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Toppling from the roof of a Lynnwood home where he was assisting in putting on a new section of roofing,Malcolm C.Clegg,aged eighteen years,of 22 Main Street,Belle Vernon,was fatally injured. He was hurt Tuesday afternoon about 1 o'clock and died in the Charleroi-Monessen hospital Thursday morning,August 13,1942,at 8:40 o'clock of internal hurts. Clegg's back,neck and left arm took the brunt of the fall,it was indicated,and he remained in a critical state until death intervened. Malcolm Clegg was one of Belle Vernon's best known young men. He had been assisting William Hoyes,Jr.,in placing a new roof on the Hoyes residence at Lynnwood and slipped when he attempted to step from a sealfold to the roof,falling 17 feet. Malcolm is survived by his father,Hobart Clegg,Sr.,of Belle Vernon,three brothers,Hobart Clegg Jr.,of Charleroi,Pvt.Hazelop A.Clegg,Jr.,of Camp Claiborne,La.,Carl at home and one sister Mildred,at home. Their mother is deceased. The remains will rest at the Melenyzer Funeral Home,Belle Vernon,until Sunday at 2 p.m.when services will be held,with Rev.James Rainey,of the Belle Vernon Christian Church in charge. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. C.L.and Edwin Melenyzer,funeral directors in charge.

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