NEWS: John HARDING Killed at Windber, 1903, Somerset County, PA

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BOY KILLED AT WINDBER.

  John Harding, the 9-year-old son of Joseph Harding, a prominent shoe 
merchant, of Windber, was fatally injured on Thursday afternoon while playing 
on the first floor of a new building being erected on Graham avenue by the 
Windber Brewing company, and died at 2.10 o'clock Friday.  He and several 
companions were playing in the new brewery building.  While on the first 
floor, an eight foot steel beam became detached from its resting place on the 
fifth floor and fell down to the first, striking young Harding on the back of 
the head and crushing his skull in a terrible manner.  His frightened 
companions quickly picked him up and carried him home, where he died.

Altoona Times, Monday, July 27, 1903