OBIT: William ISETT, 1889, formerly of Blair County, PA

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The Death of William Isett.

  Mention was made in the TRIBUNE on Tuesday morning of a fatal 
accident which resulted in the death of William Isett, a former 
resident of this city. The body was brought to Altoona on Monday 
evening and taken to the residence of the brother in law of the 
deceased, Mr. James H. Larned, No. 222 Howard avenue, Logantown, from 
whence the funeral will take place at 2 o'clock on Thursday afternoon.  
Services will be held at the house and will be conducted by Rev. J. W. 
Bain.  The interment will be in Fairview cemetery.
  From I. L. Emerick, of Chatanooga [sic], Tenn., who had known the 
deceased for many years, being a conductor with him on the same road, 
we learned the following account of the accident which resulted in the 
death of Mr. Isett: The accident occurred at half-past 5 o'clock on 
Friday afternoon last, at No. 17 Tunnel near Chatanooga, on the line of 
the New Orleans, Texas and Pacific railroad.  At the time Conductor 
Isett was endeavoring to make a coupling between an engine and a car 
when he was caught and crushed.  He was taken to the Good Samaritan 
hospital at Cincinnati, where he died on Sunday morning. Previous to 
his death he was unconscious for a number of hours.  Three of his ribs 
had been forced into his lung and until relieved by unconsciousness he 
suffered terrible agony.  Mr. Emerick accompanied the remains to this 
city.
  The deceased was a member of the order of Railroad Conductors No. 
114, of Pittsburgh, and was 30 years of age last October.  He had been 
railroading for about 14 years and at one time worked in the Altoona 
yard.  His mother survives him, as do also his wife and one child, the 
two latter residing at Denniston, Ohio.  He also leaves two sisters, 
Mrs. Castilla Ferguson, of Amity, Mercer county, and Mrs. James H. 
Larned, of this city, with whom the mother resides.  His brother was 
killed three years ago, on the railroad at Denniston.

Altoona Tribune, March 7, 1889