Who was the Irish man killed by train in USA?
Who was the Irish man killed by train in USA? Who was the Irish man that died in New Jersey? Tributes have been paid at the funeral of young Irishman Anthony Mulhearn, who died after he was hit by a train in New Jersey. Mr Mulhearn was killed after the accident in the US on December 15 and the service was held today in Mullinavat, Co Kilkenny.
Who was the first person killed on the railway?
1830. 15 September – United Kingdom – William Huskisson becomes the first widely reported passenger train death. During the ceremonial opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, while standing on the track at Parkside, he is struck and fatally injured by the locomotive Rocket.