OBIT: William GAUMER, 1914, Fair Hope, Somerset County, PA

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Gaumer, William

TRAINMAN KILLED NEAR FAIR HOPE.

William Gaumer, aged 39 years, a track walker in the employ of the B. & O., was 
instantly killed while on duty Sunday near Fair Hope. He was struck by a 
locomotive running east on the west bound track. Gaumer was walking on the 
eastbound track, when a train approached running west on the eastbound track, 
causing Gaumer to step to the other track. The approach of trains going in 
opposite direction confused him and he was unable to step out of the way of the 
engine that struck him. He leaves a wife and five children. His parents reside 
in Boswell.

Meyersdale Commercial, Nov. 19, 1914