Chester County PA Archives Obituaries.....Shaner, Amos January 17, 1908
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Daily Pottstown Ledger, January, 18, 1908
Molder Killed Cutting Wood
Amos Shaner was Fatally Injured - Struck by Broken Pipe.
Amos Shaner, of Cedarville, was fatally injured yesterday afternoon when he
threw on a belt of a gasoline engine after the engine had been started, while
cutting wood in company with Harry Evans, his brother-in-law. The belt flew off
and broke off a pipe which struck Shaner on the forehead, inflicting a fracture
of the skull. The injured young man was sent to Pottstown Hospital in the Good
Will ambulance by Dr. Ashenfelter, who had been called. The accident happened
while Mr. Shaner was working on the wood land of his brother, Clarence Shaner,
the Cedarville storekeeper.
At the hospital, the skull was trephined by Dr. J. Elmer Porter, assisted by the
resident physician, Dr. Frederick Bushong. Pressure on the brain was thrus
removed. The injured young man lingered until 10:45 o'clock last night and died. 
Mr. Shaner was 28 years old, a married man and has one daughter, Adeline. He is
a son of the late Enos Shaner and his mother survives. He was a brother to
Harvey Shaner, of Philadelphia; Warren and Clarence, of Cedarville; Lizzie, wife
of George Christman, and Minnie, wife of Harry Evans, of Cedarville. The funeral
will be held on Wednesday and interment at Mt. Zion Cemetery. 
Mr. Shaner was a bench molder in the employ of March-Brownback Stove Company.

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