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Friday, April 8, 2016
Tales of Moyamensing Prison III - (Schuylerville NY Standard 13 May 1896)
The unmarked grave of Herman Mudgett - Holy Cross Cemetery Delaware County Pa.. He is buried encased
in cement, due to fear of grave robbers. Photo Credit: Karen Valentine
7/21/2003 Find a Grave
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P.R.R. Casualties Harrowgate Crossing - 1888
Harrowgate
The Harrowgate
crossing of the Pennsylvania
Railroad at
Kensington avenue has been
a prolific
source of danger and mortality, and
the topography
of the ground aids it. The
ground is
elevated north of the steam track on
the avenue, and
the “Dummy” cars have, with
the
uncontrollable momentum, on several
occasions broken
the guard and plunged ahead
of approaching
trains, narrowly escaping
great loss
of life. The danger to pedestrians
is also great,
and not a few lives have been
sacrificed at
this point and in the vicinity.
On Febmary 11, Albert P. Weyman, a highly
esteemed
citizen, aged 46, supposing all trains
to have passed,
was overtaken by an express
train and
crushed out of human shape. On
March 28 an
unknown man, apparently of
middle age, was
run down and killed, and two
days later the
same fatality overtook another
unknown man of
about the same age. On
April 11 Jane
Wals, aged 45, attempted to
cross the track
but failed to see an approaching
express train,
which hurled her into
eternity. On
April 26 an unknown man, about
45 years of age,
was run over by a train and
instantly
killed, and on May 3 Robert Hays, a
promising boy of
17 years, was cut off in the
flower of his
youth by a Pennsylvania train.
Only a short
distance away an unknown man.
aged 50 years,
was killed by the cars, and on
June 10 Hugh
Orilley, aged 54, was run over
near Snyder
avenue. S. B. Apgar, 39 years
old, died on
August 4 from injuries received at
the -York street
bridge two days previously,
suffering
excruciating torture in the
meantime. An
unknown man aged 35, was also
killed August 2 at the Kensington av
crossing.Source: Phila.Inquirer 21 Jan 1888
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Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Midway Theatre - Allegheny and Kensington - Gala Opening - Christmas Eve 1932
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| Phila.Inquirer - 24 Dec 1932 |
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| Phila. Inquirer 25 Dec 1932 |
.http://www.phillyhistory.org/PhotoArchive/Detail.aspx?assetId=14580
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Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Mary F Thompson 1869 – 1957
Some
followup to the previous blog regarding the John T Thompson “Double Monument”
in Hillside Cemetery in Montgomery County shared with Thomas J Powers.
I only found
one tiny obit on John T Thompson which I typed out due to a lack of total access to a newspaper archive.
And this one
mean reference to his implied end just before the corruption blowup regarding Philadelphia City Treasurer John Bardsley and the Keystone Bank.
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Susquehanna
Pa Weekly Journal 3 Sept 1891
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From the
large monument I made out name of I presume a daughter Mary F Thompson 1869-1957 who
would appear never married.
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| Phila. Inquirer 8 Dec 1957 |
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| Phila. Inquirer 7 Dec 1957 |
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| Phila. Inquirer 16 Sept 1947 |
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| 2731 N 5th Street - Google Maps |
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