Fort Wayne News
Allen County, Indiana
August 16, 1913
SON SEES FATHER DIE
Elmer E. Denny Falls in Gearing of Crane Operated By His Son
Elmer E. Denny, aged fifty years, of 1221 Van Buren street was killed this morning when he fell in the gearing of a crane operated by his son. The accident occurred at 10 o'clock this morning in the yard of the Fort Wayne Rolling mill. Mr. Denny's death was not instantaneous but his injuries were so severe that death resulted an hour and a quarter later at the Lutheran hospital.
Mr. Denny, Sr., was seated on the shackle or cross of the frame as it traveled down the yard under the control of his son who is the regular operator, and in some manner unknown he lost his balance falling into the meshes of the big power gears immediately below him. The terrified son discovered his father's plight too late to stop the wheels that were fast grinding away his life. When the power was shut off the body had been drawn half way into the machinery and it became younger Denny's unpleasant task to resume his position at the electric controller and reverse the machine in order that those who had arrived at the scene to offer assistance could extricate the mangled form of the victim. When the fleshshorn and bleeding body was taken out the piteous moans of the injured man sent chills through men accustomed and hardened to the sight of badly injured men.
Medical aid was summoned from the city by men in the office before the body was released and it was but a short time before an ambulance arrived with doctors and a wild dash was made to the hospital. Dr. B. Van Sweringen, in a desperate effort to sustain life, amputated the horribly crushed left arm and left leg that had passed wholly into the deadly gearing. But the injuries were not confined to those members, the lower part of the body was badly bruised, the skin and flesh was torn from the shoulder and neck, and internal injuries had been caused by the terrible twisting to which his body was subjected as the motion of the wheels drew him into the mechanism. The son is almost prostrated by the horrible death.
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Fort Wayne News
Allen County, Indiana
August 18, 1913
FUNERAL ANNOUNCEMENT
Funeral services for Elmer E. Denny will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the residence, 1221 Van Buren street, and at 2:30 o'clock at the Wayne Street M. E. church, Rev. Mr. Travis officiating. Interment at Lindenwood.
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Ehuer E. Denny
in the Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017
Name Elmer E. Denny
Gender Male
Race White
Age 49
Marital Status Married
Birth Date 17 Jun 1864
Birth Place Pennsylvania
Death Date 16 Aug 1913
Death Place Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, USA
Death Registration Date 1913
Father: Peter Denny
Mother; Unknown
Spouse: Lettie
Informant: Mack Denny
Burial: August 19, 1913; Lindenwood Cemetery
Allen County, Indiana
August 16, 1913
SON SEES FATHER DIE
Elmer E. Denny Falls in Gearing of Crane Operated By His Son
Elmer E. Denny, aged fifty years, of 1221 Van Buren street was killed this morning when he fell in the gearing of a crane operated by his son. The accident occurred at 10 o'clock this morning in the yard of the Fort Wayne Rolling mill. Mr. Denny's death was not instantaneous but his injuries were so severe that death resulted an hour and a quarter later at the Lutheran hospital.
Mr. Denny, Sr., was seated on the shackle or cross of the frame as it traveled down the yard under the control of his son who is the regular operator, and in some manner unknown he lost his balance falling into the meshes of the big power gears immediately below him. The terrified son discovered his father's plight too late to stop the wheels that were fast grinding away his life. When the power was shut off the body had been drawn half way into the machinery and it became younger Denny's unpleasant task to resume his position at the electric controller and reverse the machine in order that those who had arrived at the scene to offer assistance could extricate the mangled form of the victim. When the fleshshorn and bleeding body was taken out the piteous moans of the injured man sent chills through men accustomed and hardened to the sight of badly injured men.
Medical aid was summoned from the city by men in the office before the body was released and it was but a short time before an ambulance arrived with doctors and a wild dash was made to the hospital. Dr. B. Van Sweringen, in a desperate effort to sustain life, amputated the horribly crushed left arm and left leg that had passed wholly into the deadly gearing. But the injuries were not confined to those members, the lower part of the body was badly bruised, the skin and flesh was torn from the shoulder and neck, and internal injuries had been caused by the terrible twisting to which his body was subjected as the motion of the wheels drew him into the mechanism. The son is almost prostrated by the horrible death.
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Fort Wayne News
Allen County, Indiana
August 18, 1913
FUNERAL ANNOUNCEMENT
Funeral services for Elmer E. Denny will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the residence, 1221 Van Buren street, and at 2:30 o'clock at the Wayne Street M. E. church, Rev. Mr. Travis officiating. Interment at Lindenwood.
