OBIT: John MELIA, 1887, Huntingdon County, PA

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Killed on the Railroad.

  John Melia, employed as a track hand by the P.R.R. Company, was 
fatally injured on Friday afternoon, by being struck by second section 
of Day Express while wheeling ballast on to the third track, about one 
mile west of this city.  A western bound freight train had detained 
him, and as the last car passed he started to cross the track, and as 
he did so was struck by the bumper of the engine hauling day express.  
He was at once removed to the Company's hospital in this city, where he 
expired in a few minutes.  The only noticeable injury was an abrasion 
on the left breast, where the bumper of the engine struck him.  He was 
aged about 25 years and unmarried.

The Huntingdon Journal, Huntingdon, Pa., Friday, January 6, 1888