FILLMORE

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Marin County Tocsin
Saturday, March 1, 1902
Page 3

J.A. FILLMORE Dead

Jerome A. Fillmore, general manager of the North Pacific Coast Railway, died at his home, 2004 Gough Street, San Francisco, at 7 o’clock Thursday morning after a very brief illness. Tuesday morning he complained of not feeling well and determined to spend the day at home, but a succession of telephone messages from his office made him restless and he finally concluded to devote the day to his accustomed duties. Upon his return home at night, he complained of pains in his chest, but did not attribute them to anything more serious than a severe cold, refusing to allow medical aid to be called. Wednesday morning a servant going to his room found him almost unconscious and breathing heavily. Dr. Hertzstein was summoned at once and pronounced Fillmore in a critical condition. Drs. Laine, Gardner, Goodfellow and Mizner were called into consultation, and everything was done that modern medical science could suggest to relieve the sufferer. Despite these ministrations, the patient continued to sink, and it was feared for a time he might outlive the day. He remained all of Wednesday and Wednesday night in a semiconscious condition, but not recognizing his wife and daughter, Jessie, who were constantly at his side, displaying remarkable fortitude under his sudden affliction. At 6 o’clock Wednesday evening, oxygen was administered, and under its stimulus, the patient rallied somewhat, but was not sufficiently to give any hope for his recovery.