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STANLEY DAMON WAY 10 FIREHurled From Automobile Fire Engine at Thurmont Eariy Tnis Morning.DIES WHILE BEING TAKEN JU4EITYSBDRG HOSPITALIWas Assistant Th.urmo t Post-matter. Widely Known; Son of Emmitsburg Banker.Hr..:denti lt;*' Thurmont and vicinity. v.t»; ^ :;i Frederick. were deeply jshocked 10 W'inx of the tragic death I this mursttn* of Stanley Dsmuth, Jr* si^staant i'cstmaMcr m Thurmont, and soil lt;if Stanley ft. Damuth. cashier ot the Farmer* State Bank. EJnmiUburg-Death occurred following an accident near Emmitsbur*. when the fixe en-j Ktue o[ the Thurmont nr* Department*• of which he wu a member. in rrspood-1 I Ing to a Are alaim. ssung about a corner burling the young man against a large Jdgnboard. He was rushed U Uw Gettysburg hospital, but died be-*^*l» WtMlAtl* AdVlV.He*poniliiif to an alarm or Are sounded about 9 o'clock tliis morning, the young man, a ho was well-known in Thurrooni ana z^nmiUburg. as well aa this city, hastened to the aid of the the company and. at the time of the I accident, was assisting In making pre-' pa rations for fighting the Are at tha residence of Wllltam Bent*, about two miles southwest of femmlUburg. Whm the sudden turn was made, the truck had nearly reached Its destination.Although definite information regarding the injuries suffered from tha fora of the Impact against the sign board and the fall from the engine was art learned, youog Damuth was m seriously injured that he expired before reaching the hospital.Despite'aflorta of firemen the dwell* log home of Mr. Benia burned to UM ground.The deceased was 21 years of agoDecember 31. 1927. had attended tha Thunnont High School, graduated frogs the Mahaooy City. Pa. High teHoT and attended Gettysburg Coflag* Eta was a member of the episcopal dtvOf of Thunnont. Hashed been itadatit postmaster at Thurmont for about eight months and was tny popular la the community.He Is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley XL Damuth, fonaarly of Thurmont but now of xmmltebtttg; and one sister, Miss Daflj Damuth, Emraltsburg; an sunt, Mrs. Henry X. Gale. Thurmont; two uncles. Rev. Warren K. Damuth, Episcopal rector a* Tnurmont; and Dr. Prank White, Phtt-ipsburg, Pa.; and two first cousins. Prof. Prank V. Anders, of the Kent School, Kent. Conn.; and Howard Auden, CaUente, Nev.The remains will be taken today tothe rectory of Rev. Pr. Damuth. Thur-mont. pending funeral arrangements. The death ot the young man cast nmdlgloom over the community where ho had spent the greater part of his Ufa and had many friends.
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Frederick, Maryland, US
Tue, Jul 24, 1928
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