OBIT: Austin TARNER, 1873, Cresson, Cambria County, PA

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Altoona Sun
Altoona, Pa.
Friday morning, 14 Mar 1873

Fatal Accident.

A young man named Austin Tarner, aged about 24 years, in attempting 
to board a passing freight train at Cresson, last Tuesday night, fell 
under the wheels and had both legs taken off.  He lived about two hours 
afterward.