OBIT: George A. COULTER, 1916, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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TWO INJURED IN BUCKHORN WRECK
George Coulter and Miss Margaret Morrow in Altoona Hospital

  Two were injured last evening at 11:15 o'clock when the motor car of 
George Coulter, aged 35, of 315 Cherry avenue, collided with another 
car three miles up the Buckhorn road, fifteen feet from the water 
troughs.  One machine was damaged to the extend of $200.
  The injured:
  George Coulter, aged 25 [sic], of 315 Cherry avenue; contusions of 
the back, legs, arms and sides; slight lacerations of the head.
  Miss Margaret Morrow, aged 21, of 503 Third avenue, Juniata; injuries 
to the right temple, contusions of the right arm.
  The Coulter machine was going up the mountain while the other car, 
the driver of which is unknown, was moving toward the city.  Miss 
Morrow was an occupant of the car moving toward Altoona and was 
accompanied by two other young ladies and one gentleman.
  Charles Lingenfelter, of this city, was first on the scene, coming 
toward the city.  He found Coulter lying over the steering wheel, 
unconscious.  Miss Morrow was likewise found unconscious.  Both were 
placed in the taxi-cab of Lampe and Whittaker, which machine was second 
on the scene.
  The radiator of Coulter's machine was torn off completely, the 
windshields on both cars broken as were also the front axles bent.  The 
sides escaped with a number of scratches, while the standards on 
Coulter's car were entirely demolished.  The Coulter car will be towed 
to the Ebersole garage today, where the necessary repairs will be made.
  The injured were taken to the hospital in the taxi-cab.  Here, 
Coulter and Miss Morrow were first admitted to the dispensary, after 
which they were admitted to the institution for further treatment.  The 
members of the car of which Miss Morrow was an occupant came to the 
institution in the motor, having minor lacerations of the face and 
hands treated.
  Coulter had left the city during the early evening and was said to be 
on his way to Patton.  He is credited with going at a moderate speed, 
his machine colliding with the other car at a semi-circular turn in the 
road.  The driver of the other car is unknown.
  The motor moving toward the city, the one in which Miss Morrow was 
riding, failed to note the Coulter car as the turn was made.  The car 
managed to lessen its speed, however, but was struck by the Coulter 
motor as it shot around the turn in full swing.  
  Both cars were forced against a slight embankment, the one being 
turned almost upon its side.  At the hospital this morning it was 
stated Coulter is not believed to have sustained a fractured back, as 
rumor had it last evening.  X-ray examination of the injuries of both 
parties will be made today.

Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Saturday Morning, December 9, 1916

ENGINEER DIES OF INJURIES TO SPINE.
G. A. Coulter, Victim of Motor Crash, Succumbs at Hospital

  George A. Coulter, the Pennsy yard engineer residing at 315 Cherry 
avenue, who was injured late Friday night when his motor car crashed 
into a telephone pole on the Buckhorn highway, died Saturday morning at 
11:10 o'clock at the Altoona hospital.  His spine was broken in two 
places.
  Coulter's roadster was practically reduced to scrap and cannot be 
rebuilt.  Miss Margaret Morrow, of Juniata, who was also injured in the 
accident, is recovering at the hospital from lacerations of the head 
and arms and will be taken home today.
  Deputy Coroner C. C. Rothrock, of this city, visited the scene of the 
crash Saturday afternoon but had not decided until late last night 
whether he would hold an inquest.  He said it is unlikely that the 
death of the engineer will be probed further as no other car or vehicle 
collided with his machine, and no other person was involved in the 
accident.  Hundreds visited the scene of the crash yesterday.
  When admitted to the hospital, Coulter was paralyzed from the 
shoulders down.  It was seen that he was seriously hurt but owing to 
his critical condition the exact nature of the spine injuries were not 
determined until later.  The engineer went into one convulsion after 
another Saturday morning and gradually sank until death claimed him.  
His wife was at his bedside.
  George Ambrose Coulter was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Coulter, 
both deceased, and was born March 24, 1881, at McVeytown.  He entered 
the employ of the Pennsy as a fireman eighteen years ago and was 
promoted to engineman a few years later.  He wedded Miss Jennie Rowe, 
of this city, on April 27, 1902.  She survives with one daughter, Anna, 
aged 11.  His step-father, F. B. McClellan and a sister, Mrs. Nannie 
Slates, both of the Seventh ward, also survive.
  Coulter was a member of the local lodge of Brotherhood of Firemen & 
Enginemen, the P.R.R. Relief association, Loyal Order Moose, Altoona 
lodge No. 74, and the Knights of Pythias.  The body was prepared for 
burial by Funeral Directors Roher & Mauk, of Juniata.  It may be viewed 
at the Coulter residence this evening from & until 9 o'clock and 
private funeral services will be held there tomorrow afternoon at 2 
o'clock, followed by burial in Fairview cemetery.

Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Monday Morning, December 11, 1916

Funeral Notices.

  The funeral of G. A. Coulter, the well known engineer who met death 
in an automobile accident, will take place from his late home, 315 
Cherry avenue, on Tuesday afternoon with public services at the house 
at 2:30 o'clock.  Interment will be made in Fairview cemetery.

Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Tuesday Morning, December 12, 1916