OBIT: Charles FISHER, 1917, formerly of Blair County, PA

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KILLED IN EXPLOSION
Charles Fisher, of Grand Rapids, Meets Horrible Death in Mine 
Explosion.

  His right arm blown off, face disfigured beyond recognition and with 
parts of the body torn open, Charles Fisher, a former resident of this 
city, met death in a mine explosion near his home in Grand Rapids, 
Mich., Thursday morning at 9 o'clock.  His body will be interred in 
Clearfield.
  Fisher, a cousin of C. E. Fisher, of Homer's Gap, during his stay in 
this city, resided at a rooming house on Eighth avenue, for a time 
making his home at the Hotel Brunswick.  He left this city seven years 
ago, taking his wife and family with him.  The wife died March 5, 1915, 
the children being turned over to an aunt, Mrs. Fred Bickel, of Akron, 
O.
  As genral manager and supervising engineer of the mine, Fisher had 
occasion to be on the job early in the morning.  It was while engaged 
in placing dynamite under a huge rock that he met his death, the charge 
being prematurely exploded.
  He died in a hospital in Grand Rapids.  Fisher was a Free Mason, Odd 
Fellow, Knight of Pythias and Moose.  He is survived by three children, 
Mary, aged 9, Charles, 7, and William, 4.

Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Saturday morning, February 24, 1917