The Evening Star (Washington, D.C.) December 11, 1899 page 16
Daniel A. Reiff, a former Pennsylvanian, fifty-seven years old, who held a position in the internal revenue bureau, Treasury Department, for about elven year, died about 1 o’clock yesterday morning at his home, No. 608 22d street northwest, from the effects of illuminating gas. Coroner Carr, who made an investigation of the case yesterday, gave a certificate of accidental death. The funeral will take place from the family residence at 2 o’clock tomorrow afternoon. Mr. Reiff had been slightly ill for several days and Saturday he remained away from the office. He returned to his home about 10 o’clock, leaving his wife and a neighbor in the sitting room. About the time Mrs. Reiff was ready to retire she detected the odor of gas and, hurrying upstairs, she found that the gas in her husband’s room was turned on. Mr. Reiff was unconscious.
Dr. Robert Reyburn was summoned, but the progress of the poison had been such that Mr. Reiff was beyond aid. The surrounding showed that the victim had left the gas turned on accidentally. Besides his wife two sons survive him. The deceased was a member of the Union Veteran Legion, having been a lieutenant in Company A, 138th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, during the civil war, and members of the legion will attend the funeral. Mr. Reiff had a number of friends in Philadelphia and Norristown.
Mr. Reiff was appointed a clerk in the internal revenue bureau June 9, 1888, from Pennsylvania, first serving at a salary of $900 per annum. Later he was promoted, successively, on merit until at the date of his death he was n the $1,400 class.
He was popular among his associates in the office and in the ranks of the Grand Army of the Republic and Union Veteran Legion. His record was that of a careful and painstaking clerk, and he was valued accordingly
Daniel A. Reiff, a former Pennsylvanian, fifty-seven years old, who held a position in the internal revenue bureau, Treasury Department, for about elven year, died about 1 o’clock yesterday morning at his home, No. 608 22d street northwest, from the effects of illuminating gas. Coroner Carr, who made an investigation of the case yesterday, gave a certificate of accidental death. The funeral will take place from the family residence at 2 o’clock tomorrow afternoon. Mr. Reiff had been slightly ill for several days and Saturday he remained away from the office. He returned to his home about 10 o’clock, leaving his wife and a neighbor in the sitting room. About the time Mrs. Reiff was ready to retire she detected the odor of gas and, hurrying upstairs, she found that the gas in her husband’s room was turned on. Mr. Reiff was unconscious.
Dr. Robert Reyburn was summoned, but the progress of the poison had been such that Mr. Reiff was beyond aid. The surrounding showed that the victim had left the gas turned on accidentally. Besides his wife two sons survive him. The deceased was a member of the Union Veteran Legion, having been a lieutenant in Company A, 138th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, during the civil war, and members of the legion will attend the funeral. Mr. Reiff had a number of friends in Philadelphia and Norristown.
Mr. Reiff was appointed a clerk in the internal revenue bureau June 9, 1888, from Pennsylvania, first serving at a salary of $900 per annum. Later he was promoted, successively, on merit until at the date of his death he was n the $1,400 class.
He was popular among his associates in the office and in the ranks of the Grand Army of the Republic and Union Veteran Legion. His record was that of a careful and painstaking clerk, and he was valued accordingly
The Evening Star (Washington, D.C.) December 11, 1899 page 16
Daniel A. Reiff, a former Pennsylvanian, fifty-seven years old, who held a position in the internal revenue bureau, Treasury Department, for about elven year, died about 1 o’clock yesterday morning at his home, No. 608 22d street northwest, from the effects of illuminating gas. Coroner Carr, who made an investigation of the case yesterday, gave a certificate of accidental death. The funeral will take place from the family residence at 2 o’clock tomorrow afternoon. Mr. Reiff had been slightly ill for several days and Saturday he remained away from the office. He returned to his home about 10 o’clock, leaving his wife and a neighbor in the sitting room. About the time Mrs. Reiff was ready to retire she detected the odor of gas and, hurrying upstairs, she found that the gas in her husband’s room was turned on. Mr. Reiff was unconscious.
Dr. Robert Reyburn was summoned, but the progress of the poison had been such that Mr. Reiff was beyond aid. The surrounding showed that the victim had left the gas turned on accidentally. Besides his wife two sons survive him. The deceased was a member of the Union Veteran Legion, having been a lieutenant in Company A, 138th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, during the civil war, and members of the legion will attend the funeral. Mr. Reiff had a number of friends in Philadelphia and Norristown.
Mr. Reiff was appointed a clerk in the internal revenue bureau June 9, 1888, from Pennsylvania, first serving at a salary of $900 per annum. Later he was promoted, successively, on merit until at the date of his death he was n the $1,400 class.
He was popular among his associates in the office and in the ranks of the Grand Army of the Republic and Union Veteran Legion. His record was that of a careful and painstaking clerk, and he was valued accordingly
Daniel A. Reiff, a former Pennsylvanian, fifty-seven years old, who held a position in the internal revenue bureau, Treasury Department, for about elven year, died about 1 o’clock yesterday morning at his home, No. 608 22d street northwest, from the effects of illuminating gas. Coroner Carr, who made an investigation of the case yesterday, gave a certificate of accidental death. The funeral will take place from the family residence at 2 o’clock tomorrow afternoon. Mr. Reiff had been slightly ill for several days and Saturday he remained away from the office. He returned to his home about 10 o’clock, leaving his wife and a neighbor in the sitting room. About the time Mrs. Reiff was ready to retire she detected the odor of gas and, hurrying upstairs, she found that the gas in her husband’s room was turned on. Mr. Reiff was unconscious.
Dr. Robert Reyburn was summoned, but the progress of the poison had been such that Mr. Reiff was beyond aid. The surrounding showed that the victim had left the gas turned on accidentally. Besides his wife two sons survive him. The deceased was a member of the Union Veteran Legion, having been a lieutenant in Company A, 138th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, during the civil war, and members of the legion will attend the funeral. Mr. Reiff had a number of friends in Philadelphia and Norristown.
Mr. Reiff was appointed a clerk in the internal revenue bureau June 9, 1888, from Pennsylvania, first serving at a salary of $900 per annum. Later he was promoted, successively, on merit until at the date of his death he was n the $1,400 class.
He was popular among his associates in the office and in the ranks of the Grand Army of the Republic and Union Veteran Legion. His record was that of a careful and painstaking clerk, and he was valued accordingly
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