NEWS: Rebecca* ESHELMAN, 1918, Bedford County, PA

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EVERETT WOMAN IS KILLED BY AN AUTO

Special to the Tribune.
  Bedford, September 3. - Struck by an auto, Mrs. Albert Eshleman [sic], of 
Everett, was so badly injured last evening that she died a few minutes after 
being carried into a house near the scene of the accident.  Mrs. Eshelman, 
who was 60 years of age, had been to a store to make some purchases and was 
returning to her home at Riverside when a car, driven by a young woman from 
New York who is visiting relatives in that section, suddenly rounded a curve 
and the sound of the horn confused the woman so that she stepped in front of 
the car.  The injuries were chiefly to the head and upper part of the body.  
The driver was exonerated as witnesses testified the accident was 
unavoidable.  The lady is survived by her husband and several children.

Altoona Tribune, September 5, 1918, page 1

* Note: the 1910 Federal census shows Albert B. and Rebecca Eshelman living 
in Bedford.