Bernard Mulholland

- 1866

• Name	Bernard Mulholland
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-204027
  Died	8 Nov 1866	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I204027	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

• Notes

  MULHOLLAND - A melancholy and fatal accident occurred on the Grand Trunk Railway near Baden station yesterday morning by which one of the brakesmen on the express that left Toronto at one o'clock a.m., named Bernard Mulholland, lost his life. It appears that, as the train was approaching the station, the deceased, who was standing on the platform of the passenger cars, leaned forward, as brakesmen often do to see the distance to the station, holding on by the rails on the platform. By some means his foot slipped and losing his balance, the unfortunate man fell off the train. As he fell outside the track, he might possibly have saved his life, but it seems that in an effort to recover himself, he raised his head which was struck by the boxing of a car behind, and the back part of his skull was almost completely taken off. When the employees on the train returned to the spot, Mulholland's lifeless body was found lying beside the track. He was conveyed to the station where an inquest was held during the morning, and a verdict of accidental death returned. In the evening, the remains were conveyed to this city (Toronto) where the deceased resided with his mother on Spadina avenue. He had been in the employ of the company between three and four years, and was a steady industrious young man. Hamilton Spectator 9 Nov 1866

  
  

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  Died - 8 Nov 1866 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth