OBIT: Herbert Z. HITE, 1895, Blair County, PA

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DEATH CAME QUICKLY.
Brakeman Herbert Z. Hite Fell from His Train Near Latrobe.

Early yesterday morning Herbert Z. Hite, a Pennsylvania railroad
brakeman residing at 1315 Sixth avenue, fell from an east-bound
freight train hauled by engine 1192 at the water troughs near Latrobe
and sustained injuries which resulted in his death a few hours later.
His crew did not miss him until they arrived at Derry.  They then
telegraphed back along the line and the crews of the following freight
trains and those going west were ordered to look out for a man along
the tracks.

The accident happened at 2.30 a.m.  A few minutes later Conductor
Caldwell of a westbound freight train was passing the place where Mr.
Hite had fallen and noticed him lying along the tracks.  The railroad
men picked up their unconscious comrade and took him into Latrobe
where he was attended by physicians.  He died about 5 a.m. from the
injuries he received.  He was not passed over by any of the cars as
his body was not mangled.  His head was bruised on the left side and
the back part of his skull was fractured.

The other brakemen on the train and Conductor Harvey Long think that
he was getting down from an Armour refrigerator car next to the engine
when he slipped and fell.  Shattered pieces of glass from his lantern
globe were found on the engine tender.

The body was brought to Altoona on the 10.03 a.m. train and placed in
charge of Undertaker Lafferty.  The funeral will take place to-morrow
morning.  Leaving on the 8.05 train the remains will be taken to
Roaring Spring where they will be interred in Green Lawn cemetery.
Services will be conducted at Roaring Spring.

A delegation from camp 54, Patriotic Order Sons of America, of this
city, will attend the funeral.  Members of the other camps in Altoona
are invited to be present to escort the remains to the burial place.
Herbert Z. Hite was born in Bedford county, August 26, 1872.  He was
the son of Daniel (deceased) and Mary Hite, now of 1315 Sixth avenue,
this city.  With his father and mother the deceased, when 13 months
old, removed to Roaring Spring, where he resided until four years ago,
when he came to this city and entered the employment of the
Pennsylvania Railroad company as a freight brakeman.  Two years ago
his mother came to Altoona and he lived with her until the time of his
death.

Besides his mother he is survived by one sister, Miss Anna, at home,
and three brothers, George K., of South Fork, and Harry S. and Jesse
B., at home.

Mr. Hite was a member of Washington camp No. 130, Patriotic Order Sons
of America, of Roaring Spring, and of the Bohemian club and the
Pennsylvania Railroad relief of this city.  He was a young man of
industrious habits and had a large circle of friends in this city who
will sympathize with his relatives in their sudden and unexpected
bereavement.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Tuesday, August 13, 1895, page 1