OBIT:  PETERSON, Elmer; 1908; Hastings, Cambria Cnty., PA

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Cambria Freeman
Ebensburg, Pa.
Friday, 29 May 1908
Volume 42, Number 22


Crushed by Rock 
Elmer and Charles Peterson, Brothers, Meet Death in Mine Near Hastings

Elmer Peterson and Charles Peterson, brothers, aged respectively 17 and 16 years, met terrible 
deaths Saturday morning in mine No. 11 of the Pennsylvania Coal and Coke company near Hastings 
when they were crushed by heavy rock. Both boys were instantly killed and met death in the sight of 
their brother, Axle Peterson.  The three boys were working in the same room in the mine when the 
boulder, which was so heavy that it required seven men to remove it, dropped from the roof.  The 
two younger boys were caught under the mass, the older brother escaping by a narrow margin.  He 
ran for assistance and in a short time the rock was removed.  The bodies of the victims were found 
to be crushed into shapeless masses.  The boys were sons of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Peterson, well 
known residents of Hastings.