OBIT: George JOHN, 1918, Blair County, PA

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JOHN

  George John, while at his work on the tracks of the Pennsy's 
Pittsburgh division yesterday morning at 8.40 o'clock, was run down and 
instantly killed by a passenger train near the Three Culverts, just 
west of the city.  He was a Bohemian and resided at the labor camp near 
BO tower.  He met his death while at work, having failed to notice the 
approach of the train.  The man's body was turned over to Undertakers 
Lafferty & Tobias to be prepared for burial, Coroner W. T. Blackburn 
being notified.  The latter made an investigation and later announced 
that no inquest would be necessary, the man evidently having been run 
down because he failed to see the train.  John had been employed by the 
Pennsy for some time and but little is known of his relatives.  He was 
unmarried.  The remains will be disposed of later.  His injuries 
consisted of a fractured skull, deep gash on lower left cheek, broken 
left arm, broken left leg, severe contusions of the forehead and 
general cuts and bruises over the entire body.

Altoona Times, Altoona, Pa., Saturday Morning, December 21, 1918

FUNERAL NOTICE

  Funeral services of George John will be held from the Greek Orthodox 
church at 2 o'clock this afternoon.  Burial in Rose Hill cemetery.

Altoona Times, Altoona, Pa., Monday Morning, December 23, 1918