OBIT: James Robert CHESTNEY, 1919, Blair County, PA

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JUNIATA CHILD IS MOTOR CAR VICTIM

Struck my an automobile at Sixth avenue and Third street, this city,
driven by Harry Penny of 416 Tenth avenue, Juniata, at 11.10 yesterday
morning, James Robert Chestney, aged 3, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles R.
Chestney of 1527 Fourth avenue, Juniata, received injuries which
resulted in his death at 11.22 o'clock at the Altoona hospital. The
child's skull was fractured.

Mr. and Mrs. Chestney, with their little son and another lady, had
come to the city on a street car to visit friends.  They had alighted
from the car at Third street, when Mr. Penny came along on his car, in
company with Mr. Grayville and his son.  He stopped until the street
car started, and then he started.  The members of the Chestney party
stood where they had alighted and apparently became confused.  The two
women then started and got safely across ahead of the machine, but Mr.
Chestney, who was leading his son, stepped backwards again.

Mr. Chestney was struck by the front of the car but was not knocked
down, while the little boy disappeared under the machine.  Penny
stopped quickly and the boy was found lying under the car between the
front and rear wheels, with blood gushing from his mouth and nose.

He was placed on the Penny machine and Assistant Fire Chief H. C.
Graybill, who came along, drove the boy to the hospital.  The grip was
made in five minutes, but examination revealed that the child's head
had been run over by a front wheel of the automobile, the marks of the
tread being plainly visible from the chin to the forehead, and his
skull was fractured.  His death occurred within five minutes after
reaching the hospital.

Penny went to City hall and reported the accident and, when it was
ascertained that the child was dead, Deputy Coroner Chester C.
Rothrock was notified and made an investigation of the boy's death.

James Robert Chestney was born in Juniata on Dec. 18, 1916, and
besides the parents is survived by one brother, Donald, aged 9 months.
The father is employed by the Pennsylvania railroad as a car marker at
WJ tower.

The funeral will be held on Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the
family residence in charge of Rev. Walter G. Steel, pastor of the East
Juniata Methodist church.  Interment will be made in Oak Ridge
cemetery.

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., Tuesday, September 9, 1919