Thomas Galberry left for Philadelphia, but fell ill on the train to New York City

1. Galberry had “suffered much from attacks of dyspepsia” over the last 2-3 months, and about two weeks before today he had taken ill, although “nothing serious was apprehended.”
2. According to the Times, “Bishop Galberry apparently had a presentiment of the near approach of death when he started on his journey, from the fact that he took care to make his will and transmit it to the archbishop of Boston.”
3. Also according to the Times, Galberry planned on spending a “few days of recreation in Philadelphia.”

1. The Courant reported the illness had been a “hemorrhage of the lungs,” while the New York Times reported that it had been a “hermorrhage of the stomach.” The Times also determined that this had been the cause of death.
2. It is not clear if Galberry and Carmody had planned to stop in New York City or if they did because of Galberry’s illness. The latter seems more likely, especially as the Times reported that “on the arrival of the train at the Grand Central Depot [Galberry] was removed by Father Carmody to the Grand Union.”
3. The three doctors were named but not identified, and they were Smith, Burk, and Purdy.
4. The Times reported only that the priests of the Diocese of Hartford had been alerted to Galberry’s condition. The Courant reported on the telegraph sent specifically to Harty.
5. “Father Harty” was confirmed to be William Harty in the article published on October 12, 1878, as opposed to his brother Andrew, also a priest in Hartford.

Galberry will die tomorrow in New York City.

1. The Courant based some of its information on Galberry’s death on an article published in the New York Times, but the Courant excluded a few items from the Times.
2. Thomas Galberry grew up in Philadelphia, after his parents immigrated there from Ireland. He was 2 or 3 years old when his parents moved there.
3. The Grand Central Depot is now Grand Central Station.
4. Although there is a Grand Union Hotel at 32^nd Street, the Grand Union Hotel reported here was the Grand Union Hotel at 41^st Street, which was one block from the train station.
5. Hugh Carmody was a priest in New Britain.
6. William A. Harty was chancellor of the Diocese of Hartford.

Unattributed.  “Bishop Galberry dead,” Hartford Daily Courant, October 11, 1878, page 2.

Unattributed.  “Obituary – Bishop Thomas Galberry,” New York Times, October 11, 1878, page 5.

Unattributed.  “The dead bishop,” Hartford Daily Courant, October 12, 1878, page 2.