Aged Webster Resident Was Killed By Freight Train Last Evening
Stephen Gillingham, one of the best known residents of the upper Monongahela valley, was instantly killed last night about five o'clock when he was struck and fatally injured by a P. & L.E. freight train, near the Webster station. The man, according to reports, was walking along the tracks from his bachelor quarters to the Conroy hotel, a short distance above the station when the wind blew his hat from his head. He went onto the tracks to recover it and was in the act of bending down for the hat when the fright train bore down upon him. The engineer witnessed the accident and applied the brakes by the body of the unfortunate man was dragged some distance before the engine was brought to a stop. When the engineer and others reached him Mr. Gillingham was dead. Remains were restanteous. The remains were removed to his home in Webster and later were prepared for burial. The body will be taken to the home of his daughter, Mrs. John Haganaugh in Charleroi, where funeral services will be held on Friday afternoon, with interment in the Monongahela cemetery.
Deceased was sixty years of age and is survived by his aged mother, Mrs. Catherine Gillingham, who is confined to her bed here on account of illness and also eleven children. Six brothers also survive, two of whom, Frank and George, reside at 365 Donner avenue, this city. The deceased was one of the pioneer residents of the valley and had made his home in Webster since coming to the valley. His wife died about fourteen years ago, and since that time he has occupied small bachelor quarters at Webster.
Stephen Gillingham, one of the best known residents of the upper Monongahela valley, was instantly killed last night about five o'clock when he was struck and fatally injured by a P. & L.E. freight train, near the Webster station. The man, according to reports, was walking along the tracks from his bachelor quarters to the Conroy hotel, a short distance above the station when the wind blew his hat from his head. He went onto the tracks to recover it and was in the act of bending down for the hat when the fright train bore down upon him. The engineer witnessed the accident and applied the brakes by the body of the unfortunate man was dragged some distance before the engine was brought to a stop. When the engineer and others reached him Mr. Gillingham was dead. Remains were restanteous. The remains were removed to his home in Webster and later were prepared for burial. The body will be taken to the home of his daughter, Mrs. John Haganaugh in Charleroi, where funeral services will be held on Friday afternoon, with interment in the Monongahela cemetery.
Deceased was sixty years of age and is survived by his aged mother, Mrs. Catherine Gillingham, who is confined to her bed here on account of illness and also eleven children. Six brothers also survive, two of whom, Frank and George, reside at 365 Donner avenue, this city. The deceased was one of the pioneer residents of the valley and had made his home in Webster since coming to the valley. His wife died about fourteen years ago, and since that time he has occupied small bachelor quarters at Webster.
Aged Webster Resident Was Killed By Freight Train Last Evening
Stephen Gillingham, one of the best known residents of the upper Monongahela valley, was instantly killed last night about five o'clock when he was struck and fatally injured by a P. & L.E. freight train, near the Webster station. The man, according to reports, was walking along the tracks from his bachelor quarters to the Conroy hotel, a short distance above the station when the wind blew his hat from his head. He went onto the tracks to recover it and was in the act of bending down for the hat when the fright train bore down upon him. The engineer witnessed the accident and applied the brakes by the body of the unfortunate man was dragged some distance before the engine was brought to a stop. When the engineer and others reached him Mr. Gillingham was dead. Remains were restanteous. The remains were removed to his home in Webster and later were prepared for burial. The body will be taken to the home of his daughter, Mrs. John Haganaugh in Charleroi, where funeral services will be held on Friday afternoon, with interment in the Monongahela cemetery.
Deceased was sixty years of age and is survived by his aged mother, Mrs. Catherine Gillingham, who is confined to her bed here on account of illness and also eleven children. Six brothers also survive, two of whom, Frank and George, reside at 365 Donner avenue, this city. The deceased was one of the pioneer residents of the valley and had made his home in Webster since coming to the valley. His wife died about fourteen years ago, and since that time he has occupied small bachelor quarters at Webster.
Stephen Gillingham, one of the best known residents of the upper Monongahela valley, was instantly killed last night about five o'clock when he was struck and fatally injured by a P. & L.E. freight train, near the Webster station. The man, according to reports, was walking along the tracks from his bachelor quarters to the Conroy hotel, a short distance above the station when the wind blew his hat from his head. He went onto the tracks to recover it and was in the act of bending down for the hat when the fright train bore down upon him. The engineer witnessed the accident and applied the brakes by the body of the unfortunate man was dragged some distance before the engine was brought to a stop. When the engineer and others reached him Mr. Gillingham was dead. Remains were restanteous. The remains were removed to his home in Webster and later were prepared for burial. The body will be taken to the home of his daughter, Mrs. John Haganaugh in Charleroi, where funeral services will be held on Friday afternoon, with interment in the Monongahela cemetery.
Deceased was sixty years of age and is survived by his aged mother, Mrs. Catherine Gillingham, who is confined to her bed here on account of illness and also eleven children. Six brothers also survive, two of whom, Frank and George, reside at 365 Donner avenue, this city. The deceased was one of the pioneer residents of the valley and had made his home in Webster since coming to the valley. His wife died about fourteen years ago, and since that time he has occupied small bachelor quarters at Webster.
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