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Altoona Times, Thursday, January 2, 1890
Following is a list of the killed on whose bodies Coroner Glenn held inquests during the past year:
ABBOTT, Harriet Mrs. March 16, at Allegheny Township, apoplexy
BLACKSTONE, Dill Jan. 25, at Altoona, P.R.R. employee
BLOUSE, Henry Jan. 18, at Hollidaysburg, supposed to die under suspicious
circumstances, body disinterred but found nothing wrong.
BOYLAND, John March 1, at Altoona, on P.R.R.
BROWMAN, John Mrs. Feb. 26, in Logan Township, colored
BROWN, Mary J. Oct. 12, at Altoona
BURGE, Howard Jan. 12, at Altoona, killed in lower shop yard
CHERRY, John B. July 1, at Altoona, killed in lower shop yards
COLEMAN, Francis Sept. 18, at Altoona, killed on P.R.R. Tramp
COX, Samuel April 7, at Altoona, on Bell’s Gap R.R., railroad man
COX, William May 12, at Tyrone, suicide
DAIKER, Frank N. April 11, at Altoona, disease of the heart
DAVIS, John A. March 3, at Altoona, heart disease
DINGLEDINE, Child Feb. 2, at Altoona, child of Mary Dingledine
DUFFY, John July 17, at Altoona, killed on P.R.R. , Tramp
ELLENS, Joseph F. Aug. 31, at Altoona, heart and liver trouble
ENGLE, Joseph Feb. 27, at Altoona, paralysis of the heart
ENGLISH, Charles Dec. 27, at Altoona, killed on P.R.R., employee
EVANS, Ella Miss June 20, at Fostoria, heart trouble
GIFFIN, Ella M. April 11, at Tyrone, killed on No. 13 Bridge on P.R.R.
GRAY, Samuel April 6, at Altoona, natural causes
GRAZIER, Henry March 15, at Bellwood, heart disease
GUYER, Herbert A. June 22, at Bellwood, killed on P.R.R.
HARTMAN, Jane Mrs. March 20, at Altoona, heart disease
HELLER, J. W. G. April 29, at Altoona, killed at Plack’s theatre by
falling of walls
HEMMEL, Enis T. June 29, at Altoona, killed on P.R.R., Tramp
HEWELL, John E. April 16, at Horseshoe Mines, pistol shot wound,
accidental
HOLLESON, John Sept. 19, at Tipton, killed on P.R.R. Tramp
ICKES, Henry Sept. 19, at Altoona
INFANT, Child April 5, at Tyrone
JACOBS, William A. April 17, at Tyrone, exposure
JOHNSON, Edward Nov. 24, at Altoona, killed on P.R.R.
KELLEY, William July 28, at Altoona, pneumonia
KINSEL, John May 23, at Altoona, P.R.R. employee
MARKLEY, Joseph Aug. 21, at Altoona, killed on Hollidaysburg Branch
R.R.
MUZZARO, Joseph May 25, at Altoona, strangulated hernia
NICKELSON, Howard July 3, at Altoona, killed on Hollidaysburg Branch R.R.
REED, Sarah Mrs. March 13, at Altoona, colored
RYAN, Michael Aug. 4, at Altoona, killed by jumping out of car window at
Huntingdon
SCHMIDT, Augustus Jan. 10, at Bellwood, railroad employee on Bell’s Gap
R.R.
SHAFFAER, Charles April 14, at Tyrone, P.R.R. employee
SPRATT, John M. March 22, at Altoona, drowned
STEWART, Samuel J. June 6, at Altoona, P.R.R. employee
STORY, William Sept. 26, at Altoona, killed on Hollidaysburg Branch of
P.R.R., accident
TAYLOR, Annie Miss July 4, at Bellwood, suicide
UNKNOWN, Child March 8, at Altoona
UNKNOWN, Man Aug. 3, at Altoona, P.R.R., Tramp
VILDEN, Anton March 21, at Altoona, P.R.R. laborer
WALKER, R. M. Nov. 7, at Altoona, fell off of scaffold at the New
Juniata shops
WEAVER, Peter Sept. 4, at Kladder Station
YOUNG, Levi S. Aug. 8, at Altoona, P.R.R. employee
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