THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD
Lane County, Oregon
5‑4‑1910
WENDLING LOGGER T.C. BELL DIES FROM INJURIES
T. C. Bell, the Booth Kelly logger, whose serious injury by being crushed beneath a log was chronicled in yesterday's Guard, died at the Eugene hospital last evening between 6 and 7 o'clock. The physicians at the hospital could find no bones broken, but internal injuries were the cause of his death. He was aged 28 years and single.
He leaves a brother near Marcola, where the remains will be taken for burial.
The lumber company appears to be in no manner responsible for his death.
5‑5‑1910
An inquest over the remains of Thomas C. Bell, who was injured in the logging camp of the Booth Kelly Lumber Co. at Wendling May 3, and died at the Eugene hospital that evening, as a result of the injuries, was held at the Gordon undertaking parlor, this afternoon by Coroner W. F. Gordon. The jury empaneled consisted of the following: George A. Dyson, A. L. Smith, Karl Villa, Fred H. Robinson, B. B. McKinney and B. F. Crum. They found that no one was to blame for his death. Six witnesses were examined and the story of the accident was as follows. Bell was hauling out logs by steam cable on the, morning of May 3rd, when he signaled to pull the logs had one end against a big tree and instead of turning around and freeing itself from the tree, as
expected, the log very suddenly swung around and struck him in the body, injuring him internally.
Information provided by Jan.
Lane County, Oregon
5‑4‑1910
WENDLING LOGGER T.C. BELL DIES FROM INJURIES
T. C. Bell, the Booth Kelly logger, whose serious injury by being crushed beneath a log was chronicled in yesterday's Guard, died at the Eugene hospital last evening between 6 and 7 o'clock. The physicians at the hospital could find no bones broken, but internal injuries were the cause of his death. He was aged 28 years and single.
He leaves a brother near Marcola, where the remains will be taken for burial.
The lumber company appears to be in no manner responsible for his death.
5‑5‑1910
An inquest over the remains of Thomas C. Bell, who was injured in the logging camp of the Booth Kelly Lumber Co. at Wendling May 3, and died at the Eugene hospital that evening, as a result of the injuries, was held at the Gordon undertaking parlor, this afternoon by Coroner W. F. Gordon. The jury empaneled consisted of the following: George A. Dyson, A. L. Smith, Karl Villa, Fred H. Robinson, B. B. McKinney and B. F. Crum. They found that no one was to blame for his death. Six witnesses were examined and the story of the accident was as follows. Bell was hauling out logs by steam cable on the, morning of May 3rd, when he signaled to pull the logs had one end against a big tree and instead of turning around and freeing itself from the tree, as
expected, the log very suddenly swung around and struck him in the body, injuring him internally.
Information provided by Jan.
THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD
Lane County, Oregon
5‑4‑1910
WENDLING LOGGER T.C. BELL DIES FROM INJURIES
T. C. Bell, the Booth Kelly logger, whose serious injury by being crushed beneath a log was chronicled in yesterday's Guard, died at the Eugene hospital last evening between 6 and 7 o'clock. The physicians at the hospital could find no bones broken, but internal injuries were the cause of his death. He was aged 28 years and single.
He leaves a brother near Marcola, where the remains will be taken for burial.
The lumber company appears to be in no manner responsible for his death.
5‑5‑1910
An inquest over the remains of Thomas C. Bell, who was injured in the logging camp of the Booth Kelly Lumber Co. at Wendling May 3, and died at the Eugene hospital that evening, as a result of the injuries, was held at the Gordon undertaking parlor, this afternoon by Coroner W. F. Gordon. The jury empaneled consisted of the following: George A. Dyson, A. L. Smith, Karl Villa, Fred H. Robinson, B. B. McKinney and B. F. Crum. They found that no one was to blame for his death. Six witnesses were examined and the story of the accident was as follows. Bell was hauling out logs by steam cable on the, morning of May 3rd, when he signaled to pull the logs had one end against a big tree and instead of turning around and freeing itself from the tree, as
expected, the log very suddenly swung around and struck him in the body, injuring him internally.
Information provided by Jan.
Lane County, Oregon
5‑4‑1910
WENDLING LOGGER T.C. BELL DIES FROM INJURIES
T. C. Bell, the Booth Kelly logger, whose serious injury by being crushed beneath a log was chronicled in yesterday's Guard, died at the Eugene hospital last evening between 6 and 7 o'clock. The physicians at the hospital could find no bones broken, but internal injuries were the cause of his death. He was aged 28 years and single.
He leaves a brother near Marcola, where the remains will be taken for burial.
The lumber company appears to be in no manner responsible for his death.
5‑5‑1910
An inquest over the remains of Thomas C. Bell, who was injured in the logging camp of the Booth Kelly Lumber Co. at Wendling May 3, and died at the Eugene hospital that evening, as a result of the injuries, was held at the Gordon undertaking parlor, this afternoon by Coroner W. F. Gordon. The jury empaneled consisted of the following: George A. Dyson, A. L. Smith, Karl Villa, Fred H. Robinson, B. B. McKinney and B. F. Crum. They found that no one was to blame for his death. Six witnesses were examined and the story of the accident was as follows. Bell was hauling out logs by steam cable on the, morning of May 3rd, when he signaled to pull the logs had one end against a big tree and instead of turning around and freeing itself from the tree, as
expected, the log very suddenly swung around and struck him in the body, injuring him internally.
Information provided by Jan.
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