George W. Richmond

A message from Pittsburg Saturday morning brought the sad news of the death of George W. Richmond, formerly of this city, son of L. L. Richmond, and grandson of A. B. Richmond.
His death was the result of an accident to an automobile in which he and W. Ed. Porter, formerly city treasurer here, had visited Luna Park, an amusement resort near Pittsburg. The machine was a small electric, belonging to John L. Porter. The machine was running slowly when the accident occurred. There was a very heavy fog at the time which made the tires slippery. Mr. Porter says they were moving along carefully when the lights of a large machine appeared suddenly ahead of them. In making a sudden turn to avoid a collision and also applying the brakes the machine ran into an iron pole of the street railway company, and Mr. Richmond and Mr. Porter were both thrown out to the ground. Porter was only slightly bruised, but Richmond struck on his head, his skull was fractured, and he was otherwise so severely injured that he died Saturday morning. It was evidently not the force of the fall but the manner in which he fell that caused the accident to be fatal to Mr. Richmond. The automobile was of a rather high pattern which made the fall that much worse. The persons in the other machine saw the accident and stopped to give their aid. Porter was already on his feet, but Richmond was helpless in front of the runabout from which he had fallen and was taken immediately to the East End hospital, but the physicians could render no aid, and his parents and sister, who live at 25 Alpha Terrace, were notified. Death came at 4 o'clock Saturday morning.
George W. Richmond was born in this city and was about 27 years old. He was one of the best known men here, and was generally liked. In 1898, he entered for service in the Spanish and served until his regiment was discharged. Later he went to Pittsburg and at the time of his death was a draughtman in the employ of the Westinghouse Electric company, at the head of one of the departments and in charge of about twenty-five men. He had just recently had an offer of a still better position in Chicago. The fatal accident comes as a terrible blow to his family.
W. Ed. Porter, who was with George at the time, is overwhelmed by the awful ending of an evening's drive.
- Meadville Star.
Titusville Herald, Tues., 03 Oct 1905, p. 7, Titusville, Pa.