OBIT:  CONRAD, W. Frank; 1907; Gallitzin, Cambria Cnty., PA

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Cambria Freeman
Ebensburg, Pa.
Friday, 7 Jun 1907
Volume 41, Number 23


Killed Near Cresson 

Run down by an engine and cut in two parts was the shocking 
fate of W. Frank Conrad of Gallitzin, about 8 o'clock 
Tuesday morning just west of Mo tower which is located a 
short distance from Cresson.

Conrad, who was about twenty-eight years of age, had been 
employed with a signal gang under J. L. Wissinger and was 
following his duties in the morning when death overtook 
him.  A glass in a dwarf No. 5 signal which is located 
between tracks Nos. 4 and 5 was broken and Conrad was sent 
to replace it.  On account of the noise made by a train 
going west on No. 4 track, Conrad evidently did not hear a 
C. & C. yard shifter approaching on No. 5 track and he was 
run over.

W. Frank Conrad was a son of the late Robert Conrad.  His 
mother and a sister, Mary, reside at Gallitzin and a 
brother, George, is located in Altoona.

The remains were taken to Gallitzin for burial.