OBIT: William B. HALL, 1919, Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, PA

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BURSTING AIR HOSE KILLS 1 AND HURTS 2

Conductor W. B. Hall, of Huntingdon, Crushed to Death in Peculiar Mishap

WORK CREW MEMBERS ARE INJURED

  One man was instantly killed and two others suffered comparatively slight 
injuries when an air hose on a Huntingdon work train burst and caused two 
cabin cars to jam suddenly in the Huntingdon yard at 3:48 yesterday 
afternoon.
  The dead:
W. B. Hall, aged 56, conductor of work train, Huntingdon; crushed between 
cabins.
  The injured:
J. D. Edwards, aged 40, Huntingdon, assistant foreman of work train; injuries 
to legs; taken home.
J.D. Isenberg, aged 31, Huntingdon, laborer; left footh [sic] contused; sent 
home.
  The work train, hauled by engine 1949, was assisting extra freight 56, west 
bound through Huntingdon yard on No. 6 track when the accident occurred.  The 
freight had been stalled previously.  An air-hose blew off a connection, 
causing the application of the emergency brakes.
  Conductor Hall and the other two men stood on the platform between the 
cabins of the trains, which had been coupled at the rear ends.  The sudden 
application of air forced the cabin platforms to be jammed and badly damaged.  
Hall was instantly killed.
  The trains were stopped and the dead man was removed to a morgue.  He was 
married and leaves a family.  The conductor had been in the Pennsy service 
many years.
  Edwards and Isenberg were given surgical attention by a company doctor at 
Huntingdon and later removed to their homes.  Engineer C. B. Swayne, of 
Huntingdon, was in charge of the work train with Hall.  Engineer S. C. Wagner 
and Conductor G. F. Harris were bringing the freight train west.

Altoona Tribune, Thursday, January 23, 1919, page 1

WILLIAM B. HALL.

  William B. Hall, the work train conductor who was killed Wednesday was a son 
of Laban and Christina Hall, and was born in Blair county, near Newry, 57 years 
ago, on last August 24.  He was united in marriage to Mollie Lamp, a daughter of 
Henry and Nettie Lamp, on July 29, thirty-two years ago.  To this union were 
born the following children who, with their mother, survive: Miss Elsie, at 
home; Ray W. Hall, an electrician, of Tyrone; Todd, with the U.S. army of 
occupation in Germany; Catherine and Gerald, of school age, at home.  Mr. Hall 
is also survived by one sister, Mrs. Henry Musser, of Elkins, W. Va.; and by two 
brothers, Josiah C. Hall, one of the board of county commissioners of 
Huntingdon, and Jacob Hall, in Illinois.
  Mr. Hall was a member of the Lutheran church.
  The funeral arrangements have not yet been announced.

Altoona Tribune, Friday, January 24, 1919, page 9