OBIT: Augustus BUTLER, 1926, McKee, Blair County, PA

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DEATH RESULTS FROM INJURIES
Augustus Butler, Injured in Fall in Quarry, Succumbs to Fracture of 
Skull Early This Morning.

  Injuries received yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the quarries of 
the Kier Firebrick company at Brookes Mills, resulted in the death of 
Augustus Butler at the Nason hospital in Roaring Spring this morning at 
1.18 o'clock.
  Mr. Butler, who was an experienced quarryman, was on a "bench" 
barring down stone when a boulder from above fell, striking him and 
knocking him over the ledge. He fell a distance of ten or twelve feet, 
alighting on his head.
  The ambulance from the Nason hospital was summoned and he was 
speedily removed to that institution where an examination revealed a 
fracture at the base of the brain and numerous bruises and lacerations. 
He lingered in a critical condition until early this morning.
  Augustus Butler was born in the Dry Gap, July 3, 1888, the son of 
John B. and Mrs. Emma McClain Butler, who survive. He was united in 
marriage with Miss Dessa Shaw of McKee and has resided in McKee since 
his marriage. His wife and one son, Roy, survive, and the following 
brothers and sisters: William, Howard and Roy, all of Roaring Spring; 
Mrs. Elmer O. Carman of Palmyra and Mrs. Ed. Price of Roaring Spring.
  Mr. Butler was an experienced quarryman and was employed by the Kier 
Firebrick company at Brookes Mills for the past three years. Coroner 
Chester C. Rothrock was called and will conduct an investigation.
  The funeral cortege will leave the home in McKee Saturday afternoon 
at 1 o'clock and proceed to the Methodist church in Roaring Spring, 
where services will be conducted by Rev. A.B. Taylor of Greensburg, a 
former pastor of the East Freedom United Brethren church, where Mr. 
Butler was an attendant. Interment will be made in Greenlawn cemetery.

Altoona Mirror, Thursday, 11 March 1926