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Altoona Mirror, Monday, January 7, 1889
List of deaths the Coroner was called to investigate during the year 1888.
ANDERSON, Chester B. Nov. 23, gun shot wound. By Coroner W. H. Glenn,
at Altoona, costs $11.37.
AYERS, Harry C. Nov. 22, run over by cars. By Coroner W. H. Glenn, at
Altoona, costs $12.12.
BENNETT, Charles July 7, neuralgia of the heart. By Coroner W. H. Glenn,
at Altoona, costs $22.21.
BRAZINTON, George Aug. 27, death caused by fall from bridge at Van
Devender. By Coroner W. H. Glenn, at Altoona, costs $16.62.
CHATHAM, Edward Oct. 15, tetanus resulting from blow to his head by a
stone thrown by Joseph Dillon. By Coroner W. H. Glenn, at Altoona, costs
$24.62.
COLEMAN, Charles Feb. 19, lung trouble. By Coroner W. H. Glenn, at
Altoona, costs $16.87.
COLEMAN, John M. Sept. 11, death caused by pistol wound in his head
inflicted by his own hand. By Coroner W. H. Glenn, at Altoona, costs
$11.62.
CONLIN, Thomas Aug. 26, accidental drowning. By Coroner W. H. Glenn, at
Altoona, costs $11.62.
CURLEY, James Jan. 8, suicide by hanging at county alms house. By Coroner
W. H. Glenn, at county alms house, costs $12.12.
CURRY, Robert Nov. 30, killed by P.R.R. cars on Springfield Branch R.R..
By Coroner W. H. Glenn, at Hollidaysburg, costs $12.12.
DENAFRIO, Antone Oct. 31, crushed by P.R.R. cars in Altoona yard. By
Coroner W. H. Glenn, at Altoona, costs $12.12.
ECKENRODE, Joseph Jan. 14, run over by P.R.R. locomotive near Kittanning
Point. By Coroner W. H. Glenn, at McGarvey’s Station, costs $12.12.
EMEIGH, Laura Feb. 15, pistol wound in abdomen, inflicted by her father.
By Coroner W. H. Glenn, at Altoona, costs $18.37.
EMIGH, Ressler Feb. 15, pistol wound in his head inflicted by his own
hand. By Coroner W. H. Glenn, at Altoona, costs $18.37.
EPLER, John Oct. 23, crushed by cars of P.R.R. near Tipton. By Coroner W.
H. Glenn, at Altoona.
FAUCETT, Albert Oct. 23, run over by P.R.R. cars near Tipton. By
Coroner W. H. Glenn, at Altoona, costs $12.37.
FERGUSON, Charles Oct. 17, death by fall off building at No. 1317 Seventh
Ave. Altoona. By Coroner W. H. Glenn, at Altoona, costs $12.62.
FINN, James March 21, erysipelas. By Coroner W. H. Glenn, at Altoona,
costs $ ?
GRAY, Thomas July 16, run over by cars on Bell’s Gap Railroad. By Coroner
W. H. Glenn, at Bellwood, costs $12.50.
GREEN, John Oct. 17, death by being squeezed on P.R.R. cars in the Altoona
yard. By Coroner W. H. Glenn, at Altoona, costs $11.87.
HICKS, W. H. Oct. 11, run over at P.R.R. crossing at Tyrone. By Justice W.
F. Taylor.
HILL, Joshua July 20, neuralgia of heart. By Coroner W. H. Glenn, at Blair
township, costs $15.62.
HOLTZMAN, Jacob Dec. 12, heart disease. By Coroner W. H. Glenn, at
Altoona, costs $21.87.
HOONDROOFT, Michael Nov. 6, death by drowning. By Coroner W. H. Glenn, at
Tyrone, costs $13.26.
HOPKINS, Gertrude April 23, laudanum taken with suicidal intent. By
Coroner W. H. Glenn, at Altoona, costs $ ?
KAFLER, Martin Feb. 3, fell out of a box car on P.R.R., in Spruce Creek
Tunnel. By Coroner W. H. Glenn, at Altoona, costs $12.87.
