OBIT: Guy BAER, 1913, Pocahontas, Somerset County, PA

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Baer, Guy

KILLED AT SAND PATCH - B. & O. Employee Loses His Life - Body Horribly Mangled. 
On Sunday evening about 8:00 o'clock a tragedy took place at Sand Patch, when 
Guy Baer, a young man in the very prime of life had his life snuffed out almost 
in the twinkling of an eye. He was employed by the B. & O. as a switchman at the 
Sand Patch yards. An engine helped train No. 97 up from Hyndman, when it was cut 
off at Sand Patch and run in on a switch. The engineer says Baer gave him the 
signal to back up. Baer was standing on the tender and as No. 97 was going west, 
he was struck and thrown under the train with the result that he lost his life. 
He was horribly mangled and died fifteen minutes later without uttering a word. 
His remains were brought to Reich's morgue where they were prepared for burial. 
He was a son of John Herman Baer of Pocahontas, and was about 22 years of age. 
Last April Guy Baer was married to Miss Alice Garlitz, who with his parents Mr. 
and Mrs. Baer, five brothers and six sisters are left to mourn his loss. The 
remains were taken to the home of his wife's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas 
Garlitz, in Greenville Township, on Monday afternoon. The funeral was held from 
the Catholic Church yesterday morning, Rev. Father Brady officiating. Interment 
took place in the Catholic Cemetery.

Meyersdale Commercial, Dec. 4, 1913