OBIT: Theodore YOUNG, 1886, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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TWO FATAL ACCIDENTS.
Theodore Young and Hugh McCarty Killed on the Railroad.

  The long list of fatal accidents on the railroad was yesterday 
swelled by the addition of two more men.  Both of those who lost their 
lives were young men, and in the case of one, a sorrowing wife and four 
children are left to mourn the sudden removal of their protector who 
was a kind husband and a loving father.  In the case of the second man 
killed he was a single man, yet his death brought sorrow to his 
relatives and to his companions.  In both cases death was almost 
instantaneous.  The first accident reported was that by which

THEODORE YOUNG

Lost his life while in the performance of his duties.  On Wednesday 
night he started on a trip westward on freight train drawn by extra 
engine 522, G. B. Fox, engineer; F. R. Wadleigh, fireman, and C. S. 
Saunders, conductor.  On this train Mr. Young was employed as a 
flagman.  The train reached Cresson without any accident.  Just after 
passing that station Mr. Young left the cabin and went forward to put 
on the brakes.  When Wilmore was reached he was missed by his 
conductor, and on a search being instituted his remains were found on 
the track about a mile and a half west of Cresson.  The head had been 
severed from the body.  So near as can be learned the accident occurred 
about a quarter of 2 o'clock Thursday morning.  The remains were placed 
in cabin 229 (Conductor J. Philips) and brought to this city at 7 
o'clock.  They were placed in charge of Undertakers Tipton & Lafferty, 
and afterward taken to the late residence of the deceased, 1207 Twelfth 
street.  It is supposed that Mr. Young slipped from the car while 
endeavoring to put on the brake, and falling against the embankment, 
rolled down this bank under the wheels.  The mark of his body where it 
first fell was plainly discernible in the snow.
  Mr. Young was the son of Benjamin and Rebecca Young, of Lebanon, and 
had been a resident of Altoona for the past ten years.  His mother is 
dead.  He had been employed on the railroad six years in January.  Just 
after going on the road he was a member of Conductor B. C. Knepper's 
crew on the Hollidaysburg branch road, afterward going on the main 
line.  About two years ago he met with an accident only about a quarter 
of a mile from the place where he met his death.  Then he had an arm 
broken.  On August 6, 1878, he was married, by Rev. Father Caldwell, to 
Miss Annie Cassiday, a step-daughter of Mr. James Donovan of this city.  
The wife survives him, as do four children - Charles, John, Harry and 
Annie.  Mr. Young was one of Altoona's steadiest young men.  He was a 
kind husband, an affectionate father and a true friend to those on whom 
he bestowed his friendship.  He is spoken of highly by those who were 
intimately acquainted with him, and his family will have the sympathy 
of the public in this sad bereavement.  Mr. Young was a member of 
Branch 174 Brotherhood of Railroad Brakemen and also of the 
Pennsylvania Railroad Relief Plan.  He was 33 years of age on the 18th 
of November last.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., December 23, 1886