Crushed Under Log Jammer,
Nekoosa Man Dies
L. ZURFLUH, 35,
FATALLY HURT
IN MILL YARDS
SLIPS UNDER WHEELS OF
HEAVY ENGINE, ONE LEG BE-
ING CRUSHED; LEAVES WIFE,
SIX CHILDREN.
A slip and fall from a footboard
on the front end of a log-loader or
jammer in the northern section of
the Nekoosa yards of the Nekoosa-
Edwards Paper company yesterday
afternoon at about 3:30 o'clock
proved fatal to Lawrence Zurfluh,
35. Zurfluh fell between the tracks
and in an attempt to escape had his
leg caught under the wheels of the
heavy locomotive.
--Shock Proves Fatal--
The jammer passed over his leg
and bruised and cut him badly about
the hips before the machine could
be halted. He lived for about 15
minutes, most of which time he was
conscious. A doctor was rushed to
the accident scene and administered
first aid before the workman died.
He gave the cause of death as shock...
--Native of Nekoosa--
Lawrence Herman Zurfluh was
born in Nekoosa on May 11, 1897,
the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Zur-
fluh and has lived in that city all his
life.
He leaves to mourn his death his
wife and six children...
--excerpt from Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune; Tuesday, June 21, 1932
Nekoosa Man Dies
L. ZURFLUH, 35,
FATALLY HURT
IN MILL YARDS
SLIPS UNDER WHEELS OF
HEAVY ENGINE, ONE LEG BE-
ING CRUSHED; LEAVES WIFE,
SIX CHILDREN.
A slip and fall from a footboard
on the front end of a log-loader or
jammer in the northern section of
the Nekoosa yards of the Nekoosa-
Edwards Paper company yesterday
afternoon at about 3:30 o'clock
proved fatal to Lawrence Zurfluh,
35. Zurfluh fell between the tracks
and in an attempt to escape had his
leg caught under the wheels of the
heavy locomotive.
--Shock Proves Fatal--
The jammer passed over his leg
and bruised and cut him badly about
the hips before the machine could
be halted. He lived for about 15
minutes, most of which time he was
conscious. A doctor was rushed to
the accident scene and administered
first aid before the workman died.
He gave the cause of death as shock...
--Native of Nekoosa--
Lawrence Herman Zurfluh was
born in Nekoosa on May 11, 1897,
the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Zur-
fluh and has lived in that city all his
life.
He leaves to mourn his death his
wife and six children...
--excerpt from Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune; Tuesday, June 21, 1932
Crushed Under Log Jammer,
Nekoosa Man Dies
L. ZURFLUH, 35,
FATALLY HURT
IN MILL YARDS
SLIPS UNDER WHEELS OF
HEAVY ENGINE, ONE LEG BE-
ING CRUSHED; LEAVES WIFE,
SIX CHILDREN.
A slip and fall from a footboard
on the front end of a log-loader or
jammer in the northern section of
the Nekoosa yards of the Nekoosa-
Edwards Paper company yesterday
afternoon at about 3:30 o'clock
proved fatal to Lawrence Zurfluh,
35. Zurfluh fell between the tracks
and in an attempt to escape had his
leg caught under the wheels of the
heavy locomotive.
--Shock Proves Fatal--
The jammer passed over his leg
and bruised and cut him badly about
the hips before the machine could
be halted. He lived for about 15
minutes, most of which time he was
conscious. A doctor was rushed to
the accident scene and administered
first aid before the workman died.
He gave the cause of death as shock...
--Native of Nekoosa--
Lawrence Herman Zurfluh was
born in Nekoosa on May 11, 1897,
the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Zur-
fluh and has lived in that city all his
life.
He leaves to mourn his death his
wife and six children...
--excerpt from Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune; Tuesday, June 21, 1932
Nekoosa Man Dies
L. ZURFLUH, 35,
FATALLY HURT
IN MILL YARDS
SLIPS UNDER WHEELS OF
HEAVY ENGINE, ONE LEG BE-
ING CRUSHED; LEAVES WIFE,
SIX CHILDREN.
A slip and fall from a footboard
on the front end of a log-loader or
jammer in the northern section of
the Nekoosa yards of the Nekoosa-
Edwards Paper company yesterday
afternoon at about 3:30 o'clock
proved fatal to Lawrence Zurfluh,
35. Zurfluh fell between the tracks
and in an attempt to escape had his
leg caught under the wheels of the
heavy locomotive.
--Shock Proves Fatal--
The jammer passed over his leg
and bruised and cut him badly about
the hips before the machine could
be halted. He lived for about 15
minutes, most of which time he was
conscious. A doctor was rushed to
the accident scene and administered
first aid before the workman died.
He gave the cause of death as shock...
--Native of Nekoosa--
Lawrence Herman Zurfluh was
born in Nekoosa on May 11, 1897,
the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Zur-
fluh and has lived in that city all his
life.
He leaves to mourn his death his
wife and six children...
--excerpt from Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune; Tuesday, June 21, 1932
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