OBIT: John SHAFFER, 1899, Kladder Station, Blair County, PA

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HOLLIDAYSBURG HAPPENINGS.

  A most distressing accident occurred at the home of Mr. and Mrs. 
Lloyd Shaffer at Kladder Station, in Blair township, yesterday 
afternoon.  During the temporary absence of the mother from the house, 
John, aged 4 years, their youngest child, began playing with matches 
and squibs.  The child's clothing caught fire from the matches, and 
before his agonizing cries could bring aid and relief, he was burned 
beyond recovery.  Dr. Twitmire was summoned from Newry, but the best 
his medical skill could avail was to alleviate the pain.  Last evening 
the physician said that the child could not live.  Mr. Shaffer is 
employed in the Altoona shops.  There are four children in the family.  
Mr. John G. McGraw, the well known Blair township farmer, is a 
grandfather of the little unfortunate.

Morning Tribune, Wednesday, June 28, 1899

CHILD FATALLY BURNED.
His Clothing Set on Fire by a Squib Yesterday Afternoon.

  At Kladder station, near Hollidaysburg, while playing with a crowd of 
children who were putting off firecrackers yesterday afternoon, the 3-
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Shaffer was fatally burned.  The 
clothing of the little boy caught fire, and before any one could 
prevent it he was enveloped in flames.  A short time after the accident 
he died.  The funeral will take place at Newry, tomorrow at 9 a.m.

Morning Tribune, Wednesday, June 28, 1899