OBIT: Nathan A. SWOPE, 1890, Coalport, Clearfield County, PA

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Death in the Mine.

  The Coalport News furnishes the following account of a fatal 
accident: "It is with regret that we note the death of one of our most 
industrious citizens, Mr. Nathan A. Swope, which occurred on Tuesday 
between 10 and 11 o'clock.  He was at work in Irvona mine No. 1, when 
caught by a fall of perhaps a ton of rock, which fell on him and 
crushed his body across the hips, and broke his back.  He was 
extricated from his awful position as speedily as his fellow workmen 
could remove the massive stone that had him pinned firmly to the 
ground.  He was removed to his home in this town but died before 
reaching there.  He spoke after the accident and said he could not 
live.  He was aged 38 years and 23 days, and leaves a widow and four 
sons to mourn his untimely death.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Thursday, December 18, 1890