OBIT: Clayton BALTZIL, 1928, of Columbia, Lancaster County, PA

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COLUMBIA RAILROAD MAN DIES OF FALL

Injuries received Friday night when he fell between two freight cars on which he 
was working on the Pennsylvania railroad, at Conewago, proved fatal to Clayton 
Baltzil, 43, of 16 North Third street, Columbia.  He died yesterday morning in 
the Harrisburg hospital from loss of blood and shock.

Baltzil lost his balance while working and fell on to the tracks where a freight 
car passed over his legs severing them below the knees.  He was taken in the 
engine of the train to Royalton where he was transferred to a passenger train 
and on that taken to Harrisburg.

He was employed by the railroad company for 25 years.  He was a member of the 
Columbia Lodge No. 117, -.R.T., and P. R. R. Relief, the Columbia Fraternal and 
Beneficial Association, the Chicques Lodge No. 207, I. O. O. M., and the 
Presbyterian church.

He was unmarried.  Surviving are the following brothers and sisters:  Arthur and 
Mary, with whom he made his home; George, of Columbia; Harry, of York, and 
Harriet, wife of Charles Penwell, of Marietta.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon, 1:30 o'clock, private at the 
home, and at 2 o'clock in the Presbyterian church.  Interment will be in Laurel 
Hill cemetery.

Sunday News, Lancaster, PA, September 2, 1928