OBIT:  GIBSON, John, & RIDDLE, Lloyd E.; 1911; Cambria Cnty., PA

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Cambria Freeman
Ebensburg, Pa.
Friday, 31 Mar 1911
Volume 45, Number 13


Frozen to Death: John Gibson and Lloyd E. Riddle 

Two cases of freezing to death, the first in this region, were reported 
Tuesday, one at Spangler and the other at Boswell.  One victim of the cold 
weather was John Gibson, 60 years, of Patton.  He spent the greater part 
of Monday in Spangler, starting to walk home early in the evening.  His 
body was found by a trolley car crew not far from Spangler.  Gibson was a 
miner, but had not been working.  Surviving are a widow and one son, 
Thomas, who is married and lives at Patton; and a brother, Thomas of 
Frugality.

The other victim of cold Monday night was Lloyd E. Riddle, aged 57 years, 
of Boswell, Somerset County, who dropped unconscious when but a few rods 
from the shanty in which he lived.  His body was found by two boys bound 
for school.