OBIT: Daniel WEAVER, 1893, South Fork, Cambria County, PA

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Altoona Mirror
Altoona, Pa.
Friday Evening, June 9, 1893

A Freight Brakeman Drowned in the Gallitzin Dam.

Yesterday morning while a freight train was standing on the tracks 
along the reservoir or dam near Gallitzin, Brakeman Daniel Weaver and 
the flagman, whose name we didn't learn, got into a small row boat to 
take a ride.  After getting out into deep water the men attempted to 
change positions and the boat capsized, throwing both out.  The flagman 
was barely able to reach the shore, but Weaver, who couldn't swim, was 
drowned.  His body was recovered and sent to his home in South Fork 
yesterday afternoon.  He was a young, unmarried man.