OBIT: Harry Gilson NEFF, 1893, Tyrone, Blair County, PA

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Harry G. Neff, an Excellent Young Man, Killed Almost in Sight of Home.

  One of the saddest and most distressing accidents that has ever 
occurred in Tyrone happened at the corner of Fourteenth street and 
Washington ave. at 6 15 o'clock Wednesday evening. The young man who 
lost his life in a shocking manner in the unfortunate occurrence was 
Harry Gilson Neff, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Calvin Neff, of Lincoln 
avenue.
  Harry was in the employ of the Tyrone division, Pennsylvania 
railroad, as clerk in the weighmaster's office at the scales in the 
north end of the Tyrone yard. It is customary for the clerks in the 
office to return to their homes from work on the evening branch trains. 
That evening Harry was on board the P.&C. passenger train and when the 
end of the yard was reached at Fourteenth street, he alighted from the 
train, that point being near his home.
  He jumped on the upper or western side where there is a considerable 
slope in the road. As he alighted upon the icy street his feet slipped 
from under him and the unfortunate youth fell backward directly under 
the wheels of the fast moving coaches. It is likely that he was first 
struck by a brake-rod which threw him upon the rail. The wheels passing 
over him completely severed his head and left arm from his body. It was 
a hear-rendering sight and the horrible accident was witnessed by 
several persons who were standing near but were powerless to aid the 
unfortunate young man.
  Harry Gilson Neff was the son and oldest child of Mr. and Mrs. T. 
Calvin Neff. He was born in Tyrone March 31, 1877 and his age was 15 
years 10 months and 1 day. He was an exemplary young man, industrious 
and intelligent, and was very popular among his circle of 
acquaintances. He gave promise of a useful and honorable career and his 
sudden taking off in the bright springtime of life is but another 
evidence of the inscrutable providence of Him with whom all is for the 
best. Surviving the deceased are his parents, three brothers and a 
sister, and to these deeply stricken ones the heartfelt sympathy of 
this community is extended in this period of keenest affliction.
  The funeral services of Harry G. Neff took place at the home of the 
bereaved parents on Lincoln avenue at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon, and 
was conducted by Rev. J. H. Mathers, of Bellwood. Interment in Tyrone 
cemetery.

Tyrone Herald, Thursday, February 9, 1893