Allegheny County PA Archives-  Obituaries: Yeckel (Vachel), William, 31 Jul 1897
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from The Pittsburg Press dated Saturday, July 31, 1897 (page 4):
William VACHEL, aged 9 years, son of August VACHEL, of 29 Pine street, 
Allegheny, was run over by a Pittsburg & Western freight train on River 
avenue and had both legs cut off.  (under the article title, Echoes 
of the Night)

from the Allegheny City Death Records:
 
William YECKEL, schoolboy, aged 9 years 2 months 22 days, died on July 
31, 1897 from railroad injuries; lived at 33 Lautner street; son of 
August and Helena; buried in Voegtly Cemetery on August 2, 1897.
Census records suggests the surname is YECKEL.  August & Hannah YECKEL 
are on the 1900 census living at 33 Lautner street, Allegheny.  City 
directories specifically name August and Hannah living at that address; 
surname is some variation of YECKEL or JECKEL.  August appears to have 
died between 1900 and 1903.