OTTO REHBEIN
(1852 - 1905)
STRUCK IN HEAD, DEATH IS RESULT
Otto Rehbein, Carpenter, Falls in Effort to Climb Bank at Side of Car Tracks
LIVES BUT SHORT TIME
Accident Happened Outside City as Rehbein Was on Way Home-
Third Victim of Fatality on Street Car Lines
Attempting to escape from the path of an oncoming car by scaling the snow drifts at the side of the track proved a fatal move to Otto Rehbein, a carpenter, residing on the Two Rivers road, late Monday night, he having met his death by being struck by the car when he fell back near the track in slipping. The accident occurred near Fleischer's resort on the interurban lines of the Traction Company shortly after 10 o'clock and the unfortunate man died a few minutes after being picked up and while being conveyed to the hospital on a car. The body was removed to the Frazier Undertaking rooms and an inquest summoned was adjourned until Wednesday morning.
Rehbein, who was a carpenter and had been employed at the yards of the Manitowoc Dry Dock Company of late, resided on the Two Rivers road near the switch on the Traction Co. lines, was on his way home at the time he met his death. From the circumstances surrounding the accident and the surroundings, it appears that Rehbein was seated near the track or had slipped and when he saw the car approach he made an effort to get out of the way by scaling the snow drift which has been piled up at the side of the tracks during the winter. He succeeded in getting part way up but was so close to the tracks that the window of the car struck his head as it came along. The injury was on the left side of the head at the temple and the skull was crushed in. The car was stopped and the man was placed abroad and brought to the city. Dr. G. W. Patchen was called to board the car and started for the hospital with the unfortunate victim but had proceeded only a short way when Rehbein breathed his last.
The car was that which left Two Rivers to return to this city at 9:40 and was in charge of Joseph Teteak as motorman and Patrick Conroy as conductor. Motorman Teteak, in telling of the accident, says that he saw an object apparently scrambling up the bank at the side of the track as the car proceeded and immediately applied the brake. The car passed the spot before stopping and the window ledge struck Rehbein in the head. Evidently the man had slipped and fallen a trifle toward the car as it passed or he might have escaped. The injury on the head was the only one sustained. From all circumstances surrounding the accident, no blame can be attached to the crew of the car or the Traction Co.
Mr. Rehbein was 53 years of age and for many years made his home in the city, residing in the Sixth ward until two years ago when he secured property on the interurban, a mile from the city where he had since resided.
He was twice married and is survived by a widow and seven children. He was well and favorably known as a man of industrious habits and a god workman and had been employed on many contracts in the city. The funeral will be held Thursday from St. Boniface Catholic church.
The accident of Monday night is the third fatality in the history of the Traction Co. in nearly three years.
Manitowoc Daily Herald, February 28, 1905 P. 1
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A terrible accident occurred Mon. evening which resulted in the death of a fine man. It involved the Two Rivers/Manitowoc electric train near Fleischer’s establishment. Otto Rehbein worked as a ships carpenter in the local shipyard and lived between the above establishment and the rail line’s power station. On Mon. evening about 10 o’clock, after enjoying an evening in Manitowoc for several hours after work, he set off walking toward home along the railroad tracks,
(Article then gives details of his entrapment by the snow banks as the approaching train struck him, of efforts to bring him to the hospital, of his death before arrival; followed by editorial conjecture concerning responsibility for the accident.)
Otto Rehbein was 53 and leaves a widow and 7 children. He formerly lived in Manitowoc’s 6th Ward, but about 2 yrs. ago acquired a plot about a mile north of the city where he built a residence and where he has lived ever since. He is the third victim of the electric railroad.
Der Nord Westen, 02 Mar. 1905
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The coroner’s jury, in the matter of Otto Rehbein’s death by a car of the electric train line, delivered a verdict that the Administration of Town Manitowoc be charged with responsibility by failing to keep the street passable.
