Daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Holland) Marsden
Married 1. Daniel Brothers 2.James Donovan
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FOUR FROM MIDWAY MEET DEATH SUNDAY IN HIGHWAY ACCIDENT
Cousin of Midway Victims, Truck Driver Also Killed in Mishap on Route 40
Near Uniontown.
Four members of a well-known Midway family and their guest were instantly
killed about 3:30 p.m. Sunday afternoon near Uniontown when their car was
struck by a large trailer truck which was running out of control down the
steep, three-mile slope of Summit mountain.
According to witnesses, the large trailer truck, loaded with Lever Brothers
products, ran out of control near the top of the grade and came at full
speed down the twisting road, collided with the auto, and jammed it against
a five-foot stone wall. Both the auto and the truck were completely
demolished and is reported that wreckage, mangled bodies, cans of shortening
and soap chips were scattered for 75 yards along the highway, and that
traffic was tied up for miles in both directions.
The victims were members of a party consisting of two carloads of the Burns
family, who were enroute to a family outing at Ohiopyle, and were riding in
the first car, driven by Mr. ALBERTINI, in the second car were Charles
BURNS, Jr. 24, driving; Mr. and Mrs. J. Phil SCOTT, the latter a sister of
Mrs. Burns, and Mrs. Minnie DAVIS of Arkansas, a sister of Mrs. Donovan.
Mrs. DONOVAN and Mrs. DAVIS had been spending the summer with the BURNS
family. In the press of heavy traffic, the second car had fallen behind,
and did not witness the accident, but passed it enroute towards their
destination.
When the occupants of this car were some distance past the scene of the
tragedy, they realized that they had been separated for the others and
turned back to the site of the wreck where they learned that those killed
were the other members of their party.
The dead are:
Charles BURNS, 58; his wife Eliza FELTON BURNS, 56; their daughter, Mrs.
Bertha May ALBERTINI, 29; and her husband, Arthur ALBERTINI, 37, all of
Midway; and Mrs. Estella DONOVAN of Zeigler, Ill., a cousin of Mrs. BURNS.
The driver of the truck, Clyde Dale WILLIS, 24, of Rupert, W. Va., was also
killed instantly.
Charles H. BURNS was born May 2, 1894, at Time, Green county, a son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Jesse BURNS. He was a veteran of World War I, having
served overseas with a hospital unit. For a number of years, he had
operated the school busses for North Fayette township. Prior to this he was
employed in the mines of this area.
Eliza FELTON BURNS, his wife was born March 15, 1896, in Monongahela, a
daughter of the late William and Ann HOLLAND FELTON.
Both Mr. and Mrs. BURNS were members of the Center U. P. church of Midway
and had been residents of this area for 50 years. They are survived by one
daughter, Mrs. Carl BICKEL, and two sons, Charles BURNS, Jr. and Harry Dean
BURNS, all of Midway. Mr. BURNS leaves one brother, Joseph BURNS of Midway.
Mrs. BURNS leaves two sisters, Miss Clara FELTON of Long Island, N. Y., and
Mrs. J. Phil (Bertha) SCOTT of Midway, and one brother, Harry FELTON of
Midway.

Mrs. Arthur (Bertha May) ALBERTINI, daughter of the BURNSes, who along with
her husband was also killed in the crash, was born March, 17, 1923, in
Midway. She was a member of the Center U. P. church, the Couples Class, and
the Center Mission Circle. She was a graduate of Midway high school and was
employed by the G. C. Murphy Co., McDonald.
Arthur ALBERTINI, her husband, was born February 8, 1915, in Clinton, Ind.,
a son of Naomi TONOLI ALBERTINI of McDonald and the late Joseph ALBERTINI.
He was a member of the Center U. P. church, the Couples Class, and the Men's
Fellowship. A graduate of the McDonald high school, he was employed at the
Disco plant. Surviving besides his mother are four brothers, Baptist,
Albert, Emil and Carl, all of McDonald, and one sister, Esther, wife of
Anthony TORELLI of Hays.
A service for the four victims was held Wednesday afternoon in the Edwin
G. Wilson funeral home, Midway, in charge of Dr. W. D. MERCER, pastor of the
Center U. P. church. Burial was in the family plot in the Center cemetery.
The body of Mrs. Estella DONOVAN, 70, was taken to a Uniontown mortuary,
where arrangements were made for returning the body to her home in Zeigler,
Ill.