The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-08-31
JOHN fORREY DEAD,
Meets a Horrible Fate in Chicago on
Monday Afternoon and is In
stantI Killed.
IN TIE NEW COLISEUM WRECK.

Fad Gone to Chicago Four Months Ago to
Work as an Expert Bridge Builder on the
Big coIiseum.-Was Working as Riveter
When the Big Structure Collapsed and he
Met Instant Death Remains Will be
Brought Home for Tnterment,
A telegram was received in this city
this morning stating that John Forrey,
son of Mrs. Bridget Forrey, and a
we'll known resident of this city, had
met terrible death in Chicago Mon
day afternoon.
Forrey was an expert bridge work
man and had gone to Chicago about
four months ago to take a position
with the contractors for the big coils
cum which was being erected at the
corner of Fifteenth street and Wabash
avenue. He was employed as a riveter
and when the collapse of the big iron
arches occurred yesterday afternoon
the remains of lack Forrey were
among the first to be taken from the
pile of iron and steel.
Forrey was placed on the list of peo-
pie whose residence was unknown and
the remains were taken to the Koran
undertaking establishment on Eigh-
tenth street During the night his
fate became known to his friends in
Chicago, and the mother IN this city
was notified as soon as possible this
morning Miss Mary Forrey, a sister
of the unfortunate man, at once left
for Chicago and the remains will be
brought to this city for burial tomor-
row.
Forrey was one of the most popular
young men living on the West side of
the city. He was thirty-six years of
age, and for many. years he has lived
with his mother at 103 Maple street.
The brothers and, sister and the aged
mother were utterly crushed. this morn
ing when they received the news of the
tragic death of the son and brother,
and as yet no arrangements have been
made for the funeral.
The details of the accident which re-
suited in the death of the Kenosha man
will probably never be known. Forrey
was working with a, gang of riveters.
There were four in the party and had
climbed far out on one of the big
iron arches when the accident occurred.
All of them are thought to have been
instantly killed, for they were COM
p1ete1y buried under the falling arches.
The men working on the arches had
recognized their horrible doom, but it
t. L9oS% afF Rs fn
themselves were only lost. All of
them lay in a second beneath the
Titanic mass of iron with their skulls
crushed in, their legs cut off and man
g1eds a1tnost+rbeyond recognition. In
this mass was found the body of John
Forrey. The body was taken to the
morgue with those of his three fellow
workmen and as soon as the identifca-
ton of the remains was complete the
family in this city was notified.
The death of Forrey has caused
great deal of sorrow in the city. He
was a general favorite with his friends
among whom he was known as "Hon-
est jack. For. some time he has been
assisting in the support of his aged
mother, and his sad death is a severe
blow to her as we'll as his other friends
and relatives. Besides his mother,
three brothers and a sister survive
him. There are Dennis and Mary
Forrey, of this city; Edward, of Chi
cago, and Patrick, of California.
A strange fatality seems to follow
the Forrey family and this is the third
son that has met violent death IN the
last few years. The mother is crazed
with grief and refused to be comforted.