JAMES WADZINSKI
(1887 - 1937)
Flying Tire Rim Kills Highway Shop Worker
One highway department worker was instantly killed and another injured at the county shop west of the Rosemere overhead late Monday afternoon when a tire rim from a large truck tire they were inflating snapped off.
James Wadzinski, 48, Rockwood, who was bending over the tire on a special rack received the full force of the blow from the bounding iron rim. He sustained a fractured skull. One side of his face was badly lacerated and the frontal lobe of the brain pierced.
Herbert Krueger Injured
Herbert Krueger, 32, was hit by the rim after it struck Wadzinski He sustained severe face lacerations.
The accident was the first fatality that has occurred at the county shops. Coroner Gerald Rau, Two Rivers, who was summoned, announced there would be no inquest.
According to Joseph Naidl, shop foreman who spoke to the two men less than two minutes before the accident, pressure on the iron rim around the inside of the heavy tire sprung the hoop off the wheel.
A tire tester found on the floor indicated that Wadzinski had just bent over the tire to test the air pressure when the rim suddenly loosened from the wheel. After striking the two men, the rim flew high in the air and against a wall of the shop, 20 feet away.
Killed Instantly.
Naidl and three other shop workers, Arthur Klackner, Leonard Meyer and Ernst Vogt, who were engaged in similar work on other tires, ran to the aid of the two men. Examination of Wadzinski indicated
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he had been instantly killed.
Krueger was placed in a car and taken to the office of a physician. The latter took him to the hospital for attention. Later Krueger was able to return to the county shops but will be laid up for several days with his injuries. He is married and has been employed in the highway department for several years.
Mr. Wadzinski, who operates a farm on Route 6, Manitowoc, between Rockwood and Francis Creek, had been employed each summer for four years. In addition to assisting in truck repairs at the shops he was also a member of the county crews oiling the highways.
Widow Survives.
Born on a farm in Centerville Mr. Wadzinski married Miss Mary Klemen in 1913 and they located on the farm northwest of the city.
Survivors are the widow; three sons, Glenn, Francis Creek, Edwin and James, on the farm; father, Frank Wadzinski, Centerville; seven brothers, Daniel, city, Max, San Diego, Calif., Frank, Green Bay, Walter, Milwaukee, John, Newton, Edward, Pound, Wis., Edwin, Centerville; three sisters, Mrs. Gertrude Gilligan, Sheboygan, Pauline and Martha, at home; and one grandchild.
The funeral will be held Thursday at 9 a.m. from the home and at 9:30 o’clock from the St. Ann’s church, Francis Creek. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
The body may be viewed tonight at the Pfeffer funeral home and will be moved to the Wadzinski home Wednesday morning.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, Tuesday, May 18, 1937 P. 8
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Kleman-Wadzinski Weddiing at Branch Today
A large number of guests from this city are in attendance at the celebration of the wedding of Miss Marie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kleman and James Wadzinski, solemnized at St. Anne Church at Francis Creek this morning. The celebration is being held at Schaeffer's Hall, Branch. The young people will reside on a farm in the county.
Manitowoc Daily Herald, Wis., - Tues., Sept. 16, 1913
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(1887 - 1937)
Flying Tire Rim Kills Highway Shop Worker
One highway department worker was instantly killed and another injured at the county shop west of the Rosemere overhead late Monday afternoon when a tire rim from a large truck tire they were inflating snapped off.
James Wadzinski, 48, Rockwood, who was bending over the tire on a special rack received the full force of the blow from the bounding iron rim. He sustained a fractured skull. One side of his face was badly lacerated and the frontal lobe of the brain pierced.
Herbert Krueger Injured
Herbert Krueger, 32, was hit by the rim after it struck Wadzinski He sustained severe face lacerations.
The accident was the first fatality that has occurred at the county shops. Coroner Gerald Rau, Two Rivers, who was summoned, announced there would be no inquest.
According to Joseph Naidl, shop foreman who spoke to the two men less than two minutes before the accident, pressure on the iron rim around the inside of the heavy tire sprung the hoop off the wheel.
A tire tester found on the floor indicated that Wadzinski had just bent over the tire to test the air pressure when the rim suddenly loosened from the wheel. After striking the two men, the rim flew high in the air and against a wall of the shop, 20 feet away.
