OBIT: Mike CUCIC, 1919, of Ganister, Blair County, PA

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AUSTRIAN QUARRYMAN SUCCUMBS TO INJURY

Mike Cucic, of Ganister, Dies at Hospital - Skull Fractured, Never Rallied

  Mike Cucic, aged 32, an Austrian quarryman employed by the St. Clair 
Limestone company at Ganister, whose skull was fractured by a particle of 
rock thrown by a blast Monday morning, died at the Altoona hospital at 5:20 
last evening.
  Cucic was admitted to the hospital, unconscious, Monday afternoon.  The 
accident occurred at 9 a.m.  The man never rallied.  He was struck in the 
back of the head and the fracture was of the severe depressed type.
  No one had claimed the body up until late last night.  Cucic had been in 
this country since before the war.  He was married and leaves several 
brothers and sisters.  The body will likely be taken to Williamsburg today 
for burial.
  Deputy Coroner C. C. Rothrock was apprised of the man's death and will 
decide today whether any inquest is necessary.

Altoona Tribune, Thursday, January 16, 1919, page 12