OBIT: Thomas JOHNSTON, 1878, Altoona, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by MS Copyright 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _________________________________________ Died. JOHNSTON - While Thomas Johnston, an employee of the Pennsylvania railroad company at Altoona, was engaged in cleaning a tank which had contained turpentine, an explosion occurred by which the unfortunate man was so terribly burned as to cause his death. Democratic Standard, Hollidaysburg, Pa., May 8, 1878