OBIT: Howard LINGENFELTER, 1918, Altoona, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by JRB Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _________________________________________ BRAKEMAN IS KILLED WHEN CARS COLLIDE Howard Lingenfelter, a freight brakeman in the Altoona yard of the Pennsy, was instantly killed early Saturday morning by being crushed between two cars, the body being held upright between the bumpers of the two cars that came together in the collision. Middle Division engine 370, in charge of Engineer D. B. Stahl and Conductor B. N. Boyles, was pulling a train of thirty-eight cars in on No. 12 track at the receiving yard at the time. After setting eleven empty cars on No. 4 track, the DI pushing engine, No. 361, caught the remaining cars, which were loaded ones, and was pushing them in on the end of No. 10 track when engine 370 moved away from the end of the train and collided with the loaded cars. One car was entirely destroyed and two others were derailed and damaged. Brakeman Lingenfelter was caught between two of the cars, being instantly killed, and it was found that, when the body, held upright on the feet, was released, his head had been crushed in on the left side, his shoulder and arm broken, one finger cut off and others crushed off at the tips, while his entire body was badly bruised. The body was taken to the morgue at the Altoona passenger depot and the wreck crew was called out, the accident being cleared at 6:25 o'clock. Howard Lingenfelter was the son of Arthur and Emma Lingenfelter who reside at 418 Fifth avenue. In addition to his parents he is survived by a wife, who prior to her marriage was Miss Rhoda Kelley, two daughters, Emma, aged 14 and Alice, aged 11, and the following brothers and a sister: Charles, Irvin and Bruce, all of Altoona, and Allen whose home is also in Altoona but who is now serving in France with the Nineteenth regiment of engineers, and Miss Helen of this city. His brother, Bruce, is an engineer in the yard and his engine was near the scene of the accident when Howard was killed. Bruce was one of the first among the railroaders who reached the scene and was horrified to find that it was his brother who had been crushed to death. The young man was born Nov. 30, 1880 at East Freedom. His marriage took place March 6, 1902. He was a member of Verandah lodge, No. 532, I.O.O.F., the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, the railroad relief and Trinity Reformed church. The remains were taken to the home of the father, 416 Fifth avenue, from which place funeral services, in charge of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, will be held at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Burial in Rose Hill cemetery. The Verandah lodge of Odd Fellows will hold services over the remains at 9 o'clock this evening. Altoona Times, Altoona, Pa., Monday Morning, April 8, 1918