OBIT: Elmer A. TOBIAS, 1918, Juniata, Blair County, PA

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BRAKEMAN'S LEGS SEVERED BY CARS

E. A. Tobias, Employe of Pennsy Yard, Killed Early Today at WN Hump

  Elmer A. Tobias, a Pennsy yard brakeman residing at 1417 Eighth avenue, 
Juniata, was run down by a draft of cars at 2:15 this morning at WN hump, 
Altoona yard, and was so badly injured that death ensued at 2:45 a.m.
  Tobias was picked up, placed on an engine and brought to the passenger 
station, where the Altoona hospital ambulance had been summoned.  His legs 
were crushed at the knees and the man was so weakened that he died before the 
ambulance arrived.  The body was taken to the Pennsy morgue.

Altoona Tribune, Monday morning, May 20, 1918, page 1

ELMER A. TOBIAS

  Elmer A. Tobias, the Pennsy yard brakeman killed yesterday morning as noted in 
the Tribune, was born January 25, 1865, and was the son of Samuel and Elizabeth 
Tobias, both deceased.  He was twice wedded. Four children to the first wife, 
Elmer, Solomon, Harry and Elizabeth, all of Montgomery, Pa., survive, with the 
second wife, and three children, Gladys, William and Mary, all at home.  These 
brothers and sisters also survive; Charles, Greensburg; James, Pittsburg; 
Robert, Jeannette; Samuel, Trafford City; Joseph, Philadelphia; Mrs. George E. 
Houghaint and Mrs. Robert Termind, both of Paxinoa, Pa., and Mrs. Charles 
Whiteman, Mount Carmel.  He was a member of the Brotherhood of Trainmen and the 
Pennsy  Relief association.  Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 
2 o'clock at the residence, 1317 Eighth avenue, East Juniata, followed by burial 
in Grandview cemetery.

Altoona Tribune, Tuesday morning, May 21, 1918, page 12