OBIT: John HOFFMAN, 1882, Petersburg, Huntingdon County, PA

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UNDER THE WHEELS
 
  Mr. John Hoffman, an aged citizen of our neighboring town of 
Petersburg, was killed by the cars, a short distance below that place, 
at an early hour on Friday morning.  Mr. Hoffman had been in the employ 
of the P.R.R. Company for nearly 30 years and at the time he met his 
death, was engaged as a track hand. While walking on the south track, 
the Mail Express West, which was compelled to use that track on account 
of a wreck, struck him and killed him instantly, crushing his head 
terribly and otherwise mutilating his body.  The deceased was about 65 
years of age, and he leaves a wife and five children to mourn his 
tragic death.

Huntingdon Journal, Huntingdon, Pa., March 17, 1882