OBIT:  STRAW, Chester R.; 1907; Gallitzin, Cambria Cnty., PA

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Cambria Freeman
Ebensburg, Pa.
Friday, 8 Nov 1907
Volume 41, Number 44


Brakeman Killed at Gallitzin 

Chester R. Straw, a brakeman on the Pittsburg division of 
the PRR, was run down by a passenger train just east of 
Gallitzin early Sunday morning and instantly killed. The 
remains were taken to Altoona from which place they were 
removed to Julian, Center county, where the young man had 
resided and where burial was made Tuesday afternoon.

Straw, who was 18 years of age, started west Sunday morning 
with a train which stopped at the tower near Gallitzin to 
give right-of-way to other trains.  He got in the way of 
one of the fast freights and his right leg was severed 
above the knee, the lower part being torn to shreds.  His 
left leg was also broken in several places.