OBIT: Catharine BEECH, 1858, Blair County, PA

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DEAD: - Miss Catharine Beech, whom we noticed in our last issue as
having been seriously injured by the cow-catcher of a locomotive, on
the evening of the 18th ult., died from her injuries about 8 o'clock
P.M., on Friday last.  At first when her system reacted she refused to
allow amputaiton to be performed, and would not consent until several
days had elapsed.  In the meantime mortification had commenced in both
legs, and before a line of demarcation had formed a pre-requisite to
amputation at that stage - her spirit fled from its frail tenement of
clay.  Her sufferings were intense, but we trust they have been to her
but the prelude to an eternity of joy and happiness beyond the skies.
Her remains were interred in the Lutheran Burying Ground, in
Collinsville, on Saturday last.

Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., March 4, 1858, page 3