OBIT: Christie SNYDER, 1881, Blair County, PA

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SAD DEATH OF A 7-YEAR-OLD BOY BY DROWNING.

A peculiarly sad accident occurred yesterday afternoon which resulted
in the drowning of Christie Snyder, who runs on the mountain division.
The little fellow left his home on Seventh avenue and Twenty-first
street, and with some companions went to the creek which runs through
the commons west of the city, near the toll gate, on the Hollidaysburg
road.  While playing near the stream it is supposed that he slipped
down the bank into the water.  His companions were powerless to aid
him, the water being deep at that point, and immediately ran and
informed the boy's mother, who was grief stricken at the terrible
announcement.  However, she ran as soon as possible to the scene of
the sad occurrence, where, the alarm having been given in the
meantime, a large crowd was collected, and the lifeless body of the
drowned boy recovered by Mr. Bennet after having been in the water
about twenty-five minutes.  Every exertion was made to restore life,
but to no purpose, and the child so lately in the midst of childish
glee and happiness was carried to his home a corpse.  The grief of the
mother was most heart-rending and painful to witness.  His father is a
well known and highly respected engineer of the company, and in their
sudden affliction the stricken parents have the heartfelt sympathy of
the entire community.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Tuesday, May 24, 1881