OBIT: Simon NEELY, 1870, Blair Township, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by MS Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _________________________________________ NEELEY - FATAL ACCIDENT - On Tuesday morning of last week, an accident occurred at Watson's stone quarry, near this place, which resulted in the death of a man by the name of Simon Neeley. Neeley was picking whilst two men were blasting above. These men failed to give proper warning before touching off the blast. A stone weighing about twenty- five pounds struck him on the head, crushing the skull, the brains protruding therefrom. He lived for about three hours. Neeley had a wife and two small children. The Register, Hollidaysburg, Pa., Wednesday, November 2, 1870