OBIT: Annie STAFFORD, 1905, Allegheny Township, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Sharon Miller Copyright 2009. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _________________________________________ SWINGING FATAL TO GIRL Miss Stafford, of Altoona, Has Awful Ending to Sport. Altoona, Pa., July 19. - Miss Annie Stafford, aged 15, daughter of Peter Stafford, of Tunnel Hill, this county, was fatally injured by the breaking of a swing on which she was sitting. She was swinging with a young man and they were seeing now high they could go. When they reached the highest point, the swing broke, throwing both to the ground with terrible force. Miss Stafford's legs were doubled under her when she struck and were broken. The ragged edges of the bones of one leg penetrated her abdomen. Tyrone Daily Herald, Tyrone, Pa., July 20, 1905, page 8 1900 Allegheny Township, Blair County census - Peter Stafford, 27 Eva Stafford, 23 Anna M. Stafford, 9 James G. Stafford, 7 John K. Stafford, 6 Bertha J. Stafford, 2 Charles L. Stafford, 2/12