January 22, 1885 - 12 year old Found Frozen to Death, Terrible Mill Accident & Weekly Train Fatal

Willie Hendricks found frozen to death. 

Robert Lloyd - Cambria Iron accident. 

Lena Schaefer and Annie Griffith

Herman Hoffman - killed by train. 

 

December 1885 - Usual Look at People vs Trains

Hugh McMonagle - of Prospect - hit by train.

Bert Shelley of Johnstown fell from his train at Nineveh (Seward)

Death of Hugh McMonagle.

 

September 24, 1880 - Update on Cambria City Polish Murder Suspect & Man Falls thru Bridge near Morrellville - Cambria Freeman

Stanislaus Lambreskie - bail set at $3,000 in Cambria City Murder. Hearing set for December. 

Sylvester Varner - falls thru bridge at Bheam's crossing near Morrellville along the Fast Line East (PA RR) 

 

September 1880 - Train vs Man in Morrellville & Circus Folk Honor One of their Own at Sandyvale Cemetery - Cambria Freeman

Samual Gardner - sat on train track and got hit of course. 

James Cassam - Circus Clown killed on railroad near Johnstown in 1879. He was buried at Sandyvale and when Cooper, Bailey Circus was in town this month - they stopped by and played dirges in the cemetery. 

 

The Old Train Station with some houses on Prospect Hill around 1900 or so

 

February 20, 1880 - Fistacuffs with Gen. Jacob Campbell, Tragic Drowning of Child, Weird Butchering Accident and Train Break in Two plunging off Conemuagh No. 6 Bridge- Cambria Freeman

Gen. Jacob Campbell fistacuffs.

Daughter of John Donovan drowns in Hinkston Run on the way home from the Sister's (Catholic) School. 

Butcher Andrew Meyer and wife injured in Cambria City. 

Train breaks in two - two cars plunge off of the Conemaugh No. 6 bridge. 

 

February 6, 1880 - East Conemaugh Tramps & Hitching a Ride ends with a Cracked Jaw - Cambria Freeman

East Conemaugh Tramps

John Neff - hitching a ride back from Nineveh (Seward) to Johnstown gets his jaw cracked. 

 

Odds & Ends - March 26, 1866 - Assorted Accidents - Charter for Blacklick & Conemaugh Railroad - Alleghenian

Mrs. Hamilton hit by train

 

Carbide Explosion - 3 April 1936

Charles Gutilla - 108 New Street

Train Station

That's Prospect Hill in the background.

Mill Train

Train Station

Cambria City

Lower Works

A view you don't often see - part of Lower Works across the river and all the buildings that used to be on the Roosevelt Blvd side. Note where the train tracks used to be - street level. They were that way the whole way up to Laurel Avenue until around 1915 - when they changed their location and built the underpasses. Too many people and animals were getting hit and killed - especially on Fairfield and Delaware Avenues. 

Southern Cambria Crash - 1916

Southern Cambria Crash

Airco

Reader Barry Orner sent in this great shot of the old Airco Plant that used to sit behind the train station. 

Above Woodvale

Looking down towards Woodvale and Swank Refractory.

Delaware Avenue Underpass

VJ Repeat - dated November 14, 1915 as construction on the Delaware Avenue Underpass was wrapping up.

Far too many people were being hit by trains - since the line to Morrellville was street level. So it was decided to construct a series of underpasses to help keep accidents down by elevating the tracks. There were two major problems - first off, the trolleys couldn't go up Fairfield Avenue before this and secondly - people were gettting hit by passing trains since they had to cross the train tracks to take another trolley to the rest of Morrellville.

Wish I knew who that kid was on the right hand side. Mostly likely someone from either Pennsylvania or Virginia Avenue.

Train Derailment

Not sure what year this derailment was - my cousin took this picture of the Fairfield Avenue Underpass in Morrellville.

Waiting for the Train

The Train Station in the early 1950's.