KIMMELL, Joseph P. Aug. 27, accidental strangulation. By Coroner W. H.
Glenn, at Altoona, costs $11.62.
KNECKLEMAN, Wilhelm Dec. 6, run over by P.R.R. cars at Tipton. By Coroner
W. H. Glenn, at Tyrone, costs $13.09.
LINDSEY, Jesse M. April 23, shoulder, chest and legs crushed by cars. By
Coroner W. H. Glenn, at Altoona, costs $12.37.
LITTLE, Thomas H. Nov. 5, angina pectoria. By Coroner W. H. Glenn, at
Altoona, costs $12.12.
MADARA, Wm. A. April 11, cause of death unknown. By Justice D. S.
Brumbaugh, in Taylor township, costs $ ?
MARKLE, Solomon Jan. 20, apoplexy. By Coroner W. H. Glenn, at Altoona,
costs $16.62.
MCALLISTER, James July 18, torn by belting at paper mill of Morrison &
Cass. By Justice W. F. Taylor, at Tyrone, costs $9.50.
MCGREGOR, Westley March 20, crushed by ore car. By Coroner W. H. Glenn, at
Ore Hill, costs $12.62.
MILES, Mary Miss Sept. 24, death by eating poisoned pickles. By Coroner W.
H. Glenn, at Altoona, costs $16.87.
MURRAY, Thomas March 23, injured in freight wreck on P.R.R., at Barre
station on March 22. By Coroner W. H. Glenn, at Altoona, costs $12.62.
NOEL, Female Child July 31, violence at hands of mother, Ida Noel. By
Coroner W. H. Glenn, at Altoona, costs $28.12.
O’CONNER, Ambrose July 11, drowning. By Coroner W. H. Glenn, at Logan
township, costs $12.37.
PEPPERNICK, Andrew Jan. 7, run over by an engine of P.R.R., near Tyrone.
By Justice W. F. Taylor, at Tyrone, costs $13.51.
ROBOUGH, John Feb. 7, caught by a P.R.R. gas car. By Coroner W. H. Glenn,
at Altoona, costs $ 11.87.
ROSENBAUM, Philip Aug. 3, pistol wound at hands of Wm. Rosenbaum, at
Frugality, Cambria County. By Coroner W. H. Glenn, at Altoona, costs
$25.78.
SEEDENBERG, George B. Nov. 5, gun shot wound inflicted accidentally by J.
L. Dilling. By Coroner W. H. Glenn, at Clover Creek, costs $20.30.
SHAW, Thomas Nov. 28, natural causes. By Coroner W. H. Glenn, at Altoona,
costs $16.87.
SHOPE, Harrison July 5, knife wounds inflicted by Rocco Passobello. By
Coroner W. H. Glenn, at Altoona, costs $29.62.
SMITH, George F. Feb. 16, injured by a car of the P.R.R.. By Coroner W. H.
Glenn, at Altoona, costs $12.87.
STRONG, William A. Aug. 15, death by drowning. By Coroner W. H. Glenn, at
Altoona, costs $12.37.
SWEENEY, John Sept. 14, death caused by falling into mud hopper at J. R.
Vaughn’s brick yard. By Coroner W. H. Glenn, in Logan Township, costs
$12.87.
UNKNOWN, Female child April 28, death caused by unknown person or
persons. By Coroner W. H. Glenn, at Altoona, costs $21.87.
VANZANDT, James April 28, run over by P.R.R. cars in Altoona yard. By
Coroner W. H. Glenn, at Altoona, costs $12.63.
WEISER, Willis Oct. 19, run over by P.R.R. cars. By Coroner W. H. Glenn,
at Fostoria, costs $18.62.
WERTZ, J. Herbert June 22, drowned in Juniata river. By Coroner W. H.
Glenn, at Canoe creek, costs $13.82.
WILEY, Ira J. March 7, fell off P.R.R. freight car, near Union Furnace. By
Coroner W. H. Glenn, at Altoona, costs $12.12.
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