OBIT: Johnnie MYERS, 1881, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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KILLED IN A COAL BANK.
The Life Crushed Out of Johnnie Myers, an Altoona Teamster.

  On Wednesday afternoon John Myers, a son of William Myers, who keeps 
the Farmer's Hotel on Sixteenth street, was killed in a coal mine about 
eight miles above this city.  It appears that at noon a number of 
teamsters were congregated around the mouth of Delaney's bank, a short 
distance beyond the Buckhorn tavern.  As the dinner hour came the 
miners stopped work and Myers and several others concluded to go into 
the bank themselves.  They were pushing a number of cars along the 
track when one of them jumped off and struck a prop, knocking it out.  
In an instant a great mass of stuff from overhead was loosened and fell 
on Myers, pinning him to the ground.  About four tons fell on his lower 
extremities and before he could be released by his companions crushed 
the life out of him.  He was entirely conscious for about five minutes 
and told his companions to hurry.  Then he said he was going to die and 
almost immediately expired.  It took almost an hour to release him.  
The body was not mangled nor seriously bruised.  Immediately he was 
wrapped up and brought to his father's home.  Young Myers was about 18 
years of age and has for some time past been engaged with a four mule 
team in hauling coal to this city.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Thursday, January 27, 1881