable jarring which induced the conductor, Mr. Suddeth, to look out the rear
door, to ascertain the cause of the jumping of the car, when he discovered the body
of Richards laying between the railing, both arms cut off and the body crushed and
mashed in a most shocking manner. His remains were gathered up in a blanket and sent
to his friends in Alexandria. 

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