OBIT: George L. BROMLEY, 1918, Blair Four, Blair County, PA

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QUARRYMAN IS FOUND LIFELESS AT POWER LINE
George L. Bromley, 29, Blair Four Resident, Electrocuted Early Saturday
SLIPPED DOWN BANK AGAINST WIRE

  Mysterious absence of George L. Bromley, aged 29, a Blair Limestone 
company employe at Blair Four, near Williamsburg, from his home 
Saturday night, was explained by discovery of his lifeless body 
yesterday morning at the foot of an embankment, near an electric power 
line against which he had fallen in the dark and was electrocuted.
  Bromley arose early yesterday and left home to board a train for this 
city.  He failed to return in the evening.  His wife became alarmed, a 
searching party was formed but the spot where his death occurred was 
not visited until yesterday.  A voltage of 2,200 passed through his 
body from the line of the Raystown Electric company.
  Deputy Coroner Chester C. Rothrock, this city, investigated the case 
yesterday and decided an inquest unnecessary.  No witnesses were 
located and the man's death was entirely accidental, it is believed.
  Burns on the man's right arm, the back of his right hand and on the 
left great toe show where he came in contact with the deadly wire.  He 
did not grasp the current-conveying line, as palms of his hands were 
unhurt.  Bruises on his head indicated where he had rolled down the 
hill and struck the stony surface of the incline, which is about 30 
feet high.
  His body was lying four feet from the bottom of the bank.  About 
halfway up the grade was his hat and nearby his suitcase, locked and 
unmolested, was picked up.  On Bromley's person were a number of 
Liberty bonds, which had not been disturbed in any manner.
  Near where the man met death, is a path leading to the Pennsy station 
at Blair Four, but the route is two or three hundred yards further and 
Bromley took the shorter way.  He climbed the embankment which is being 
filled in steadily and runs parallel with the railroad.  He likely lost 
his footing on the loose stone and earth and was precipitated several 
feet from the crest of the bank, and alighted or struck the power line.
  Bromley worked several years for the limestone company, had no 
enemies as far as is known and nothing else about him would lead to any 
suspicious [sic] of foul play, the authorities state.  He has a wife 
and three children.  Undertaker H. R. Snively, Williamsburg, prepared 
the body for burial and it will be taken to Virginia, the man's native 
state.

Altoona Tribune, Monday morning, September 9, 1918, page 1, 8