Killed Instantly.
Naidl and three other shop workers, Arthur Klackner, Leonard Meyer and Ernst Vogt, who were engaged in similar work on other tires, ran to the aid of the two men. Examination of Wadzinski indicated
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he had been instantly killed.
Krueger was placed in a car and taken to the office of a physician. The latter took him to the hospital for attention. Later Krueger was able to return to the county shops but will be laid up for several days with his injuries. He is married and has been employed in the highway department for several years.
Mr. Wadzinski, who operates a farm on Route 6, Manitowoc, between Rockwood and Francis Creek, had been employed each summer for four years. In addition to assisting in truck repairs at the shops he was also a member of the county crews oiling the highways.
Widow Survives.
Born on a farm in Centerville Mr. Wadzinski married Miss Mary Klemen in 1913 and they located on the farm northwest of the city.
Survivors are the widow; three sons, Glenn, Francis Creek, Edwin and James, on the farm; father, Frank Wadzinski, Centerville; seven brothers, Daniel, city, Max, San Diego, Calif., Frank, Green Bay, Walter, Milwaukee, John, Newton, Edward, Pound, Wis., Edwin, Centerville; three sisters, Mrs. Gertrude Gilligan, Sheboygan, Pauline and Martha, at home; and one grandchild.
The funeral will be held Thursday at 9 a.m. from the home and at 9:30 o’clock from the St. Ann’s church, Francis Creek. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
The body may be viewed tonight at the Pfeffer funeral home and will be moved to the Wadzinski home Wednesday morning.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, Tuesday, May 18, 1937 P. 8
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Kleman-Wadzinski Weddiing at Branch Today
A large number of guests from this city are in attendance at the celebration of the wedding of Miss Marie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kleman and James Wadzinski, solemnized at St. Anne Church at Francis Creek this morning. The celebration is being held at Schaeffer's Hall, Branch. The young people will reside on a farm in the county.
Manitowoc Daily Herald, Wis., - Tues., Sept. 16, 1913
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JAMES WADZINSKI
(1887 - 1937)
Flying Tire Rim Kills Highway Shop Worker
One highway department worker was instantly killed and another injured at the county shop west of the Rosemere overhead late Monday afternoon when a tire rim from a large truck tire they were inflating snapped off.
James Wadzinski, 48, Rockwood, who was bending over the tire on a special rack received the full force of the blow from the bounding iron rim. He sustained a fractured skull. One side of his face was badly lacerated and the frontal lobe of the brain pierced.
Herbert Krueger Injured
Herbert Krueger, 32, was hit by the rim after it struck Wadzinski He sustained severe face lacerations.
The accident was the first fatality that has occurred at the county shops. Coroner Gerald Rau, Two Rivers, who was summoned, announced there would be no inquest.
According to Joseph Naidl, shop foreman who spoke to the two men less than two minutes before the accident, pressure on the iron rim around the inside of the heavy tire sprung the hoop off the wheel.
A tire tester found on the floor indicated that Wadzinski had just bent over the tire to test the air pressure when the rim suddenly loosened from the wheel. After striking the two men, the rim flew high in the air and against a wall of the shop, 20 feet away.
Killed Instantly.
Naidl and three other shop workers, Arthur Klackner, Leonard Meyer and Ernst Vogt, who were engaged in similar work on other tires, ran to the aid of the two men. Examination of Wadzinski indicated
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he had been instantly killed.
Krueger was placed in a car and taken to the office of a physician. The latter took him to the hospital for attention. Later Krueger was able to return to the county shops but will be laid up for several days with his injuries. He is married and has been employed in the highway department for several years.
Mr. Wadzinski, who operates a farm on Route 6, Manitowoc, between Rockwood and Francis Creek, had been employed each summer for four years. In addition to assisting in truck repairs at the shops he was also a member of the county crews oiling the highways.
Widow Survives.
Born on a farm in Centerville Mr. Wadzinski married Miss Mary Klemen in 1913 and they located on the farm northwest of the city.
