OBIT: Elmer WILLIAMSON, 1903, near Gallitzin, Cambria County, PA

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Altoona Times
Monday, July 27, 1903

YOUTH KILLED AT GALLITZIN

He was Riding on a Freight Train and Met the Usual Fate in the Old Way.

At about 3 yesterday afternoon an accident which cost the life of a 
Gallitzin boy occurred near that place.  Elmer Williamson, aged about 19 
years, was taking a free ride on a freight train.  In some unknown manner he 
slipped and fell from the train, landing beneath the wheels, where his young 
life was crushed out.  The mangled remains were taken to Gallitzin and 
prepared for burial.  The deceased is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. 
Harry Williamson, and by several brothers and sisters.  He worked for the 
Pennsylvania railroad as a member of the Gallitzin signal gang.