OBIT: Harry Louis COLBERT, 1899, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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LEG AND ARM CRUSHED.
Harry Colbert Received Fatal Injuries This Afternoon.

  About 2:15 this afternoon, while trying to make a coupling in the 
shop yard at Second street, Harry Colbert, of Howard avenue and First 
street, was thrown under the wheels and fatally injured.
  The young man is employed as a brakeman on engine No. 1154, which 
does shop work throughout the yard. When hurt the young man was 
standing on the platform of a car. In reaching down to make the 
coupling he lost his footing and fell. The wheels passed over his left 
arm and left leg, grinding them almost off. He was rolled under the 
train for some distance and badly skinned and bruised, and it is feared 
he is hurt internally.
  The ambulance was called and he was taken to the hospital, where all 
that is possible is being done for him, but it is feared by the 
physicians that he will not stand the shock.
  The young man is aged about 24 years and is unmarried. His father, 
Benjamin Colbert, was with his boy a few minutes after the accident 
happened and went to the hospital with him.

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., Friday, September 1, 1899, p. 1, col. 2

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***RY LOUIS COLBERT,

**** in the yard, fatally in-
**** day, died at 5:30 o'clock p.
**** son of B.F. and
**** Howard avenue
**** He was born in
**** mber 7, twenty-
**** came to this city
**** years ago and for
**** has been employed
**** Besides his parents,
**** three brothers, Al-
**** dgar, and one sister,
**** The funeral will
**** day.

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., Saturday, September 2, 1899, p. 8, col. 1

[Unfortunately, the original newspaper was torn, and then microfilmed 
that way, leaving only the ragged right half of the obituary. Missing 
text indicated by asterisks below.]

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DEATH ON THE RAIL.
The Third Victim of the Week Claimed Yesterday.
H. L. COLBERT THE UNFORTUNATE
He Slipped from a Moving Car and Fell Under the Wheels--Died at the 
Hospital from His Injuries.
HE WAS TERRIBLY CRUSHED

  Harry Louis Colbert, a brakeman in Levan's yard, was fatally injured 
while at work at 2.10 o'clock yesterday afternoon and died at the 
hospital at 5.30 o'clock.
  Colbert was a member of the Conductor John Powell's crew, with engine 
No. 1154, which does the shifting in the car shop yard. The crew was 
engaged in shifting cars near the paint shop at Third street. Colbert 
was riding on the car next to the engine. He was standing on the step 
and in reaching over to pull the pin to cut off the car he slipped and 
fell under the wheels. The car passed over him, crushing his left leg 
to the thigh and the left arm to the shoulder, also breaking the bones 
in the right foot and badly lacerating it.
  At the time of the accident the unfortunate young man's father was at 
work about a square away and was with his son a few minutes before he 
was removed to the hospital in the ambulance.
  At the hospital he was made as easy as possible as it was seen he 
could not recover. He lingered in a semi-conscious condition until 5:30 
o'clock when he passed away.
  Harry Louis Colbert was a son of B.F. and Annie E. Colbert, of Howard 
avenue and First street, and was born at Williamsburg. Had he lived 
until November 7 he would have been 24 years of age. He came to this 
city with his parents ten years ago and for four years has been 
employed as a brakeman. He was an estimable young man and a favorite 
with his fellow workmen. Besides his parents he is survived by three 
brothers, Albert, Lloyd and Edgar, and one sister, Della, all at home. 
The funeral will take place Monday.
  Coroner McCartney decided an inquest unnecessary.

Altoona, PA Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Saturday, September 2, 1899, 
p. 5, col. 1