OBIT: Elmer E. WAGNER, 1918, native of Huntingdon County, PA

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PENNSY TRUCKER IS DEAD FROM INJURY
Elmer E. Wagner, 103 East Sixth Avenue, Hurt by a 1,500 Pound Stone, 
Dies

  Elmer E. Wagner, aged 22, of 103 East Sixth avenue, a Pennsy trucker 
injured at the freight transfer east of the city, when a stone monument 
weighing 1,500 pounds fell on him, April 24, died at Altoona hospital 
at 3.20 yesterday afternoon.
  Wagner's pelvis was fractured and he suffered internal injuries.  He 
had improved, but shortly after 3 o'clock suffered a convulsion from 
which he never rallied.
  At the time of the accident, Wagner was transferring the heavy stone 
from one car to another.  A steel platform slipped from one car door 
just as an electric truck which the man was operating passed upon it, 
and the trucker, vehicle and load were precipitated to the six-foot 
space between the tracks, the stone rolling and imprisoning Wagner.
  Wagner was born February 11, 1896, in Huntingdon county and was 
married on April 22, 1917.  His wife survives with an infant son, John 
Edward, and his parents.  Two brothers, Daniel and Leroy, and three 
sisters, Sophia, Effie (Berna [sic] and Viola, all of Huntingdon 
county, also survive.  He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal 
church and P.R.R. Relief association.
  Funeral Director Stevens prepared the body for burial and tomorrow it 
will be taken to Petersburg.  Funeral services will be held Monday at 
Charter Oak, with burial in the cemetery at that place.
  Deputy Coroner C.C. Rothrock will make an investigation of the 
trucker's death, but has not decided whether an inquest is necessary.

Altoona Tribune, Saturday Morning, May 11, 1918, page 1