Der Nord Westen, 09 Mar. 1905
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Estate to Sue for Death. Manitowoc Town & Interurban Held Each Other Liable Manitowoc, Wis., March 2 (Special). Censuring the Town of Manitowoc for failing to open the road, the coroner's jury on the death of Otto Rehbein, killed by an interurban car Monday night laid the foundation for a damage suit by the family of the dead man. The jury declared that the town was responsible for not clearing the road and the town officers claim that the Traction Company had failed to comply with the order for removing snow.
Two Rivers Chronicle - Tues., March 7, 1905
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Name Otto Reibein (sic)
Event Type Death
Event Date 1905
Event Place Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Residence Place Manitowoc Co.,
Gender Male
Age 53
Marital Status Married
Race W
Birth Year (Estimated) 1852
Birthplace Germany
Cemetery Catholic Cemetery
Wisconsin, Death Records, 1867-1907
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Otto Reibein (sic)
Wisconsin Deaths and Burials
Name Otto Reibein
Gender Male
Death Date 27 Feb 1905
Death Place Manitowoc Co., Wisconsin
Age 53
Birth Date 1852
Birthplace Germany
Race White
Marital Status Married
Wisconsin Deaths and Burials, 1835-1968
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(1852 - 1905)
STRUCK IN HEAD, DEATH IS RESULT
Otto Rehbein, Carpenter, Falls in Effort to Climb Bank at Side of Car Tracks
LIVES BUT SHORT TIME
Accident Happened Outside City as Rehbein Was on Way Home-
Third Victim of Fatality on Street Car Lines
Attempting to escape from the path of an oncoming car by scaling the snow drifts at the side of the track proved a fatal move to Otto Rehbein, a carpenter, residing on the Two Rivers road, late Monday night, he having met his death by being struck by the car when he fell back near the track in slipping. The accident occurred near Fleischer's resort on the interurban lines of the Traction Company shortly after 10 o'clock and the unfortunate man died a few minutes after being picked up and while being conveyed to the hospital on a car. The body was removed to the Frazier Undertaking rooms and an inquest summoned was adjourned until Wednesday morning.
Rehbein, who was a carpenter and had been employed at the yards of the Manitowoc Dry Dock Company of late, resided on the Two Rivers road near the switch on the Traction Co. lines, was on his way home at the time he met his death. From the circumstances surrounding the accident and the surroundings, it appears that Rehbein was seated near the track or had slipped and when he saw the car approach he made an effort to get out of the way by scaling the snow drift which has been piled up at the side of the tracks during the winter. He succeeded in getting part way up but was so close to the tracks that the window of the car struck his head as it came along. The injury was on the left side of the head at the temple and the skull was crushed in. The car was stopped and the man was placed abroad and brought to the city. Dr. G. W. Patchen was called to board the car and started for the hospital with the unfortunate victim but had proceeded only a short way when Rehbein breathed his last.
The car was that which left Two Rivers to return to this city at 9:40 and was in charge of Joseph Teteak as motorman and Patrick Conroy as conductor. Motorman Teteak, in telling of the accident, says that he saw an object apparently scrambling up the bank at the side of the track as the car proceeded and immediately applied the brake. The car passed the spot before stopping and the window ledge struck Rehbein in the head. Evidently the man had slipped and fallen a trifle toward the car as it passed or he might have escaped. The injury on the head was the only one sustained. From all circumstances surrounding the accident, no blame can be attached to the crew of the car or the Traction Co.
Mr. Rehbein was 53 years of age and for many years made his home in the city, residing in the Sixth ward until two years ago when he secured property on the interurban, a mile from the city where he had since resided.
He was twice married and is survived by a widow and seven children. He was well and favorably known as a man of industrious habits and a god workman and had been employed on many contracts in the city. The funeral will be held Thursday from St. Boniface Catholic church.
The accident of Monday night is the third fatality in the history of the Traction Co. in nearly three years.
Manitowoc Daily Herald, February 28, 1905 P. 1
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A terrible accident occurred Mon. evening which resulted in the death of a fine man. It involved the Two Rivers/Manitowoc electric train near Fleischer’s establishment. Otto Rehbein worked as a ships carpenter in the local shipyard and lived between the above establishment and the rail line’s power station. On Mon. evening about 10 o’clock, after enjoying an evening in Manitowoc for several hours after work, he set off walking toward home along the railroad tracks,
(Article then gives details of his entrapment by the snow banks as the approaching train struck him, of efforts to bring him to the hospital, of his death before arrival; followed by editorial conjecture concerning responsibility for the accident.)
