Evening News, California
24 January 1890
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A FATAL FALL.
Tragic Death of James H. Warren Last Night.
He Plunges From a Bridge Near the Broad Gauge Depot -- He is Instantly Killed -- The Inquest.
James H. Warren was instantly killed shortly after midnight last night near the broad gauge depot, by falling from a bridge. James H. Mulvaney and the deceased were going to board the 12:35 train for Eden Vale where they have been at work. The watchman at the depot told them they could get in the caboose of the freight easier if they went down to the tank. They accordingly started down the track. They did not know that they had to cross a bridge, Warren walked in front of his companion. The latter heard Warren cry out and say him disappear. Then all was still. He went forward cautiously and found that Warren had fallen through the trestle over the creek. Mulvaney went to a house near by and awoke L. A. Gridler, the car inspector. The men procured a lantern and found the body of Warren in the bridge partly in the water, huddled up against a pile which projected about a foot above ground. He was dead when found. It is thought that his head stuck the projecting post as his neck was broken.
The remains were taken to W. L. Woodrow's undertaking rooms where an inquest was held by Coroner Tomkin today.
The deceased was 35 years of age and unmarried.
A verdict in accordance with the above facts was rendered by the jury at the inquest.
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