Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 186, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 August 1910 — FORMER RENSSELAER BOY KILLED IN VIRGINIA. [ARTICLE]

FORMER RENSSELAER BOY KILLED IN VIRGINIA.

Ernest Graham, Civil Engineer, Fell From Bridge at Grafton, W. Viu, And Dies From Injuries. Many Rensselaer people will remember Ernest Graham, one of the sons of W. H. H. Graham, who for a number of years was a resident of Rensselaer. They will regret extremely to learn that he was killed on Aug. 4th, at Grafton, W. Va. His brother, Erret Graham, married Lena Washburn, a sister of Dr. I. M. Washburn, of Rensselaer, and they now live in Virginia. The Indianapolis Star gives the following account of his death: The funeral of Ernest B. Graham, death resulting from a fall from the railroad bridge at Grafton, W. Va., while on his way to his home, occurred Aug. 4th, will be held at the residence of his mother, 5432 University avenue, this afternoon at 2 o’clock. The burial will be in Crown Hill cemetery. Considerable mystery surrounds his death. It is supposed he was knocked from the bridge by a passing engine. Graham was an assistant civil engineer of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. Some of the work which came under his jurisdiction included bridges over the Monongahela river at Fairmont, W. Va., and over the Susquehanna river at Harve de Grace, Md. At the time of his death, he was in direct charge of the erection of the large classification yard and new passenger station at Grafton, W. Va.; the Lumberport-HayWood connection at Haywood, W. Va.; the Lumberport classification yard at Tunnel, W. Va. and the new steel bridge over West Fork Creek, at Worthington, W. Va. Graham graduated from Butler College in 1900, and the following September entered the services of the B. &O. at Hyndman, Pa. He was a member of the Christian church at Irvington. His wife and two sons, -Alva W. and Errett O. Graham, survive.