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The Evening Telegraph
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
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Coroner Daniels conducted an inquest on Ephraim Gribby, a Pennsylvania Railroad teamster killed by a freight train at Twentieth and Market streets. Witnesses John W. Biddle and Officer Kilpatrick described Gribby falling under the car. The jury verdict: accidental death by being run over.
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John W. Biddle sworn—Reside at No. 1921 Market street: saw Gribby sitting on front part of car; he attempted to spring off the car and fell under it; the two front wheels passed him, when he attempted to get up, and the two hind wheels passed over his body; assisted in getting the body from under the car.
Officer Kilpatrick sworn—Reside at No. 3 Azela street; about 5 o'clock was standing at Twenty-first and Market streets: a man told me a teamster was run over; saw cars coming down grade quite rapidly; succeeded in stopping them: found Gribby lying on a cellar-door, where some one had placed him; assisted in carrying body to Station House.
The jury returned the following verdict:—That the said Ephraim Gribby came to his death by being run over by a freight-train of cars, at Twentieth and Market streets.
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Ephraim Gribby, a teamster, was killed when he fell under a moving freight car on the Pennsylvania Railroad at Twentieth and Market streets. Witnesses saw him attempt to jump off and get run over by the wheels. An inquest by Coroner Daniels included testimony from John W. Biddle and Officer Kilpatrick, who helped recover the body. The jury verdict confirmed death by being run over by the train.