OBIT: STAFFORD, Annie; 1905; Tunnelhill, Cambria Cnty., PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Patty Millich Copyright 2009. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/cambria/ _________________________________________ Cambria Freeman Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, 21 Jul 1905 Volume 39, Number 28 Fatal Swinging Gallitzin Girl Badly Injured by Rope Breaking Miss Annie Stafford, the 15 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Stafford of Tunnelhill was thrown from a swing in which she was sitting Sunday evening and so was badly injured that her recovery is despaired of. The young lady was seated in a swing in a grove near her home with a young man at the time the accident happened. They were swinging in the air trying to see how high they could go when the swing broke suddenly and they were thrown to the ground with considerable force. Miss Stafford fell with her limbs doubled up in under her. Both were broken and the bone in one leg came through the flesh and made a horrible penetrating wound into the stomach from which she may die. Fatal Fall from Swing Altoona, Pa., July 19 Miss Annie Stafford, aged 15, daughter of Peter Stafford of Tunnel Hill, this county, was fatally injured by the breaking of a swing on which she was sitting. She was swinging with a young man and they were seeing how high they could go. When they reached the highest point the swing broke, throwing both to the ground with terrible force. Miss Stafford's legs were doubled under her when she struck and were broken. The ragged edges of the bones of one leg penetrated her abdomen. Miss Stafford was a talented musician and played a violin in an orchestra of which her father is leader.