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Show KILLED BY STREET ci south of cm Struck hv a street ear at Murray, John V. Donegaa was inataatly killed Id aight of aaveral persona shortly after he had alighted from a atrsst ear from this citw. The accident occurred Wednesday evening at 7:30 at State street between Fourteenth and Fifteenth Fif-teenth South streets. It is believed that Donegan, who is known to have been a man of sobriety, bad become suddenly violently ill and was unable to move from the path of the approaching approach-ing coach. W. Keaies Haird, Donegan 'a employer, employ-er, aaserted the voung man was not intoxicated, aa his moves pravloua to the accident were known. Donegan had gone to Murray on tha car that preceded No. 606. lie waa seen to he suffering pain and nervous aess, although he waa not intoxicated. He alightedat Hill's Gate, and it ia thought the he fell where he stepped from the ear. There is a slight rise in the grade on the car line north ei the spot where the accident happened aad the view of the motorman was obstructed until he reached the summit of the grade. Donegan Don-egan was but a few feet away aud It was too late to stop the car. The brakes were applied, but the heavy ear crashed into the body. Death waa instantaneous, in-stantaneous, a. The h.. rril.lv mangled body was taken to the s. D. Kvana undertaking establishment, estab-lishment, where it was identified by means of a memorandum book and by Shirlev M. Knukle, a brother in law, who recognized the dead man's clothes. Mr. Donegan leaves a widow. Mrs. Frances Donegan, and seven children, ranging from an Infant of 8 months to a girl of 18. They are Miss SurMne, Isadore. Dennis. Frank, Nellie, May, Iris and John Paul. |