OBIT: Christopher MANGES, 1907, Philipsburg, Centre County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Sharon Miller Copyright 2009. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/centre/ _________________________________________ Fatal Collapse of Building. At Philipsburg yesterday morning the new skating rink, which was being hurried through to completion by the contractors, collapsed, almost instantly killing Christopher Manges, one of the carpenters, and injuring several others. Those receiving the most serious and painful injuries were Emory Hoover, of DuBois, one of the contractors, who had one of his arms broken, and Ed Farber, one of the Philipsburg Electric Light Co.'s electricians, who had one of his ankles wrenched and one of his sides bruised. Probably a dozen or more of men were in the rink when it collapsed. The front of the building first gave way, which let down the heavy roof and bulged out the sides. Manges, who was sitting at a front window filing his saw, was probably struck on the head by one of the cross beams holding up the roof. His neck was broken. Tyrone Daily Herald, Tyrone, Pa., January 29, 1907