OBIT: John BRICE, 1891, Duncansville, Blair County, PA

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INSTANTLY KILLED.
The Dead Body of John Brice Found Near McCahan's Bluff.

  Our Hollidaysburg correspondent writes as follows:
  Another shocking and distressing accident occurred on Saturday 
evening on the branch railroad near McCahan's Bluff, whereby John 
Brice, a puddler working at the Portage iron works, at Duncansville, 
was suddenly ushered into eternity.  On this evening at 9 o'clock two 
Duncansville peddlers [sic], named John Smith and Charles Warner, were 
returning home from Hollidaysburg when they discovered the body of a 
man lying prone on the ground and on the right side of and near the 
railroad track, about fifteen feet this side of the bluff.  The men 
quickly returned to town and notified the railroad authorities.  A yard 
engine was run up to the spot, and the body was brought down and placed 
in the gentlemen's waiting room of the station.  Dr. W. C. Roller was 
summoned and after an examination of the body he found that the skull 
was fractured at the base, the neck broken and death must have been 
instantaneous.  He had been seen during the evening under the influence 
of liquor, and he afterwards staggered up the track a short time 
previous to the arrival of the 8.25 o'clock passenger train, and it is 
presumed that his death was caused by being struck by the engine.
  Coroner Poet was notified and that gentleman arrived here on the 
11.20 o'clock train.  An inquest was held and the following jury was 
impannelled: Foreman, Robert Smith; Dr. W. C. Roller, Thomas Tierney, 
Edward Hall, Henry Long and John Ginghery.  After hearing the evidence 
the jury rendered a verdict, finding that the deceased came to his 
death "by being struck by a train of cars on the Hollidaysburg branch 
of the Pennsylvania railroad company, said death being accidental and 
unavoidable."  The body was afterwards taken to W. F. Wolf's 
undertaking rooms.  The pay envelope in the man's pocket showed that 
his name was John Brice.  He has no relatives in this vicinity.  His 
brother, who resides at Reading, was notified and is expected to arrive 
here to-day.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Monday, March 23, 1891

HOLLIDAYSBURG HAPPENINGS.

  The remains of the late John Brice, who was killed at the Bluff last 
Saturday evening, were interred at Reading yesterday morning by his 
relatives.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Wednesday, March 25, 1891