OBIT: William BROWN, 1915, of interest in Somerset and Bedford Counties, PA

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Brown, William

B. & O. WATCHMAN KILLED, William Brown, 30 years of age, of Hyndman, was 
instantly killed Sunday at Brackin's curve, four miles west of Hyndman, by B. & 
O. passenger train No. 8. On account of a freight train occupying the eastbound 
track between Williams and Hyndman, No. 8 was using the westbound track. Mr. 
Brown, the watchman at Brackin's curve was standing on the westbound track while 
the freight train was passing on the eastbound and did not hear the approaching 
passenger train which crashed down on him. His wife survives.

Meyersdale Commercial, Feb. 11, 1915