OBIT: Jennie (HITE) CROFT, 1895, Blair County, PA

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KILLED BY A RUNAWAY
A Woman's Skull Fractured by Being Thrown From a Carriage.

  ALTOONA, Oct. 14. - Mrs. Jennie Croft, daughter of G. M. Hite, a 
prominent citizen of Roaring Spring, this county, was so badly injured 
last night by being thrown from a carriage that she died two hours 
later.
  Mrs. Croft, with her brother, Howard Hite, went driving.  The horse 
became frightened and ran off.  Both occupants were thrown from the 
carriage.  Mrs. Croft struck on her head and fractured her skull.

Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Pa., October 15, 1895