Johnson Forsythe, of Horatio ,who has been employed in the mines at Dunlo [Cambria County, Pennsylvania] for nearly a year past, was brought home a corpse last Thursday. He was a driver and while spragging a car on Wednesday December 11,was crushed against a mine prop. He was taken to the hospital in Johnstown, where he died on the following Wednesday.
Source Citations:
~ The Punxsutawney Spirit, Punxsutawney, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania ;dated 23 December 1896.
~ Pennsylvania Mine Inspectors Report for 1896 - published by the state Bureau of Mines-Harrisburg, PA.
~ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950." Database. FamilySearch.org - Index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City.
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Johnson Forsythe, of Horatio ,who has been employed in the mines at Dunlo [Cambria County, Pennsylvania] for nearly a year past, was brought home a corpse last Thursday. He was a driver and while spragging a car on Wednesday December 11,was crushed against a mine prop. He was taken to the hospital in Johnstown, where he died on the following Wednesday.
Source Citations:
~ The Punxsutawney Spirit, Punxsutawney, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania ;dated 23 December 1896.
~ Pennsylvania Mine Inspectors Report for 1896 - published by the state Bureau of Mines-Harrisburg, PA.
~ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950." Database. FamilySearch.org - Index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City.
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