OBIT: Joseph S. BROWN, 1903, Altoona, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Patty Millich Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _________________________________________ Brakeman Joseph S. Brown, of Altoona, was fatally injured Friday morning. He died at the station a few minutes later. Brakeman Brown was riding locomotive 752 as it went up the yard. It drew out of the station ahead of No. 11. At 24th street Brown got down on the engine step and swung off. Behind him on the next track going faster every minute was No. 11. Brown did not see the engine of the mail train until it struck him on the left side of the head, near the back, causing a fracture of the skull. In the fall his left leg was caught under the wheels and ground off between the ankle and knee. Brown never recovered consciousness and before the ambulance arrived, he died at the station. Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa., Friday, April 10, 1903