OBIT:  HUBBARD, Peter; 1908; Bakerton, Cambria Cnty., PA

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Cambria Freeman
Ebensburg, Pa.
Friday, 26 Jun 1908
Volume 42, Number 26


Death of Peter Hubbard at Bakerton 
Northern Man Dies of Rupture of a Bloodvessel (sic) in the Brain on Tuesday

On Tuesday morning last word came to Ebensburg that a man named Peter Hubbard, employed in 
firing the boilers at Mine No. 13 of the Duncan Spangler Coal Company at Bakerton had been 
murdered and County Detective J. L. Berkebile and Constable Richard Evans at once drove to the 
place, but it was found upon an autopsy having been held that death was caused by a rupture of a 
bloodvessel in the brain, which showed signs of a softening for some time past.

Hubbard had been at his work on Monday as usual but did not return to his boarding house that 
night and on Tuesday morning an employee of the company, in going to work, found his dead body 
in a clump of bushes on a pathway leading from the mine.  The body was lying face downwards and 
nearby some bottles of beer, with one partly empty.

It is supposed that the deceased after quitting work had procured the beer and had partaken of 
some of it when overcome by the fatal stroke, superinduced probably by the heat of the weather.

Hubbard was 50 years of age and was married but had not lived with his family for some time.  He 
has a son living in Johnstown where his wife was visiting at the time of his death.  Both started for 
Barnesboro when notified of the sad occurrence.