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The Milwaukee Journal
December 14, 1935
p. 3, col. 1

           Buried His Love
            in 1883 Tragedy,
             Died a Bachelor
             
        JOHN CORCORAN, who was buried
      Saturday at 74, died a bachelor be-
      cause the only girl he ever loved
      lost her life in the Newhall House
      fire in 1883. Corcoran never recov-
      ered from the shock. His heart re-
      mained true to MARY MACK (sic - Mary McMahon).
        CORCORAN, then 22, was in the 
      crowd at the fire when the girl to
      whom he was engaged appeared at a
      window and shouted for help. He
      tried vainly to break through the
      fire lines and get into the hotel to
      rescue her. He took her body back
      to Linden, Wis., where her family
      lived, for burial.
        A few years later he joined the
      Milwaukee fire department but
      stayed less than a year. He roamed
      through the west, returning here
      about 15 years ago. He was given
      an old age pension in 1931.
        CORCORAN collapsed on the street
      last Tuesday while on his way to his
      rooming house at 760 N. Cass st.
      Death was due to a heart attack.
        Funeral services were held Satur-
      day morning at St. John's cathedral,
      with burial in Holy Cross cemetery.
      
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