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Mary Gallagher

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Mary Gallagher

Birth
Illinois, USA
Death
21 Jul 1919 (aged 24)
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Mary Gallagher died when the Goodyear airship "Wing Foot Express" caught fire above the city of Chicago. The fiery dirigible crashed through the skylight of the Illinois Trust and Savings Company where she was working and killed 13 people. She worked as a bank clerk for the company.

Father: John Gallagher, born Ireland
Mother: Kate [Higgins] Gallagher, born Ireland

Mary Gallagher died when the Goodyear airship "Wing Foot Express" caught fire above the city of Chicago. The fiery dirigible crashed through the skylight of the Illinois Trust and Savings Company where she was working and killed 13 people. She worked as a bank clerk for the company.

Father: John Gallagher, born Ireland
Mother: Kate [Higgins] Gallagher, born Ireland


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  • Created by: Ace
  • Added: Nov 17, 2016
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/172882671/mary-gallagher: accessed ), memorial page for Mary Gallagher (Aug 1894–21 Jul 1919), Find a Grave Memorial ID 172882671, citing Mount Olivet Catholic Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Ace (contributor 47553654).