OBIT: Andrew DIFFENBAUGH, 1878, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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Transcribed by Judy Banja

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SAD DEATH OF A LITTLE BOY.

  George and Andrew Diffenbaugh, sons of Sylvester Diffenbaugh, were 
about half-past eight on Thursday evening playing in the Altoona rolling
mill, notwithstanding orders and warnings against the practice, having
escaped the vigilance of the watchman.  Andrew was the younger of the
brothers, and was aged nine years.  In the course of their play, while
George was running after Andrew, the latter fell near the "little mill"
shearers, and struck his head on the fly-wheel that is attached,
crushing his skull in above the eyes in a frightful manner.  It was at
first said the shears had clipped the top of his head off.  The little
fellow was carried to the house of his father, who lives but a short
distance from the rolling mill.  Nothing could be done for the boy that
would assure his life being saved, and when Dr. Walker was called to
attend the sufferer all he could do was to dress the wound.  The little
fellow lingered on for a couple of hours, when death relieved his
sufferings.  His funeral will take place at half past two o'clock this
afternoon.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Saturday, February 9, 1878, page 4