Coffy, Patrick J. – Died 1886

COFFY

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 5/19/2024 at 21:00:45

Source: Decorah Republican Feb. 2, 1911, P4 C5

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO.
Items taken from the Republican Under Date of February 4, 1886.

Last week Thursday Patrick J. Coffy, a yard brakeman, was killed in the yards at Calmar. He was hanging on the side of the cars and was knocked off by the scales under the wheels. The body was badly mangled.