Hello List, I have these articles from the Pittsburgh Gazette: PITTSBURGH GAZETTEThursday morning, March 12, 1857 MAN KILLED - We are informed by a gentleman who resides at Braddock's Fields, that a serious accident occurred at that place on Sunday evening, by which a life was lost. Our informant states that on a Sunday evening 8th last. about 4 o'clock, a man who was walking on the Railroad, Eastward, fell through the open rail road bridge at Braddock's Fields, and died about four o'clock on Monday, from the injuries received. He is described as being about 45 years of age, small in stature, was clean shaved, and supposed to be an Englishman. The body was interred at Braddock's Field. His clothing may be seen at the Station House, at Braddock's Fields, and other particulares ascertained which might lead to his indendtification. NO INQUEST - We are informed that the man who was killed, as it is supposed, by having fallen through an open bridge on the Pennsylvania Railway near Braddock's Field, a notion of which appears in another place, was buried without an inquest. Is not that a somewhat strange proceeding on the face of it? We have not observed any notice of the accident in any of our city papers higherto, although two days have elasped since occurrence. My g g grandfather, Henry Andrew Lewis was drowned in Pittsburgh around this time. The body was never returned to Hollidaysburg for burial, although somehow the family eventually figured out how he died. As I look through the list of papers on microfilm at the BCGS, the Altoona and Hollidaysburg papers don't have any dates that would cover March 1857. Can someone suggest another are paper that may have had this news, if indeed the drowned man turned out to be from Hollidaysburg? Thank you, Tomi _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/210850552/direct/01/