OBIT: Robert George SAVAGE, 1916, Davidsville, Somerset County, PA

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Savage, Robert George

  Robert George Savage, nine year old son of Mrs. Margaret Jeffery Savage 
Blough, of Davidsville, and step-son of Jacob Blough, was fatally injured 
shortly before 8 o'clock Sunday evening, when he ran in front of the automobile 
of D. R. Specht, of Kantner. One of the wheels of the heavy car, a Cadillac, 
passed from the boy's left hip across his body to the right shoulder, crushing 
his ribs and fracturing his Skull. He died within two hours. The automobile was 
occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Specht, who had been in Johnstown and Gallitzin and 
were on their way home. Young Savage and two or three other boys were playing 
along the street, according to the stories of eyewitnesses, and young Savage, in 
trying to avoid capture by one of his companions, jumped in front of the Specht 
automobile. Mr. Specht swerved his automobile into the supply house at the 
Lehman garage in an effort to avoid striking the lad. Howard C. Evans, of 
Johnstown, who came along a short time after the accident, carried the boy to 
his home. The child died without gaining consciousness. Drs. Zimmerman and Keim 
worked with the boy until he died. Patrick Savage, father of the lad, died 
November 14, 1914, in the Cresson Sanitorium. Besides his step-father and mother 
the boy is survived by the following sisters: Mrs. Charles Spice, of Altoona; 
Mrs. Charles Seibert, of Columbia, Pa., Mrs. Harvey Brallier, of Holsopple, and 
Miss Florence Savage, of Altoona. The family holds Mr. Specht entirely blameless 
for the terrible accident.

Meyersdale Commercial, June 1, 1916