OBIT: Peter KUHN, 1918, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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BRAKEMAN MAKES 2 TRIPS, THEN KILLED
Peter Kuhn, 1013 Eighteenth Avenue, Is Found Dead on Track Near Bolivar

  Peter Kuhn, aged 37, of 1013 Eighteenth avenue, a Pennsy freight 
brakeman, who made two trips on the Pittsburg division last week when 
he obtained his job, was found dead early yesterday morning near 
Bolivar station.
  Trainmen on Extra freight 630, eastbound, discovered the man's body, 
shortly before 6 o'clock. His right arm was crushed off and a small 
hole in the skull was found. Officials have been unable to learn 
whether Kuhn was run down by a train while walking on the track, or if 
he fell off while riding eastward.
  His watch was stopped at 11.10 o'clock. No one saw the accident. Kuhn 
left the city Friday with the crew of Conductor W. F. Hamilton, of 
Altoona, and completed his run at Blairsville. He then marked off for 
some reason and it was presumed he meant to come home.
  Kuhn was employed in the Pennsy boiler shop until he quit to become a 
brakeman. He was widely known, and was born in Germany, March 7, 1881. 
His wife, one daughter, Regina, and his parents, Joseph and Elizabeth 
Kuhn, of this city, survive with a brother, George, of Altoona. He was 
a member of the P.R.R. Relief association.
  Undertaker Van, at Bolivar, prepared the body for burial and it will 
be brought here today. Funeral services will be held at 2.30 Thursday 
afternoon at the home. Burial in Oak Ridge cemetery.

Altoona Tribune, Tuesday morning, May 14, 1918, page 1