OBIT: Timothy SHEELEY, 1869, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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A MAN CRUSHED TO DEATH. - Timothy Sheeley, a laborer at the 
Pennsylvania Railroad Company's coal wharf, in this place, was horribly 
crushed and almost instantly killed about five o'clock on Tuesday 
morning, 4th inst.  Mr. Sheely [sic] was engaged in loading coal on 
Engine No. 56, when, from some unaccountable cause, the engine moved, 
catching him between the tender and frame of one of the wooden shutes, 
crushing in his right shoulder and back in a terrible manner.  Dr. 
Johnston was immediately called to his assistance, but the unfortunate 
man expired soon after his arrival.  Mr. Sheely was a middle-aged man, 
sober and industrious, and leaves widow and five children to mourn 
their loss. - Altoona Tribune.

Tyrone Herald, Tyrone, Pa., May 14, 1869