OBIT: Nellie LENHART, 1929, Central City, Somerset County, PA
  
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  NELLIE LENHART
  
  Child Killed by a Teacher's Car
  Little Nellie Lenhart is Fatally Injured on Way Home from Central City School
  
    Within a few minutes after school was dismissed last Friday afternoon Nellie 
  Lenhart, eight-year-old daughter of Lucas Lenhart, a widower of Central City, 
  was fatally injured when she was struck by an automobile on Sunshine Avenue.  
  The child was removed to the Central City Hospital where she died 15 minutes 
  later.  Her injuries consisted of fractures of the skull and left leg and severe 
  lacerations of the face, body and hands.  The left side of her face was badly 
  crushed.   She never regained consciousness.
    Guy E. Hostetler, aged 30, of Cairnbrook, a school teacher in Shade Township, 
  was the driver of the automobile that struck the Lenhart child.  He was released 
  on his own recognizance following the accident and ordered to appear at the 
  inquest to be held by Coroner H. S. Kimmel, of Somerset, in the office of 
  Justice of the Peace Francis Mulcahy.
    The Lenhart girl was a pupil in the second grade.  School had been dismissed 
  earlier than usual and not being notified, the borough officer was not present 
  to look after the safety of the school children.
    Nellie Lenhart is survived by her father, a sister, Helen, and these brothers: 
  Paul, Stiney, Joseph, John and Louis, all at home.  Her mother died two years 
  ago at the Memorial Hospital, Johnstown.
    Funeral services for the child were held at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon in the 
  Polish Catholic Church.
  
  Meyersdale Republican, January 9, 1930