Otto Rehbein was 53 and leaves a widow and 7 children. He formerly lived in Manitowoc’s 6th Ward, but about 2 yrs. ago acquired a plot about a mile north of the city where he built a residence and where he has lived ever since. He is the third victim of the electric railroad.
Der Nord Westen, 02 Mar. 1905
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The coroner’s jury, in the matter of Otto Rehbein’s death by a car of the electric train line, delivered a verdict that the Administration of Town Manitowoc be charged with responsibility by failing to keep the street passable.
Der Nord Westen, 09 Mar. 1905
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Estate to Sue for Death. Manitowoc Town & Interurban Held Each Other Liable Manitowoc, Wis., March 2 (Special). Censuring the Town of Manitowoc for failing to open the road, the coroner's jury on the death of Otto Rehbein, killed by an interurban car Monday night laid the foundation for a damage suit by the family of the dead man. The jury declared that the town was responsible for not clearing the road and the town officers claim that the Traction Company had failed to comply with the order for removing snow.
Two Rivers Chronicle - Tues., March 7, 1905
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Name Otto Reibein (sic)
Event Type Death
Event Date 1905
Event Place Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Residence Place Manitowoc Co.,
Gender Male
Age 53
Marital Status Married
Race W
Birth Year (Estimated) 1852
Birthplace Germany
Cemetery Catholic Cemetery
Wisconsin, Death Records, 1867-1907
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Otto Reibein (sic)
Wisconsin Deaths and Burials
Name Otto Reibein
Gender Male
Death Date 27 Feb 1905
Death Place Manitowoc Co., Wisconsin
Age 53
Birth Date 1852
Birthplace Germany
Race White
Marital Status Married
Wisconsin Deaths and Burials, 1835-1968
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OTTO REHBEIN
(1852 - 1905)
STRUCK IN HEAD, DEATH IS RESULT
Otto Rehbein, Carpenter, Falls in Effort to Climb Bank at Side of Car Tracks
LIVES BUT SHORT TIME
Accident Happened Outside City as Rehbein Was on Way Home-
Third Victim of Fatality on Street Car Lines
Attempting to escape from the path of an oncoming car by scaling the snow drifts at the side of the track proved a fatal move to Otto Rehbein, a carpenter, residing on the Two Rivers road, late Monday night, he having met his death by being struck by the car when he fell back near the track in slipping. The accident occurred near Fleischer's resort on the interurban lines of the Traction Company shortly after 10 o'clock and the unfortunate man died a few minutes after being picked up and while being conveyed to the hospital on a car. The body was removed to the Frazier Undertaking rooms and an inquest summoned was adjourned until Wednesday morning.
Rehbein, who was a carpenter and had been employed at the yards of the Manitowoc Dry Dock Company of late, resided on the Two Rivers road near the switch on the Traction Co. lines, was on his way home at the time he met his death. From the circumstances surrounding the accident and the surroundings, it appears that Rehbein was seated near the track or had slipped and when he saw the car approach he made an effort to get out of the way by scaling the snow drift which has been piled up at the side of the tracks during the winter. He succeeded in getting part way up but was so close to the tracks that the window of the car struck his head as it came along. The injury was on the left side of the head at the temple and the skull was crushed in. The car was stopped and the man was placed abroad and brought to the city. Dr. G. W. Patchen was called to board the car and started for the hospital with the unfortunate victim but had proceeded only a short way when Rehbein breathed his last.
The car was that which left Two Rivers to return to this city at 9:40 and was in charge of Joseph Teteak as motorman and Patrick Conroy as conductor. Motorman Teteak, in telling of the accident, says that he saw an object apparently scrambling up the bank at the side of the track as the car proceeded and immediately applied the brake. The car passed the spot before stopping and the window ledge struck Rehbein in the head. Evidently the man had slipped and fallen a trifle toward the car as it passed or he might have escaped. The injury on the head was the only one sustained. From all circumstances surrounding the accident, no blame can be attached to the crew of the car or the Traction Co.
