OBIT: Godfrey FARABAUGH, 1867, Blair County, PA

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ACCIDENT. - On Wednesday morning last, about half past six o'clock,
Godfrey Farabaugh, of this place, was so seriously injured, as to
cause his death on Thursday evening.  He was standing on the railroad,
on the Allegheny mountain, when he was knocked down by a passing
locomotive  - Falling against a locomotive on the adjoining track, his
left leg was broken in three places, and one of his hands badly
mutilated.  He was brought home on Wednesday evening, and on Thursday
afternoon his leg was amputated.  He expired in a few hours after the
amputation.  He was twenty years and a few months old.  His funeral,
on Sunday afternoon, was attended by the Allegheny and Juniata Fire
Companies and a vast concourse of citizens. - Register.

Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Saturday, January 12, 1867, page 3