OBIT: Homer B. ROTH, 1899, Duncannon, Perry County, PA
  
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  A BRAKEMAN KILLED.
  
  Special to the Tribune.
    Huntingdon, Pa., December 3. - The dead body of Homer B. Roth, a 
  middle division freight brakeman, was found in the Juniata river, below 
  the Vandevander bridge a short distance west of Mapleton, Friday 
  morning, about 8 o'clock.  The dead man's body was not mangled or 
  bruised, save for a cut on the head which was evidently inflicted by 
  striking a stone.  The presumption is that Roth either fell, or was 
  jolted off his train while passing over the bridge.  Deceased belonged 
  to Duncannon.  He was about 30 years of age.  His body was prepared for 
  burial at this place and shipped east at 7.10 o'clock same evening.
  
  Morning Tribune, Altoona, Monday, December 4, 1899