OBIT: William P. CHRISTOPH, 1930, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  WILLIAM P. CHRISTOPH
  
  Bible Salesman Fatally Injured
  Fourth Victim of Disasters at Cupp's Crossing to Die in Two Weeks
  
    William P. Christoph, was fatally injured when a car he was driving was struck 
  by a Baltimore & Ohio passenger train at Cupp's Crossing on the Somerset-
  Stoyestown road, about 9 o'clock Monday morning.  He died at 8 o'clock Tuesday 
  night in the Memorial Hospital, Johnstown, where he was taken Tuesday afternoon 
  from the Somerset Community Hospital.
    Attendants at the Community Hospital at first thought that he had merely 
  suffered a broken right leg, but later it was discovered that he was suffering 
  from internal injuries and an operation was immediately necessary.
    The man was placed in an ambulance and rushed to the hospital at Johnstown, 
  where the operation was performed, but he did not rally, and expired.
    Christoph, who was a book agent selling Bibles, was driving toward Somerset at 
  the time of the accident.  His home was in DuBois.
    When the engine of the train struck the car, Christoph was thrown a 
  considerable distance from the car which was completely demolished.  Christoph 
  is the fourth man to die from injuries in crashes at Cupp's Crossing within two 
  weeks.
  
  Meyersdale Republican, January 16, 1930