OBIT: Henry REEP, 1881, Allegheny Township, Blair County, PA

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ANOTHER BOY MEETS A HORRIBLE DEATH AT ALLEGRIPPUS.
Henry Reep, in Attempting to Board a Moving Train, Thrown Under the 
Wheels and Received Fatal Injuries.

  Another of those horrible accidents resulting from the dangerous 
habit of boarding moving trains occurred below Allegrippus yesterday 
afternoon, which resulted in the death of a 12-year-old boy named Henry 
Reep.  It appears that young Reep lives about a mile and a half below 
Allegrippus tower and was in the habit of spending the night with the 
operator at the tower, who boards at the house of the boy's parents.  
In following his usual custom of going to the tower the boy again 
attempted, what he had so often before successfully accomplished, 
namely, jumping on a moving train.  In this instance, however, sad to 
relate, he failed, lost his hold and was thrown under the wheels of a 
westward bound freight train, drawn by engine No. 849.  His left leg 
was badly crushed from the ankle to above the knee, and the right leg 
was also badly mangled.  The company physician of this city was sent 
for, and on his arrival at the scene of the accident found that 
reaction had not yet occurred, and deemed it imprudent to attempt any 
operation until a change took place.  The fearfully wounded boy was 
left in charge of Resident Physician Dr. Troxel, with instructions to 
telegraph the company physicians in case a change for the better 
occurred.  This hoped for reaction did not take place however, and the 
boy at 11:40 o'clock last night breathed his last.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Thursday, May 19, 1881