Bernard "Barney" Dougherty

DOUGHERTY

Posted By: CJeanealogy (email)
Date: 12/16/2017 at 18:42:32

Cedar Rapids Times Thursday December 16, 1875
FATAL ACCIDENT--Wednesday afternoon of last week a special train of the C.&NW road went up the D.&SW road to Anamosa and when but a short distance out of this city ran over and fatally injured Barney Dougherty a "section boss", who was at work on the track and who at the time was endeavoring to remove a hand car out of the way of this "wild" train. Dougherty was taken to his home in Marion and died in a few hours after the accident.

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