OBIT: Elizabeth DONAHOE, 1859, Kittanning Point, Blair County, PA

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FATAL ACCIDENT. - The Altoona Tribune says: On Tuesday evening last, an 
Irish lady, named Elizabeth Donahoe, aged about 52 years, who lived in 
the vicinity of Kittanning Point, on the Mountain above this place, was 
run over in the cut below the Point by the pusher of the Mail train, 
which was backing down the Mountain.  As it was quite dark, the 
engineer did not see the woman, consequently no blame can be attached 
to him.  The bumper of the tank appears to have struck the woman on the 
back, crushing it very much and throwing her forward on her head, which 
was also crushed.  The engine afterwards passed over her body, severing 
one of her legs below the knee.  A post mortem examination and inquest 
was held yesterday morning corroborating the above statement.

Tyrone Star, Tyrone, Pa., May 21, 1859