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SHIELDS, John


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    Johnstown Tribune, 4 Apr 1892, Page Last; c2, Contributed by Lynne Canterbury

At Homestead, PA, on Saturday, April 2, 1892, John Shields.

Remains were brother to Johnstown, yesterday afternoon, and will be interred in Lower Yoder at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning.


Same paper; same page; c1

JOHN SHIELDS DIES OF HIS INJURIES.

John Shields, one of the men injured in the recent converting mill accident at Homestead, died on Saturday evening at 6 o'clock, and his remains were brought to Johnstown yesterday for interment. His wife, who was a daughter of the late Patrick Minaban?, of the Fourteenth Ward, and three children survive. Deceased was a member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians and of the Robert Emmett Literary Society, of Homestead. Beside holding a position in the Steel Works, Shields was Chief of Police in Homestead.

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