OBIT:  BLACKBURN, Wilson; 1907; Gallitzin, Cambria Cnty., PA

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Cambria Freeman
Ebensburg, Pa.
Friday, 22 Mar 1907
Volume 41, Number 12


Killed Stealing Ride 

While stealing a ride Monday afternoon, Wilson Blackburn, 
aged twenty-two years, who was married and leaves a wife at 
Gallitzin, was thrown from a fright train one mile east of 
Portage and instantly killed.  The wheels passed over his 
body and he was terribly mangled. His remains were taken in 
charge by his brother-in-law, James Hunt, and given to an 
undertaker to be prepared for burial.  Definite 
arrangements have not been made for the funeral.