OBIT: H. L. AMBROSE, 1900, Millwood, Westmoreland County, PA

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A BRAKEMAN KILLED.
H. L. Ambrose, of Near Derry, Fatally Injured Saturday

H. L. Ambrose, a freight brakeman on the Pittsburg division 
of the Pennsylvania railroad, was fatally injured at 1.25 
o'clock Saturday morning at Gallitzin by falling from his 
train.  He was ground under the wheels and died while being 
brought to this city. Ambrose was a member of the crew of 
Conductor J. D. Gontz, which was bringing a freight train, 
drawn by engine No. 574, east.  The car tops were wet and 
slippery, the result of the recent rain, and in the 
performance of his duty Ambrose in crossing them slipped on 
one and fell between the cars to the rails.  A dozen cars 
passed over his body, badly mangling it, his right arm, both 
hands and left leg being crushed to a pulp, the left hip 
dislocated and the body badly bruised. Rear Brakeman R. B. 
Fay, who was standing on the next car and saw the accident, 
hurriedly stopped the train.  The unfortunate brakeman was 
picked up and placed in a caboose to be brought to this 
city, but died at Twenty-fourth street.  The remains were 
given to Undertaker Lafferty to prepare for burial and then 
were sent to his home, at Millwood, near Derry, where 
interment will be made today. Ambrose had passed his 18th 
year and had been in the service of the company in the 
capacity of a brakeman but a short time.  He was of a jovial 
disposition and was well liked by his fellow- trainmen.  He 
is survived by his mother, his father having been killed on 
the railroad at Johnstown several years ago while employed 
as a flagman. Deputy Coroner H. W. McCartney investigated 
the death and decided an inquest unnecessary.

Morning Tribune, Monday, January 22, 1900