OBIT: John McNEW, 1880, Glen White, Blair County, PA

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Killed at Glen White.

  Yesterday about noon Coroner Humes was called on to hold an inquest 
on the body of John McNew, who was killed a few hours before on the 
railroad at Glen White.  It appears from the testimony offered that 
McNew was a brakeman on the coke car which was being drawn by a mule.  
As the car ran past a post which was standing but two inches from the 
edge of it, the deceased stuck his head out to look back.  It was 
caught and terribly crushed.  He fell to the ground dead.  The Coroner, 
accompanied by Dr. Walker, made an examination and a verdict of 
accidental death was returned.  Deceased was a single man, aged about 
45 years, and formerly a resident of Juniata county.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Thursday, September 9, 1880