OBIT: Robert JOHNSON, 1932, Stoyestown, Somerset County, PA

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ROBERT JOHNSON

Powder Burns Fatal to Stoyestown Man

  Robert Johnson, 24, a resident of Stoyestown, died of powder burns in Memorial 
Hospital, Johnstown, Wednesday afternoon.
  Johnson was burned on the head, chest, shoulders and arms Sunday afternoon 
when a can of powder ignited outside the Sheeler Coal Company operations, four 
miles east of Stoyestown, where he had been employed the past two years.
  Johnson was unloading powder from a truck when a can of the explosive slipped 
from his grasp, exploding when it fell through the truck and landed on the 
battery of the machine.  In an instant his clothing was in flames.  His father-
in-law, Perry Sheeler, and brother-in-law, Ernest Sheeler, who were working 
nearby, tore the burning clothes from his body.  Dr. A. M. Uphouse, of 
Stoyestown, and Dr. Frank Lee, of Central City, administered first aid treatment 
before he was taken to the hospital.
  Robert Johnson was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Johnson, of Somerset.  He is 
survived by his parents, his wife, Mrs. Grace (Sheeler) Johnson; one daughter, 
Kathleen, aged three, and two sisters, Misses Mary Louise and Dorothy Johnson, 
of Somerset.

Meyersdale Republican, September 29, 1932