This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McCracken Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UaB.2ACE/3231 Message Board Post: Nov. 23, 1910 issue of the INDIANA COUNTY GAZETTE, Indiana, PA. : Alex. McCracken, of near Decker's Point, met a horrible death Saturday evening at Creekside, where he had been visiting his brother, J.J. McCracken. Mr. McCracken had come from his home to Creekside, and after visiting his brother there for some time he came to Indiana. He left Indiana on the 7 o'clock Creekside car. Nothing is known of the accident which caused Mr. McCracken's death. About 9 o'clock in the evening the crew of the shifter in the yards at Creekside were cleaning their engine on the dump there, when they discovered blood on the running gear of the engine, and part of a trouser leg. A hasty examination of the track followed and it was discovered that a man had been killed. A watch, pocket-book and other effects were found scattered along the track. Undertaker McCracken, of Creekside was called and while he was preparing the body for burial he identified it from the papers and other effects as that of his brother. The body was so badly mangled that Mr. McMcracken would have been unable to identify it as his brother had it not been for the fact that he recognized the jewelry worn by his brother. Mr. McMcracken was aged about 56 years and was one of a family of 11 children, some of whom are residents of this county. The body was taken to Mr. McMcracken's home near Decker's Point for interment. Coroner James S. Hammers held an inquest on Sunday but the finding of his inquest has not been filed.