Bio & Incident Details
Age: 40
Tour: 4 years
Badge # Not available
Cause: Struck by train
Location: California
Incident Date: 7/13/1909
Weapon: Not available
Suspect: Not available
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Patrolman Edward Shay was struck and killed by a train at the intersection of 16th Street and Kentucky Street in San Francisco, California.
He was patrolling the Southern Pacific rail yards looking for boxcar thieves. He was standing on one track searching an outbound train. He did not observe an oncoming string of cars being pushed by a switch engine on the track he was standing on. He was struck and run over by the cars.
Patrolman Shay had served with the Southern Pacific Railroad Police Department for four years. He was survived by his wife and two children.
