OBIT: Michael KASSAMIKI, 1890, Johnstown, Cambria County, PA

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Morning Tribune
Altoona, Pa.
Friday, October 24, 1890


Crushed by the Wheels.

  Yesterday afternoon a Hungarian named Michael Kassamiki was instantly 
killed at the eastern end of the stone bridge, Johnstown.  He was 
walking on the Pennsylvania railroad and crossed from one track to 
another to get out of the way of an approaching freight train.  In 
doing this he stepped directly in front of the Altoona accommodation, 
which was backing down to the switch.  The rear car of the 
accommodation knocked him down and he was caught under the wheels.  The 
train was stopped and the mangled body taken to the Pennsylvania 
railroad baggage room in that city, where it was afterward given in 
charge of an undertaker, by whom it was prepared for burial.  Deceased 
was 19 years of age.