OBIT: Sewell HAMMOND, 1932, Canan Station, Blair County, PA

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INTERNAL INJURY RESULTS IN DEATH
Sewell Hammond, Aged 27, Succumbs at Altoona Hospital After Being 
Struck by Automobile.

  Internal injuries which he suffered late Sunday night when struck by 
an automobile resulted in the death this forenoon at the Altoona 
Hospital of Sewell Hammond, aged 27, a resident of Canan Station in 
Allegheny township.
  Hammond expired this morning at 10:20 o'clock in the local hospital 
from the effects of a ruptured liver.  He was admitted to the 
institution late yesterday afternoon and in addition to internal 
injuries was suffering from lacerations and contusions of both knees, 
these injuries being of a superficial nature.
  While his condition was regarded as rather serious yesterday, his 
case became alarming late last night and it was found necessary to 
perform an emergency operation this morning with the hope of saving the 
young man's life.
  The driver of the automobile which struck him has not been 
identified. Hammond was on his way home from Eldorado Sunday night at 
11:30 o'clock and was struck and knocked to the side of the highway by 
an automobile as he was at a point mid-way between Eldorado and Canan 
Station.  The machine was not stopped, the driver proceeding without 
any attempt to render assistance.
  The young man's mother, Mrs. Jesse H. Cree, was at the hospital this 
morning when he died, the family here having been notified early today 
of the serious turn his condition had taken during the night. 
  Hammond lately had been living in Toledo, O., where he had been 
employed as a paper mill worker.  He leaves a wife, Mrs. Beatrice 
(Hershell) Hammond and two children, Mary Ann and Richard, all of 
Toledo.  He also is survived by three brothers and two sisters, Eugene, 
Daniel, Donald, Catherine and Hazel Cree, all at home, in addition to 
his mother and step-father, J. H. Cree.
  Coroner C. C. Rothrock of this city was notified and after learning 
the facts in the case at the hospital launched an investigation to 
determine the identity of the driver of the machine which hit Hammond.  
The coroner said he was told that Hammond had intended to leave here 
today to join his family in Toledo.

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., September 20, 1932

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