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WILLIAM BELL SR.
Niagara Falls Town
[People’s Press, 31 July 1900]
The death of Richard Furness, which occurred last Tuesday, was quickly followed by that of another old citizen and employee of the Grand Trunk, William Bell of Queen street.
Mr. Bell had been suffering for nearly six months from the effects of a paralytic stroke and for some time it had been known that the end could not be far off. Last Monday his condition became decidedly worse, and he continued to grow weaker and weaker till death ensued on Friday afternoon.
Mr. Bell was born at St. Mungo, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, on October 28th, 1824 and was brought up in that town. In 1848 he married Miss Jean Austin of St. Mungo, and six years later emigrated to America, settling at Galt. Here Mr. Bell entered the employ to the Great Western Railway and in 1857 moved to Niagara Falls, where he resided continuously till the time of his death. Mr. Bell was for some time fireman on the train on which Richard Furness was a brakeman. He retired from the road in 1897 and has since lived quietly at his pretty home on Queen street.
The funeral was held yesterday afternoon at 2.30 to Fairview cemetery, and was very largely attended
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