OBIT: John McCARTNEY, 1872, Blair County, PA

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BRAKEMAN KILLED. - Between eleven and twelve o'clock on Saturday
night, the 20th ult., Mr. John McCartney, a brakeman on the through
freight train east was killed at Stoerr's water station, near
Greensburg.  It is stated that the deceased while standing on his own
train was struck by the baggage car attached to Mail train west,
fracturing his skull and throwing him under the moving train, several
cars of which passed over him, cutting off both his legs and otherwise
mutilating his body.  Deceased was married and resided in
Hollidaysburg, to which place his remains were taken for interment. 

Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Wednesday, May 1, 1872, page 3