Survivors are the widow; three sons, Glenn, Francis Creek, Edwin and James, on the farm; father, Frank Wadzinski, Centerville; seven brothers, Daniel, city, Max, San Diego, Calif., Frank, Green Bay, Walter, Milwaukee, John, Newton, Edward, Pound, Wis., Edwin, Centerville; three sisters, Mrs. Gertrude Gilligan, Sheboygan, Pauline and Martha, at home; and one grandchild.
The funeral will be held Thursday at 9 a.m. from the home and at 9:30 o’clock from the St. Ann’s church, Francis Creek. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
The body may be viewed tonight at the Pfeffer funeral home and will be moved to the Wadzinski home Wednesday morning.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, Tuesday, May 18, 1937 P. 8
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Kleman-Wadzinski Weddiing at Branch Today
A large number of guests from this city are in attendance at the celebration of the wedding of Miss Marie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kleman and James Wadzinski, solemnized at St. Anne Church at Francis Creek this morning. The celebration is being held at Schaeffer's Hall, Branch. The young people will reside on a farm in the county.
Manitowoc Daily Herald, Wis., - Tues., Sept. 16, 1913
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(1887 - 1937)
Flying Tire Rim Kills Highway Shop Worker
One highway department worker was instantly killed and another injured at the county shop west of the Rosemere overhead late Monday afternoon when a tire rim from a large truck tire they were inflating snapped off.
James Wadzinski, 48, Rockwood, who was bending over the tire on a special rack received the full force of the blow from the bounding iron rim. He sustained a fractured skull. One side of his face was badly lacerated and the frontal lobe of the brain pierced.
Herbert Krueger Injured
Herbert Krueger, 32, was hit by the rim after it struck Wadzinski He sustained severe face lacerations.
The accident was the first fatality that has occurred at the county shops. Coroner Gerald Rau, Two Rivers, who was summoned, announced there would be no inquest.
According to Joseph Naidl, shop foreman who spoke to the two men less than two minutes before the accident, pressure on the iron rim around the inside of the heavy tire sprung the hoop off the wheel.
A tire tester found on the floor indicated that Wadzinski had just bent over the tire to test the air pressure when the rim suddenly loosened from the wheel. After striking the two men, the rim flew high in the air and against a wall of the shop, 20 feet away.
Killed Instantly.
Naidl and three other shop workers, Arthur Klackner, Leonard Meyer and Ernst Vogt, who were engaged in similar work on other tires, ran to the aid of the two men. Examination of Wadzinski indicated
(Continued on page 8, col. 7)
(Continued from Page 1)
he had been instantly killed.
Krueger was placed in a car and taken to the office of a physician. The latter took him to the hospital for attention. Later Krueger was able to return to the county shops but will be laid up for several days with his injuries. He is married and has been employed in the highway department for several years.
Mr. Wadzinski, who operates a farm on Route 6, Manitowoc, between Rockwood and Francis Creek, had been employed each summer for four years. In addition to assisting in truck repairs at the shops he was also a member of the county crews oiling the highways.
Widow Survives.
Born on a farm in Centerville Mr. Wadzinski married Miss Mary Klemen in 1913 and they located on the farm northwest of the city.
Survivors are the widow; three sons, Glenn, Francis Creek, Edwin and James, on the farm; father, Frank Wadzinski, Centerville; seven brothers, Daniel, city, Max, San Diego, Calif., Frank, Green Bay, Walter, Milwaukee, John, Newton, Edward, Pound, Wis., Edwin, Centerville; three sisters, Mrs. Gertrude Gilligan, Sheboygan, Pauline and Martha, at home; and one grandchild.
The funeral will be held Thursday at 9 a.m. from the home and at 9:30 o’clock from the St. Ann’s church, Francis Creek. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
The body may be viewed tonight at the Pfeffer funeral home and will be moved to the Wadzinski home Wednesday morning.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, Tuesday, May 18, 1937 P. 8
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Kleman-Wadzinski Weddiing at Branch Today
A large number of guests from this city are in attendance at the celebration of the wedding of Miss Marie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kleman and James Wadzinski, solemnized at St. Anne Church at Francis Creek this morning. The celebration is being held at Schaeffer's Hall, Branch. The young people will reside on a farm in the county.
Manitowoc Daily Herald, Wis., - Tues., Sept. 16, 1913
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