DEATH: Joseph P. SHELL, 1918, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by JudyBoo Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/dauphin/ _________________________________________ Widow of Victim of P. & R. Station Crash Seeking Compensation The claim of Elizabeth K. Schell, 1512 State street is filed against the Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company for compensation for the death of her husband, Joseph P. Shell, who died March 3, 1918. The petition alleges the accident occurred February 22, 1918, when an engine ran off the track in the rear of station at Harrisburg, and Schell was found unconscious and died of his injuries nine days later. The Evening News, Harrisburg, Penna., Friday, June 21, 1918