OBIT: Dominic CUCINOTTA, 1919, Catharine Township, Blair County, PA

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ITALIAN KILLED AT BLAIR FOUR QUARRY
Dominic Cucinotta, Aged 32, Meets Instant Death When a Boulder Crushes 
Him

  Dominic Cucinotta, aged 32, a quarryman employed at the Blair 
Limestone company quarry, Blair Four, on the Pennsy Petersburg branch, 
was instantly killed at 11.45 a.m. yesterday, when a rock fell upon 
him.
  The man was at work in the bottom of the quarry.  The huge boulder, 
loosed by recent rains, was dislodged near the top of a steep lodge and 
crashed down on the Italian before he had time to avoid it.  The 
boulder weighed more than 1,000 pounds.
  Cucinotta's skull was crushed terribly and he was dead when fellow 
workers reached him.  The body was taken to Williamsburg by Funeral 
Director H. R. Snively.  Deputy Coroner C. T. Rothrock, of this city, 
as summoned and decided that an inquest was unnecessary, after visiting 
the scene and going over the ground.  
  Cucinotta was single.  He had been an employee of the company for 
some time.  The funeral will be held at Williamsburg later in the week.

Altoona Tribune, Tuesday Morning, March 11, 1919