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    1. [PA-SW-OBITS] RIFFLEY, YOUNG, LLOYD Aug. 18, 1906 McDonald PA Outlook
    2. Victoria Hospodar Valentine
    3. RIFFLEY, YOUNG, LLOYD The death trap at the railroad station here added another victim to its long list on Saturday evening. Edward RIFFLEY of Oakdale went to the station to take the 10 o'clock train for home. As he was about to cross the four tracks to reach the station a freight train passed on the North track and before it had passed the 10:43 passenger Eastbound pulled into the station. As soon as he could pass behind the freight he hastened toward his own train when a fast express on the main track going East struck him and carried him about 50 feet throwing him on the West-bound main track. At the same instant almost, a fast West-bound train on this track caught him and dragged him back nearly to the crossing again. It was a most horrible accident, and the body was mangled beyond recognition. The remains were interred in the Oakdale cemetery on Monday. Mr. RIFFLEY was a highly respected citizen, a veteran of the Spanish war, foreman of the Oakdale volunteer fire company, a member of the RIFFLEY contracting and building firm. Two brothers survive, George of Oakdale and Will of San Diego, Cal. On Wednesday evening John YOUNG a well known miner at the Laurel hill mine and who lived with his parents on East Lincoln avenue, was found unconscious in the street about 2 o'clock in the morning at the high embankment on the MILLER farm East of town. He was carried home by those who found him and laid on the porch of the supposition that he was only intoxicated. Early in the morning his mother found him on the porch in a semi-conscious condition. A gash was found on his head and his face was badly bruised. He could give no account as to how he received injuries, and sank rapidly until his death which occurred about noon. Foul play was suspected and the Coroner was summoned. An investigation indicated that he died of cerebral congestion brought on evidently by falling down the bank to the street. Funeral services were held from the family home Friday afternoon by Rev. JORDAN of the First Presbyterian church. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas YOUNG, three sisters, Mrs. Walter PHILLIPS, Mrs. James RICHARDS, and Mrs. William SMITH, and three brothers: William, Robert and Thos., Jr., all of McDonald. Phillip LLOYD, a miner living at the Fayette mine, near Noblestown was struck by a coal train between Oakdale and his home on Monday night and fatally injured. He had been at McDonald in the evening and as the nine train East does not stop at Noblestown he went on to Oakdale and was walking back home along the railroad when he was struck by a train coming West. He was brought on to McDonald where he was attended by Drs. MILLER, LA ROSS and TAYLOR, and sent to a Pittsburgh hospital where he died at noon Tuesday. He leaves a wife and family at Noblestown.

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