OBIT: McClelland LYONS, 1903, near Bellefonte, Centre County, PA

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  McClellan Lyons, a young man aged 23 years, was the victim of a most 
distressing accident at the quarry of the American Lime and Stone 
company near Bellefonte, Centre county. Lyons had been in the employ of 
the company about four months.  On Saturday he, in some manner or 
other, was caught in the cog wheels of the stone crushing machine and 
ground to death.  The other men who were at work at the crusher think 
Lyons' clothing was caught in the machinery and that he was drawn into 
the cog wheels in that way.  His body was badly crushed and mangled 
before the engine and machinery could be stopped.  His arms and legs 
were ground to a pulp and he died a few minutes after the accident 
occurred.  The young man was married only a few months ago. 
 
Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa., Friday, February 6, 1903