OBIT: David BAKER, 1871, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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BAKER - MAN KILLED - Yesterday afternoon a man named Baker, a brakeman 
on a freight train was instantly killed in the Company's yard in this 
city. From the information communicated to us the break chain parted, 
when the deceased fell between the bumper on the track and one wheel 
passing over the upper part of his head, causing instant death. Mr. 
Baker was a married man and a faithful employee. - Altoona Sun.

The Register, Hollidaysburg, Pa., Wednesday, September 20, 1871