Mr. Rehbein was 53 years of age and for many years made his home in the city, residing in the Sixth ward until two years ago when he secured property on the interurban, a mile from the city where he had since resided.
He was twice married and is survived by a widow and seven children. He was well and favorably known as a man of industrious habits and a god workman and had been employed on many contracts in the city. The funeral will be held Thursday from St. Boniface Catholic church.
The accident of Monday night is the third fatality in the history of the Traction Co. in nearly three years.
Manitowoc Daily Herald, February 28, 1905 P. 1
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A terrible accident occurred Mon. evening which resulted in the death of a fine man. It involved the Two Rivers/Manitowoc electric train near Fleischer’s establishment. Otto Rehbein worked as a ships carpenter in the local shipyard and lived between the above establishment and the rail line’s power station. On Mon. evening about 10 o’clock, after enjoying an evening in Manitowoc for several hours after work, he set off walking toward home along the railroad tracks,
(Article then gives details of his entrapment by the snow banks as the approaching train struck him, of efforts to bring him to the hospital, of his death before arrival; followed by editorial conjecture concerning responsibility for the accident.)
Otto Rehbein was 53 and leaves a widow and 7 children. He formerly lived in Manitowoc’s 6th Ward, but about 2 yrs. ago acquired a plot about a mile north of the city where he built a residence and where he has lived ever since. He is the third victim of the electric railroad.
Der Nord Westen, 02 Mar. 1905
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The coroner’s jury, in the matter of Otto Rehbein’s death by a car of the electric train line, delivered a verdict that the Administration of Town Manitowoc be charged with responsibility by failing to keep the street passable.
Der Nord Westen, 09 Mar. 1905
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Estate to Sue for Death. Manitowoc Town & Interurban Held Each Other Liable Manitowoc, Wis., March 2 (Special). Censuring the Town of Manitowoc for failing to open the road, the coroner's jury on the death of Otto Rehbein, killed by an interurban car Monday night laid the foundation for a damage suit by the family of the dead man. The jury declared that the town was responsible for not clearing the road and the town officers claim that the Traction Company had failed to comply with the order for removing snow.
Two Rivers Chronicle - Tues., March 7, 1905
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Name Otto Reibein (sic)
Event Type Death
Event Date 1905
Event Place Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Residence Place Manitowoc Co.,
Gender Male
Age 53
Marital Status Married
Race W
Birth Year (Estimated) 1852
Birthplace Germany
Cemetery Catholic Cemetery
Wisconsin, Death Records, 1867-1907
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Otto Reibein (sic)
Wisconsin Deaths and Burials
Name Otto Reibein
Gender Male
Death Date 27 Feb 1905
Death Place Manitowoc Co., Wisconsin
Age 53
Birth Date 1852
Birthplace Germany
Race White
Marital Status Married
Wisconsin Deaths and Burials, 1835-1968
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(1852 - 1905)
STRUCK IN HEAD, DEATH IS RESULT
Otto Rehbein, Carpenter, Falls in Effort to Climb Bank at Side of Car Tracks
LIVES BUT SHORT TIME
Accident Happened Outside City as Rehbein Was on Way Home-
Third Victim of Fatality on Street Car Lines
Attempting to escape from the path of an oncoming car by scaling the snow drifts at the side of the track proved a fatal move to Otto Rehbein, a carpenter, residing on the Two Rivers road, late Monday night, he having met his death by being struck by the car when he fell back near the track in slipping. The accident occurred near Fleischer's resort on the interurban lines of the Traction Company shortly after 10 o'clock and the unfortunate man died a few minutes after being picked up and while being conveyed to the hospital on a car. The body was removed to the Frazier Undertaking rooms and an inquest summoned was adjourned until Wednesday morning.
