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Note: Aged 47y 10m 12d. Served in Company C, 14th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry from Sept 12, 1861 to Sept 30, 1864 and Company G from March 16, 1865 to August 25, 1865. Pottsville Republican, November 24, 1888 issue Fatal Fall Levi Rubright, of Schuylkill Haven who is a brakeman on the Mine Hill Railroad. Last evening about nine o'clock his crew was bringing down a mixed train of coal and freight cars and when they reached Broad Mountain signal tower the conductor missed him. Believing he had fallen off a freight car the train was backed and he was found laying across the other track. Rubright was unconscious and blood was running out of his ears, and with a deep cut in his head. The unfortunate man was taken to Cressona where Dr. Dechert tried to bring him to, but without success and up to a late hour this moring he was still unconscious and had taken no medicine. It is thought the accident will result fatally. Pottsville Republican, December 1, 1888 issue Levi Rubright an old soldier who was hurt on Mine Hill R. R., died on Thursday. He was an active member of the Rainbow Hose Co. and resided at Schuylkill Haven. Funeral Sunday afternoon 1:30 p. m. with military honors under the immediate direction of the Helms Post No. 26 G. A. R. The deceased leaves a large family in distressed circumstances.
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