OBIT: John McGUIRE, 1880, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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Fatally Crushed at the Shops.

  On Saturday last John McGuire, an employe in the shops, received 
injuries which have since resulted fatally.  He was standing looking 
over the edge of some part of an engine when a party of men came along 
the track, pushing a car of coal in front of them for use in the 
blacksmith shop.  They did not notice McGuire, who was caught and badly 
crushed.  He dropped to the ground in great pain, and was picked up and 
carried home.  Dr. Christy was called in and made an examination of the 
man's injuries.  They consisted of a strained back and several broken 
limbs.  The lungs were also injured.  The man was sensible after the 
accident, but no [sic] reaction set in and he died in the course of a 
few hours.  He leaves a wife and large family of children to mourn 
their loss.  The family lives at Sixth avenue and the plank road, 
southwest of the city.  Two brothers of McGuire have been killed in 
Altoona, one at the weigh scales and one in the shop.  The funeral will 
take place this afternoon, at 3 o'clock.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Monday, April 26, 1880