OBIT: Mona VOKSRA, 1899, Blair County, PA

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MONA VOKSRA.

  At Bellwood yesterday morning Mona Voksra, a Hungarian woman, was 
struck by an engine as she was walking along the tracks.  She was 
brought to the Altoona hospital at 9.10 a.m. on a shifting engine and 
admitted for treatment.  Her external injuries consisted of a fracture 
of the right forearm, a laceration of the left leg, a laceration of the 
scalp two inches long and scratches and bruises of the body that seemed 
to indicate that she had been dragged for a considerable distance.  She 
had evidently sustained internal injuries of a more serious nature than 
those on the outside of her body.  She was in a very disagreeable state 
of uncleanliness as if she had been tramping and had not had an 
opportunity to take advantage of a bath.
  When asked her name she could make no reply that could be understood.  
But as she was in Altoona once before and had left her name with the 
police authorities it was learned she called herself the name mentioned 
above.  She died of her injuries at 10.45 a.m.  The physician who 
attended her thinks she was about 35 years of age.  The remains were 
placed in charge of the county undertaker for interment.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Thursday, July 27, 1899