OBIT: Lucretia (WILSON) IRVIN, 1895, Blair County, PA

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BOTH FEET CUT OFF.
Mrs. Irwin Is Run Down by Johnstown Express at Kittanning Point

As Johnstown express was winding the curve at Kittanning Point on
Saturday morning about 8 o'clock it ran into a woman and cut off both
her feet.  The train was stopped and the injured woman was taken to
the station.

It was discovered that her name was Mrs. Lucretia Irvin and that her
home was near by.  She was taken there and Dr. S. M. Rose, of this
city, and Dr. Troxell, of Gallitzin, were summoned.  They dressed her
injuries, but expressed little hope of her recovery.  She was still
living, however, at 6 o'clock last evening.

Mrs. Irvin had started out in the morning to visit a sick neighbor and
having her head wrapped up in a shawl did not hear the train
approaching on the track upon which she was walking.

The injured woman has a husband and twelve children.

Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Monday, February 18, 1895, page 1

LOCAL BREVITIES.

Mrs. Lucretia Irvin, of Kittanning Point, who was run down by
Johnstown express on Saturday, died from her injuries at 6.45
yesterday morning.  The funeral is in charge of Undertaker Lynch.  The
interment will be made at Delaney.

Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Tuesday, February 19, 1895, page 1

Returning Thanks.

Mr. Jeremiah Irvin and children, of Kittanning Point, wish to extend
their sincere thanks to their friends and neighbors for their kindness
during the sad accident, death and burial of Mrs. Lucretia Wilson
Irvin, whose death was noticed in a previous issue.

Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa.,. Thursday, February 21, 1895, page 4