OBIT: George DELL, 1900, native of Blair County, PA

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George Dell's Life Crushed Out by an Engine.

  George Dell, an employe of the Pennsylvania railroad company as a member 
of Buck's floating gang, was instantly killed at South Fork yesterday 
morning.  The train that hauled Dell and his gang to work east of South Fork 
stopped at the viaduct to allow the men to get some tools from a tool box 
along the track.  As Dell stepped off the train he did not see engine No. 
762 coming down the mountain and stepped directly in front of the engine and 
was instantly killed.  His remains were picked up and taken to his home in 
Gallitzin on the engine that killed him.  
  Deceased was a son of Peter and Hanna Dell and was born in Blair county in 
January, 1970.  He was married to Miss Jennie Clapper, who, with two 
children, Roy and Eva, survives.
  The remains of Dell were brought to Altoona this afternoon on No. 32 and 
taken to the home of his father, in Carson valley, on the 1:50 train, from 
which place the funeral will occur tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock with 
interment in the Carson valley cemetery.

Altoona Tribune, Tuesday, September 4, 1900