The sun., 1898-01-08
He DIED At THE THROTTLE
Jeremiah O'Brien'S Death in the
Cab Of His Engine.
HIS DEATH DUE TO PARALYSIS
He Was One of the Oldest Engineers
in the Service of the
Company.

| With his hand on the throttle of hi
engine, jeremiah O'Brien, one of tn,
Oldest engineers in the service of tn,
Pennsylvania, Wilmington and Balti
more railroad, passed out OF life yester
day morning,
While the third section of the G. 4 o
northbound express was running be
tween Newark and Prices, the fireman
of the train, William Brady, also of Phil
adelphia, stepped from his station to tho
floor and went to the engineers side o
the engine, as was his custom, to call tho
attention of the engineer to the fact thai
they were nearing the place of the wate1
trough, and the engineer was noticed t,
be in STOPPING position, with his hanC
on the throttle. Fireman Brady thought
the engineer was fixing something at his
feet and stepped to his side of the engine
and looked out ahead to. see the
track. He then stepped back quickly
and called to Engineer O'Brien. and see
ing the latter in the same position, step.
ped quickly to his side, and catching
hold of him and finding he made no sign
of reply, found that Mr.. O'Brien was
unconscious. 1t was but the work of an
instant to close the throttle, for although
Mr.. OBrien's hand had tight hold
upon it there was no resistance on the
part Of the man holding it. The engine
was taken in charge by the fireman. 1t
was then near Prices station, where he
stopped.
Some few of the passengers who knew
enough of the railroad work came out
to find the reason of the unusual stop
and for the first time knew that for a
time at least their lives had been in the
keeping of dead man.
VBricn was tenderly lifted off and car
rled to the baggage car and the train was
brought to this city by Fireman Brady.
A brakeman on the train was put on the
engine and he fired the train to this
city.
Drs. Oylc and Draper had been tele-
graphed for and We're on the scene short
y after the arrival of the train and after
examining the body, pronounced En-
gineer O'Brien dead, the cause being
paralys OF the heart
Deputy Coroner Chandler was notified
to take care Of the body and a message
was sent to the office at PHILADELPHIA,
where the company viii rpiiy llic
family.
No inquest will be held as death was
wholly due to natural causes.
Engineer James Murphy of this city,
who had been sent for. arrived at the
station and ran the tan to Phiadel-
phia.
Engineer O'Brien was stricken short
ly before reaching the trough, this being
known from the fact that the speed of
The train had been reduced greatly and
the throttle when ken in charge by the
fireman had been partly closed
O'Bricn was about 81 years OF age and
had been in the employ Of the railroad
rs an engineer for the past 36
years and was well known throughout
the entire division. He lived in Phia-
lelphia. He was known as a valuable
man and a man who was always of an
1vcn temperament and was one of the
most valued men in the employ of the
company and was almost always at the
lcad of the list Of mems names which
we're mentioned in Superintendent Ban
lard's semi monthly report of men des-
irving special colnmcndation forthe run
ling Of trains over the division.
The train was No. IS of tho {. 4 O., /
md was composed Of yellow vcstibulc .
ars, and is known as the "F. +. w." /
Trough express. /