OBIT: Peter J. KINNEY,, 1905, Blair County, PA

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BRAKEMAN KINNEY DIES AT ALTOONA HOSPITAL
RECEIVED INJURIES AT GALLITZIN TUNNEL EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING.

Peter J. Kinney, of 2223 Eleventh avenue, the extra freight conductor,
who was thrown from his train at Gallitzin tunnel early yesterday
morning, an account of which was published in the Times, died at the
hospital at 4.30 o'clock yesterday morning from the effects of his
injuries.

He arrived at the hospital at 2.45  and died at 4.30, his relatives
having been notified and summoned to his bedside in the meantime.

Peter James Kenney [sic] was born in Pittsburg, December 16, 1876, and
had resided in this city 18 years.  He had followed railroading eight
years and was an extra brakeman.  He was a member of St. John's
Catholic church, the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and the
Pennsylvania Railroad Relief association.  He is survived by his
father, Patrick Kenney, with whom he resided, and these brothers and
sisters: Alice, wife of Cornelius Sheehan, of 2507 Maple avenue, John,
Mary, Patrick, James, Elizabeth and Francis.  The body was turned over
to Undertaker Joseph Stevens & Son to prepare for burial and later was
removed to his father's home.

The funeral will take place Tuesday morning.  The cortege will leave
the house at 8.30 and proceed to St. John's Pro-Cathedral, where mass
will be celebrated at 9.  Interment in Calvary cemetery.

Altoona Times, Altoona, Pa., Friday, January 20, 1905, page 7