KILLED ON THE RAIL.
Yesterday morning Charles B. McDermitt, formerly of Hollidaysburg, afterward of Altoona, and latterly of Glen White, near Lloydsville, was injured on the railroad on the mountain near the latter place to such an extent as to cause his death within three hours. On Monday he visited Altoona, and was accompanied by his wife, who was on her way to Huntingdon to see her father who is ill. When Charlie arrived in Altoona he soon fell in with some of his boon companions, and together they had a good time. He left there yesterday morning and proceeded to Kittaning Point. From there he started to walk up the branch railroad to Glen White. It is supposed that while on his journey he laid down on the track and went to sleep. About 11 o'clock a train struck him and he was injured very seriously. One leg was cut off, one eye gouged out, and his breast was injured. The poor fellow was still alive when picked up.
He was tenderly cared for, and a physician from Altoona was summoned, but he lived only about three hours. "Charley," as he was familiarly known, was for many years a (article cut off) |
