The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-06-06
DEAD0N HIS BRIDAL DAY.
The Sad Story Of q Bergen Point
Flagman-A Newark Bay
Tragedy, Too.

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the east and westbound tracks of the
Central Railroad late Saturday evening,
two Hungarian women from Constable
Hook attempted to cross the East Twenty
first street crossing in Bayonne, instead
of going over the brid ge
Their peril and the lowering of the
crossing gates. bewlldered the women.
and they ran frantically back aud forth
across the tracks Que managed to es-
cape beneath the gates. The other finally
stood spellbound on the eastboupd track
and the locomotive of the approaching
train was almost upon her, when Frank
Miller, one of the fiagmen employed at
the crossing, dashed to her rescue.
Miller hastily pushed the woman o fl
the track. and then tried 10 leap aside.
He cleared the eastbound track all right,
but leaped directly in front of the locomo-
tive of the express train on the westbound
track. The pilot struck him and his body
was hurled fully fifty feet ahead. 1t fell
alongside the track. Miller was picked
up unconscious, his spine having been
broken and his skull frac tured.
DIR. Brough was summoned, and he had
the poor fellow removed to the Bayonne
City Hospital. Toward midnight Miller
died. The heroic fagman was a Pole
about twenty three y ears old and unmar-
ried. He lived on East Twenty first
street, Bayonne. Today was to have been
his wedding day.
Newark Bay Tragedy.
Late on Saturday afternoon, Thomas
Hanrahan of No. 10 Silver street. .Bayonne,
an old well-known resident OF Bergen
Point, went fishing on Newark Bay. His
craft was a good-siZed bateau that he
got at Ryder's boat house at the foot of
West Seventh street. While Hanrahan
was sailing along near the bone factory
on the meadows on the west shore of the
bay, his craft was capseized by squall.
Several employees of the bone tact ory
saw Hanrahan get astride of his capsiz ed
craft, but they were unable to do any
thing toward rescuing him as they had no
boat. There was no other craft In the
vicinity at the time, and Hanrahan f1oated
about the bay upon the upturned boat for
fully quarter of an hour. Then the
watchers at the bone factory saw him
suddenly slip off the boat. He did not re-
appear, and search along shore showed
that he had not effected landing. al
though the water was not very deep.
Hanrahan's friends were notified of his
supposed fate, but until last evening they
had hopes that he had escaped, as he was
an expert waterman. They now believe
he was exhausted by his struggles to
right the capsized craft and was drowned.
Hanrahan was about tifty-five years old.
He leaves a daughter. His wife and q
son died recently. Two of his brothers
were drowned several years ago. His
body has not been recovered.
Notes.
One of the party of wheelmen from
Jersey City Knocked down Charles Brod-
head, lau of seven years, on Avenue d
on Saturday afternoon. The cyclist did
not sound the gong until he was within
two feet of the child. His left arm was
dislocated.
Rudolph Miller, lad OF fifteen years,
was engaged in driving herd of cows
Constable Hook Meadows, in Bayonne.
on Saturday afternoon. Suddenly one of
tho cows began to below furiously and
act as if in pain. Miller turned his at
tention to the animal. and the COW
charged him. He was unable to escape
the attack and was gored in the stomach
and groin, the horns penetrating He was
picked up unconscious and removed TO
the Bayonne City Hospital. where he now
lies in precarious condition.
Daniel Feeney of No. 10 West Tenth
street, an eleven year old urehin, was
probably fatally injured on Saturday
evening while trying to toard a coal train
on the Central Railroad of New Jersey
near the round house in Bayonne. lie
| jumped upon greasy axle box ana fell
with one foot across the rail. Several car
wheels passed over the foot, crushing it
so that the physicians at the Bayonne
City Hospital were compelled to amputate
it above the ankle.
The Board of Education will meet this
evening.
This evening there will be an important
meeting of Bayonne Council, No, Cos,
Royal Arcanum. in Arcanum Hall.
Mrs. Clark, of No. IS East Eighteenth
street, complained to the police this morn
lug that while crossing the 10 S on West
Eighteenth street she was assaulted by a
crowd of boys