Three children of William Williams, a miner living on the outskirts of Cresson, have succumbed to diphtheria in a malignant form and one other youngster is convalescing from an attack of the disease. Of the seven children in the family, six became ill of diphtheria, the only one to escape being about a year old. The dead children were aged two years, four years and fourteen years. The Cresson school board’s quarantine proving too rigid, Williams broke out and went to Lilly, where he purchased food for his family. KILLED NEAR BENSCREEK The body of Thomas Riccardne, an Italian employed by C. A. Sims & Co., was found lying on the road below the arch culvert near Benscreek Monday morning. When Coroner Miller made an investigation in the afternoon he found that the man had unquestionably fallen from the railroad 30 feet above the road, striking the edge of the arch with his chin and breaking his right leg so badly that the thighbone protruded through his trousers. The coroner decided that the man died simply from the lack of care and that he would have survived his injuries had he been discovered within a reasonable time. The unfortunate foreigner and several companions had been at Benscreek the night before and they were playing an accordion. Later they went to the company’s commissary a couple of hundred yards distant when Riccardne left without saying anything to his companions. After the body was discovered the Italians refused to allow its removal until Coroner Miller arrived and asserted his authority. The coroner decided that an inquest was not necessary. Patton--Miss Lizzie Emanuel, daughter of David Emanuel died on Friday evening, August 28th, after a long illness. She was aged 19 years and was buried in the Fairview Cemetery. Undertaker Chas. Greninger had charge of the funeral. Patton--John M. Howe died on Monday morning, 8 o’clock of dropsy. He leaves a wife and family to mourn his loss. He was buried in Fairview cemetery on Wednesday. _________________________________________________________________ Be the filmmaker you always wanted to be—learn how to burn a DVD with Windows®. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/108588797/direct/01/