OBIT:  MAUS, Irene; 1907; Cambria Cnty., PA

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Cambria Freeman
Ebensburg, Pa.
Friday, 19 Jul 1907
Volume 41, Number 29


Killed at Barnesboro

Leo Calvin Flick of Altoona, a brakeman on the Cambria & 
Clearfield division of the Pennsylvania railroad, died at 
the Altoona Hospital Friday evening as a result of injuries 
sustained while at work in the yard at Barnesboro Wednesday 
morning.

Flick left Altoona early in the morning and at Barnesboro 
yards the train stopped to do some shifting.  While this 
was being done, Flick was standing on the rear of the 
engine tender and when the cars came together, he was 
jolted off and fell to the tracks. The wheels of the engine 
passed over his left leg, mangling it badly.

As assistance was slow in coming, he raised himself and 
dragging the injured leg, hoppled over hundred yards before 
the loss of blood caused him to become too weak to go 
further.  He was left at the Barnesboro station until an 
afternoon train came along and at 2 in the afternoon, when 
admitted to the institution, his condition was considered 
serious.  He gradually grew weaker until death resulted.

The funeral will take place Monday morning, the body being 
taken to Loretto, where interment was made in St. Michael's 
cemetery.