Blair County PA Archives News.....Donahoe, Elizabeth, Fatal Accident. May 19, 1859
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The Altoona Tribune. (Altoona, Pa.) May 19, 1859
Donahoe, Elizabeth, Fatal Accident.
On Tuesday evening last, an Irish lady, named Elisabeth Donahoe, aged about 52
years, who lived in the vicinity of Kittanning Point, on the Mountain above this
place, was run over in the cut below the Point by the pusher of the mail train,
which was backing down the Mountain. As it was quite dark, the engineer did not see
the woman, consequently no blame can be attached to him. The bumper of the tank
appears to have struck the woman on the back, crushing it very much and; throwing
her forward on her head, which was also bruised. The engine afterwards passed over
her body, severing one of her legs below the knee. A post mortem examination and
inquest was held yesterday morning corroborating the above statement. 

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Source: The Altoona tribune. (Altoona, Pa.), May 19, 1859

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