OBIT: Charles GRAY, Jr., 1893, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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TWO BRAKEMEN KILLED.
Two Distressing Accidents in the Altoona Railroad Yard.

  Charles Gray, jr., a brakeman in Conductor Figart's yard crew, was in 
the act of cutting out cars from a train at Fourth street, yesterday 
afternoon, and was walking slowly in front of the moving cars, when he 
stepped into a frog and his foot became fastened.  He struggled to 
release himself, but the train came on too soon.  He was knocked down 
and the wheels passed over his legs and left arm.  When taken to the 
hospital he was so weak that the physicians could not give an 
anesthetic without putting an end to his life, so he suffered great 
pain, but was perfectly conscious until a few moments before his death, 
which occurred at 10.37 o'clock last night.  Brakeman Gray was aged 29 
years and resided with his wife at 219 Seventh avenue.  He had been 
railroading nine years, three of them in the Altoona yard.  He came 
here from Huntingdon.
  He will be buried on Sunday afternoon.  Interment in Oak Ridge 
cemetery.

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., Friday Evening, March 17, 1893