NEWS: William A. REBLING, John H. ZELL, 1903, of Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA
 
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TWO MEN INSTANTLY KILLED.

  JOHNSTOWN, Pa., July 17. - William A. Rebling, aged 22, and John H. Zell, 
aged 21, both of Harrisburg, were instantly killed on the Pennsylvania 
railroad half a mile west of Sheridan station today.  They were bound for 
Derry, where they expected to secure employment with the Pennsylvania Railroad 
company.  They were making the trip by freight and the train they were riding 
on stopped below Sheridan to take on water.  The two young men alighted and 
sat down on the tracks to await its starting.  When the freight train started 
they again arose and were walking over adjoining tracks to it.  They did not 
hear Pacific express coming along on No. 3 track and, as they stepped on that 
track, they were struck by the swiftly moving express.  Both bodies were badly 
mangled.

Altoona Times, Saturday, July 18, 1903