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—Another v?rv .«arl vailreail aci-iiir'iit vCvUm-d n:i ■\\Vi1:iR-.il:.Y !a?t. :ll»OUt ^ ::• i oVW’i, :it tli»- r'iriy-fh^r :-inot tax-ssiL’g -if the P.. ll.J, ,i P. I?.. P., l»v which 3Tiobr.«‘l MeG rath, a tr»ni;. i lo.si liii jffe. *t. appears that a ;[ c-ut train passed north about that t-ima. ; from wh.'ch some mail matter to thrown j which McGrath stooped to pick nj?. ) .While Join# so ;»:i engine of a l'reigb: trait going in the same Utr sc lion struck Lirn, inflict itg z fatal injury, inc-ludiu;.-Ifn* taliitg *11 o* iin. am;, McGrath wa« a faLLhful servant, who Ir.ni Iccj't a good while in the employ of the ruiiigallY, all whoknew ;iii:i heard o* IiUf'st*- wilhgmat re-: grot. IIV- win; »l«i ;fc 'Hj vi'urs of ami leaves u iV.uily of sj.^on children.. He resided on ib'tat'- sirei-t no::r rtisfy-1 ninth, on the Hyda I’ark bid*, \s lien-an in.in-ai was held on t/ie ljyDeputy Coroner Shanahan lt;m Thursday.. but the jury con-nred the iv,ilviult;i . company, becuuso ir was proved hy • thive witnessed tliat the train that struck McGrath was on the wrong track and was going at a greater rate ; of : pood than the law allowed.
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Oak Park Lake Vindicator

Oak Park, Illinois, US

Sat, Oct 18, 1884

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