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Ehuer E. Denny
in the Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017
Name Elmer E. Denny
Gender Male
Race White
Age 49
Marital Status Married
Birth Date 17 Jun 1864
Birth Place Pennsylvania
Death Date 16 Aug 1913
Death Place Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, USA
Death Registration Date 1913
Father: Peter Denny
Mother; Unknown
Spouse: Lettie
Informant: Mack Denny
Burial: August 19, 1913; Lindenwood Cemetery
Fort Wayne News
Allen County, Indiana
August 16, 1913
SON SEES FATHER DIE
Elmer E. Denny Falls in Gearing of Crane Operated By His Son
Elmer E. Denny, aged fifty years, of 1221 Van Buren street was killed this morning when he fell in the gearing of a crane operated by his son. The accident occurred at 10 o'clock this morning in the yard of the Fort Wayne Rolling mill. Mr. Denny's death was not instantaneous but his injuries were so severe that death resulted an hour and a quarter later at the Lutheran hospital.
Mr. Denny, Sr., was seated on the shackle or cross of the frame as it traveled down the yard under the control of his son who is the regular operator, and in some manner unknown he lost his balance falling into the meshes of the big power gears immediately below him. The terrified son discovered his father's plight too late to stop the wheels that were fast grinding away his life. When the power was shut off the body had been drawn half way into the machinery and it became younger Denny's unpleasant task to resume his position at the electric controller and reverse the machine in order that those who had arrived at the scene to offer assistance could extricate the mangled form of the victim. When the fleshshorn and bleeding body was taken out the piteous moans of the injured man sent chills through men accustomed and hardened to the sight of badly injured men.
Medical aid was summoned from the city by men in the office before the body was released and it was but a short time before an ambulance arrived with doctors and a wild dash was made to the hospital. Dr. B. Van Sweringen, in a desperate effort to sustain life, amputated the horribly crushed left arm and left leg that had passed wholly into the deadly gearing. But the injuries were not confined to those members, the lower part of the body was badly bruised, the skin and flesh was torn from the shoulder and neck, and internal injuries had been caused by the terrible twisting to which his body was subjected as the motion of the wheels drew him into the mechanism. The son is almost prostrated by the horrible death.
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Fort Wayne News
Allen County, Indiana
August 18, 1913
FUNERAL ANNOUNCEMENT
Funeral services for Elmer E. Denny will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the residence, 1221 Van Buren street, and at 2:30 o'clock at the Wayne Street M. E. church, Rev. Mr. Travis officiating. Interment at Lindenwood.
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Ehuer E. Denny
in the Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017
Name Elmer E. Denny
Gender Male
Race White
Age 49
Marital Status Married
Birth Date 17 Jun 1864
Birth Place Pennsylvania
Death Date 16 Aug 1913
Death Place Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, USA
Death Registration Date 1913
Father: Peter Denny
Mother; Unknown
Spouse: Lettie
Informant: Mack Denny
Burial: August 19, 1913; Lindenwood Cemetery
Allen County, Indiana
August 16, 1913
SON SEES FATHER DIE
Elmer E. Denny Falls in Gearing of Crane Operated By His Son
Elmer E. Denny, aged fifty years, of 1221 Van Buren street was killed this morning when he fell in the gearing of a crane operated by his son. The accident occurred at 10 o'clock this morning in the yard of the Fort Wayne Rolling mill. Mr. Denny's death was not instantaneous but his injuries were so severe that death resulted an hour and a quarter later at the Lutheran hospital.
Mr. Denny, Sr., was seated on the shackle or cross of the frame as it traveled down the yard under the control of his son who is the regular operator, and in some manner unknown he lost his balance falling into the meshes of the big power gears immediately below him. The terrified son discovered his father's plight too late to stop the wheels that were fast grinding away his life. When the power was shut off the body had been drawn half way into the machinery and it became younger Denny's unpleasant task to resume his position at the electric controller and reverse the machine in order that those who had arrived at the scene to offer assistance could extricate the mangled form of the victim. When the fleshshorn and bleeding body was taken out the piteous moans of the injured man sent chills through men accustomed and hardened to the sight of badly injured men.
Medical aid was summoned from the city by men in the office before the body was released and it was but a short time before an ambulance arrived with doctors and a wild dash was made to the hospital. Dr. B. Van Sweringen, in a desperate effort to sustain life, amputated the horribly crushed left arm and left leg that had passed wholly into the deadly gearing. But the injuries were not confined to those members, the lower part of the body was badly bruised, the skin and flesh was torn from the shoulder and neck, and internal injuries had been caused by the terrible twisting to which his body was subjected as the motion of the wheels drew him into the mechanism. The son is almost prostrated by the horrible death.
**
Fort Wayne News
Allen County, Indiana
August 18, 1913
FUNERAL ANNOUNCEMENT
Funeral services for Elmer E. Denny will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the residence, 1221 Van Buren street, and at 2:30 o'clock at the Wayne Street M. E. church, Rev. Mr. Travis officiating. Interment at Lindenwood.
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Ehuer E. Denny
in the Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017
Name Elmer E. Denny
Gender Male
Race White
Age 49
Marital Status Married
Birth Date 17 Jun 1864
Birth Place Pennsylvania
Death Date 16 Aug 1913
Death Place Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, USA
Death Registration Date 1913
Father: Peter Denny
Mother; Unknown
Spouse: Lettie
Informant: Mack Denny
Burial: August 19, 1913; Lindenwood Cemetery
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