OBIT: John FRANK, 1903, Hollidaysburg, Blair County, PA

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KILLED BY TROLLEY CAR.

John Frank, Well-Known Hollidaysburg Man, Run Down at Brush Run Bridge, 
Near the Ant Hills.

  Mr. John Frank, a well known Hollidaysburg blacksmith, and a resident 
of Walnut street, was struck by Logan Valley car No. 159 and instantly 
killed last evening at 8 o'clock at the Brush run bridge, near Ant 
hills.
  The car was coming to Hollidaysburg and was in charge of Conductor 
Carl Bloom and Motorman Martin Shay.  The victim of the unfortunate 
accident was either sitting or lying on the rail.  It was raining 
heavily and the rain drops on the window obscured the motorman's view 
until it was too late to stop the car.  The unfortunate man was struck 
on the side of the head, and the car wheels passed over his right leg 
below and above the knee.  The remains were placed on board the car and 
brought to the undertaking rooms of T. B. McFarland.
  The deceased formerly resided in Williamsburg, but has been a 
resident of Hollidaysburg for more than thirty years, and has followed 
the occupation of a blacksmith.  He was a veteran of the civil war and 
was aged 621 years.
  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Anna Metz Frank, and these children: 
Mrs. Susan Eckard, of Hollidaysburg; Mrs. May McGraw, Mrs. Nora Ditch 
and Mrs. Leroy Beegle, all of Altoona, and Edward, of Hollidaysburg.  
Two sisters, Hal and Rebecca, of Philadelphia, and one brother, Joseph, 
of Altoona, also survive him.

Altoona Times, Monday morning, July 6, 1903

  The funeral services of the late John Frank will be held at the 
residence on Walnut street, this afternoon at 2.30.  Interment will be 
made in the Presbyterian cemetery.

Altoona Times, Tuesday morning, July 7, 1903