OBIT: Edward CASWELL, 1895, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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CASWELL'S INJURIES PROVED FATAL.

  Edward Caswell, who was badly squeezed at the quarries of the Pittsburg 
Limestone company on the Springfield branch, near Williamsburg, at 2 o'clock 
yesterday afternoon, died between Eldorado and Altoona while being brought to 
this city.  The body was turned over to Undertaker Lafferty to prepare for 
burial.  Caswell was aged 23 years and resided at Orminia, but boarded in 
this city.  He leaves a mother, Mrs. Sarah Caswell, of Orminia, and four 
sisters, Annie, Eliza, Sarah and Julia, at home.  He was a member of the 
Pennsylvania Railroad Relief, and had been employed as a brakeman in the yard 
for about one year.  His body was taken to Ormenia this morning for 
interment.

December 31, 1895 clipping