OBIT: Michael RUSSEL, 1880, Blair County, PA

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Accident on the Bald Eagle Valley Railroad.

  On Wednesday evening an extra freight train was thrown from the track 
at Mill Hall, Centre county, by running into a horse which was either 
walking or lying on the track.  The engine was overturned and together 
with seven cars was badly smashed up.  The fireman, Michael Russel, was 
instantly killed, the lever of the throttle valve running through his 
body in the overturning of the engine.  The engineer was thrown under 
the wreck and was badly scalded on the back, arms and legs, and under 
the care of a physician is doing as well as can be expected.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Saturday, October 9, 1880

Probably 1880 Tyrone, Blair County census -
Michael Russell, 24, locomotive engineer