Son of William Goodwin Dana and Maria Josefa Carillo Dana. Married Manuela Tita Munos.

FREDERICK A. DANA OF NIPOMO ACCIDENTALLY KILLED YESTERDAY. [Published the week of July 25 1899 in Morning Tribune, San Luis Obispo County, CA]

Another sudden death shocked our community yesterday afternoon when the intelligence was received, that Mr. Frederick A. Dana of Nipomo had met with an accident which had resulted fatally. Coroner Nichols was notified of the sad event and took the train in the evening for the purpose of holding an inquest and was accompanied by a TRIBUNE representative. Last evening a jury was impaneled composed of E.R. Ketchum, foreman, W.J. Sutherland, P. Rojas, John Kish, G. Lockwood and Geo. Cook. The facts elicited were that the deceased had gone to the depot in his buggy about eleven o’clock to get some bundles of lath that were there for him. That in attempting to drive away he dropped one of the lines and in stooping over the wheel in the effort to recover the lost rein, the horse moving with the cramped buggy, he was drawn over to the ground and struck on the top of his head with much force. Mrs. Knotts and Mr. Geo. McNeill saw the accident and went at once to his assistance and carried him to the residence of Mr. S.A. Dana. He was unconscious and remained so until his death which occurred about a quarter to four, although he had the ministrations of Dr. Brown who was called immediately. It was determined that death had resulted from internal hemorrhage of the brain and the verdict of the coroner’s jury was to that effect and that it resulted from unavoidable accident in the fall from the buggy. There were no marks upon the head of the unfortunate man. He was 50 years, one month and 13 days old, and leaves a widow and eight children, six sons and two daughters.

The funeral will be held in this city at 10:30 o’clock Thursday morning.

To all the old residents of the county, the deceased was well and most favorably known and his untimely demise will be learned with the deepest regret.