Rehbein, who was a carpenter and had been employed at the yards of the Manitowoc Dry Dock Company of late, resided on the Two Rivers road near the switch on the Traction Co. lines, was on his way home at the time he met his death. From the circumstances surrounding the accident and the surroundings, it appears that Rehbein was seated near the track or had slipped and when he saw the car approach he made an effort to get out of the way by scaling the snow drift which has been piled up at the side of the tracks during the winter. He succeeded in getting part way up but was so close to the tracks that the window of the car struck his head as it came along. The injury was on the left side of the head at the temple and the skull was crushed in. The car was stopped and the man was placed abroad and brought to the city. Dr. G. W. Patchen was called to board the car and started for the hospital with the unfortunate victim but had proceeded only a short way when Rehbein breathed his last.
The car was that which left Two Rivers to return to this city at 9:40 and was in charge of Joseph Teteak as motorman and Patrick Conroy as conductor. Motorman Teteak, in telling of the accident, says that he saw an object apparently scrambling up the bank at the side of the track as the car proceeded and immediately applied the brake. The car passed the spot before stopping and the window ledge struck Rehbein in the head. Evidently the man had slipped and fallen a trifle toward the car as it passed or he might have escaped. The injury on the head was the only one sustained. From all circumstances surrounding the accident, no blame can be attached to the crew of the car or the Traction Co.
Mr. Rehbein was 53 years of age and for many years made his home in the city, residing in the Sixth ward until two years ago when he secured property on the interurban, a mile from the city where he had since resided.
He was twice married and is survived by a widow and seven children. He was well and favorably known as a man of industrious habits and a god workman and had been employed on many contracts in the city. The funeral will be held Thursday from St. Boniface Catholic church.
The accident of Monday night is the third fatality in the history of the Traction Co. in nearly three years.
Manitowoc Daily Herald, February 28, 1905 P. 1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A terrible accident occurred Mon. evening which resulted in the death of a fine man. It involved the Two Rivers/Manitowoc electric train near Fleischer’s establishment. Otto Rehbein worked as a ships carpenter in the local shipyard and lived between the above establishment and the rail line’s power station. On Mon. evening about 10 o’clock, after enjoying an evening in Manitowoc for several hours after work, he set off walking toward home along the railroad tracks,
(Article then gives details of his entrapment by the snow banks as the approaching train struck him, of efforts to bring him to the hospital, of his death before arrival; followed by editorial conjecture concerning responsibility for the accident.)
Otto Rehbein was 53 and leaves a widow and 7 children. He formerly lived in Manitowoc’s 6th Ward, but about 2 yrs. ago acquired a plot about a mile north of the city where he built a residence and where he has lived ever since. He is the third victim of the electric railroad.
Der Nord Westen, 02 Mar. 1905
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The coroner’s jury, in the matter of Otto Rehbein’s death by a car of the electric train line, delivered a verdict that the Administration of Town Manitowoc be charged with responsibility by failing to keep the street passable.
Der Nord Westen, 09 Mar. 1905
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Estate to Sue for Death. Manitowoc Town & Interurban Held Each Other Liable Manitowoc, Wis., March 2 (Special). Censuring the Town of Manitowoc for failing to open the road, the coroner's jury on the death of Otto Rehbein, killed by an interurban car Monday night laid the foundation for a damage suit by the family of the dead man. The jury declared that the town was responsible for not clearing the road and the town officers claim that the Traction Company had failed to comply with the order for removing snow.
Two Rivers Chronicle - Tues., March 7, 1905
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Name Otto Reibein (sic)
Event Type Death
Event Date 1905
Event Place Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Residence Place Manitowoc Co.,
Gender Male
Age 53
Marital Status Married
Race W
Birth Year (Estimated) 1852
Birthplace Germany
Cemetery Catholic Cemetery
Wisconsin, Death Records, 1867-1907
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Otto Reibein (sic)
Wisconsin Deaths and Burials
Name Otto Reibein
Gender Male
Death Date 27 Feb 1905
Death Place Manitowoc Co., Wisconsin
Age 53
Birth Date 1852
Birthplace Germany
Race White
Marital Status Married
Wisconsin Deaths and Burials, 1835-1968
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