OBIT: Samuel WEST, 1861, Conemaugh, Cambria County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Patty Millich Copyright August 2008. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/cambria/ _________________________________________ The Alleghanian, Ebensburg, Pa. Thursday, February 14, 1861 Volume 2, Number 26 Man Killed Johnstown, Feb. 11, 1861 - Mr. Samuel West was killed at Conemaugh station on Thursday morning last. It appears that the unfortunate man had just come out of the station house and was crossing the railroad track when an engine which was backing down to connect with a train of freight cars struck him, knocking him down and passing over the lower part of his person. He was horribly crushed and survived only about an hour and a half.