OBIT: George BONNELL, 1893, formerly of Blair County, PA

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A Young Man From Tyrone Killed at Jersey Shore.

  George Bonnell, of Tyrone, met his death at Jersey Shore yesterday 
morning, while at work on the Beech Creek railroad.  He was engaged in 
braking in the railroad yard at Jersey Shore Junction at 4 o'clock 
yesterday morning, when he was caught between bumpers.  He was so 
terribly crushed that he died at 10 o'clock.  Bonnell was about 20 
years of age and went to Jersey Shore from Tyrone, where his parents 
reside.  Deceased was a member of the P.O.S. of A. of Snow Shoe.  The 
remains will be taken to Tyrone for burial.  Bonnell's father is an 
engineer on the Pennsylvania Central railway.

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., Friday Evening, March 24, 1893