Salmon Arm Observer, Tuesday, September 14, 1965.
"Bob" Hickman fatally injured in accident.
Funeral service will be held Saturday in First United Church for G.R.(Bob) Hickman, who was fatally injured Tuesday in a logging accident at Scotch Creek.
Mr. Hickman 41 was killed instantly when struck by a tree which had been dislodged during falling operations.
Rev. Clinton Swallow will officiate at the 2 p.m. service, assisted by members of Salmon arm Lodge No. 52, A.F. & A.M.
Burial will take place in Mt. Ida Cemetery.
The accident occurred about 11 a.m. while Mr. Hickman was bucking plywood peeler logs on a landing below a steep side hill. A faller working about 200 feet above was cutting a fir tree at right angles to the slope. As the fir started to topple, it brushed a cedar tree which snapped off at the butt and struck Mr. Hickman from behind without warning.
Later examination showed the base of the cedar to be rotten.
Although there were no eye witnesses to the accident, other men working nearby heard the tree strike the landing.
Scene of the fatality was alongside the north fork of Scotch Creek, 18 miles from North Shuswap highway,on a timber berth held by Federated Co-operatives Ltd.
A partner in the contracting firm of Hickman & Howell Co. Ltd., which he formed together with Harry Howell in 1957, Mr Hickman was known for his fair dealing as a spokesman for logging operators.
He was a vice-president of the Interior Loggers' Association and headed the forestry committee for that organization. An official of Federated co-operatives said he was held in high regard by the industry.
Born in Powell River on May 8, 1924, he came to Salmon Arm district at the age of 10. During World War Two he served with the Royal Canadian Air Force from 1943 to 1945 and spent nine months overseas.
He entered the logging business in 1947 as a self-employed contractor and 10 years later formed the association with Mr Howell. Their firm now has 12 employees.
Mr. Hickman is survived by his wife, Margaret; two sons, Dann Robert, Robert Brian, at home; his father, E.A. Hickman, Salmon Arm; three brother, Donald, Haney, Raymond, Surrey, Douglas, Williams lake; three sisters, Mrs. Ralph Hoglund, Salmon Arm, Mrs. Marshall Cole, Bella Cocla, Mrs. Bev Brown, Prince George.
An inquest was opened yesterday by district coroner H. C. Ford and adjourned until October 4, 1965.
he was the son of Edward Ashmond and Euphemia Glebe.
Arrangements by Thomas Bowers
"Bob" Hickman fatally injured in accident.
Funeral service will be held Saturday in First United Church for G.R.(Bob) Hickman, who was fatally injured Tuesday in a logging accident at Scotch Creek.
Mr. Hickman 41 was killed instantly when struck by a tree which had been dislodged during falling operations.
Rev. Clinton Swallow will officiate at the 2 p.m. service, assisted by members of Salmon arm Lodge No. 52, A.F. & A.M.
Burial will take place in Mt. Ida Cemetery.
The accident occurred about 11 a.m. while Mr. Hickman was bucking plywood peeler logs on a landing below a steep side hill. A faller working about 200 feet above was cutting a fir tree at right angles to the slope. As the fir started to topple, it brushed a cedar tree which snapped off at the butt and struck Mr. Hickman from behind without warning.
Later examination showed the base of the cedar to be rotten.
Although there were no eye witnesses to the accident, other men working nearby heard the tree strike the landing.
Scene of the fatality was alongside the north fork of Scotch Creek, 18 miles from North Shuswap highway,on a timber berth held by Federated Co-operatives Ltd.
A partner in the contracting firm of Hickman & Howell Co. Ltd., which he formed together with Harry Howell in 1957, Mr Hickman was known for his fair dealing as a spokesman for logging operators.
He was a vice-president of the Interior Loggers' Association and headed the forestry committee for that organization. An official of Federated co-operatives said he was held in high regard by the industry.
Born in Powell River on May 8, 1924, he came to Salmon Arm district at the age of 10. During World War Two he served with the Royal Canadian Air Force from 1943 to 1945 and spent nine months overseas.
He entered the logging business in 1947 as a self-employed contractor and 10 years later formed the association with Mr Howell. Their firm now has 12 employees.
Mr. Hickman is survived by his wife, Margaret; two sons, Dann Robert, Robert Brian, at home; his father, E.A. Hickman, Salmon Arm; three brother, Donald, Haney, Raymond, Surrey, Douglas, Williams lake; three sisters, Mrs. Ralph Hoglund, Salmon Arm, Mrs. Marshall Cole, Bella Cocla, Mrs. Bev Brown, Prince George.
An inquest was opened yesterday by district coroner H. C. Ford and adjourned until October 4, 1965.
he was the son of Edward Ashmond and Euphemia Glebe.
Arrangements by Thomas Bowers
Salmon Arm Observer, Tuesday, September 14, 1965.
"Bob" Hickman fatally injured in accident.
Funeral service will be held Saturday in First United Church for G.R.(Bob) Hickman, who was fatally injured Tuesday in a logging accident at Scotch Creek.
Mr. Hickman 41 was killed instantly when struck by a tree which had been dislodged during falling operations.
Rev. Clinton Swallow will officiate at the 2 p.m. service, assisted by members of Salmon arm Lodge No. 52, A.F. & A.M.
Burial will take place in Mt. Ida Cemetery.
The accident occurred about 11 a.m. while Mr. Hickman was bucking plywood peeler logs on a landing below a steep side hill. A faller working about 200 feet above was cutting a fir tree at right angles to the slope. As the fir started to topple, it brushed a cedar tree which snapped off at the butt and struck Mr. Hickman from behind without warning.
Later examination showed the base of the cedar to be rotten.
Although there were no eye witnesses to the accident, other men working nearby heard the tree strike the landing.
Scene of the fatality was alongside the north fork of Scotch Creek, 18 miles from North Shuswap highway,on a timber berth held by Federated Co-operatives Ltd.
A partner in the contracting firm of Hickman & Howell Co. Ltd., which he formed together with Harry Howell in 1957, Mr Hickman was known for his fair dealing as a spokesman for logging operators.
He was a vice-president of the Interior Loggers' Association and headed the forestry committee for that organization. An official of Federated co-operatives said he was held in high regard by the industry.
Born in Powell River on May 8, 1924, he came to Salmon Arm district at the age of 10. During World War Two he served with the Royal Canadian Air Force from 1943 to 1945 and spent nine months overseas.
He entered the logging business in 1947 as a self-employed contractor and 10 years later formed the association with Mr Howell. Their firm now has 12 employees.
Mr. Hickman is survived by his wife, Margaret; two sons, Dann Robert, Robert Brian, at home; his father, E.A. Hickman, Salmon Arm; three brother, Donald, Haney, Raymond, Surrey, Douglas, Williams lake; three sisters, Mrs. Ralph Hoglund, Salmon Arm, Mrs. Marshall Cole, Bella Cocla, Mrs. Bev Brown, Prince George.
An inquest was opened yesterday by district coroner H. C. Ford and adjourned until October 4, 1965.
he was the son of Edward Ashmond and Euphemia Glebe.
Arrangements by Thomas Bowers
"Bob" Hickman fatally injured in accident.
Funeral service will be held Saturday in First United Church for G.R.(Bob) Hickman, who was fatally injured Tuesday in a logging accident at Scotch Creek.
Mr. Hickman 41 was killed instantly when struck by a tree which had been dislodged during falling operations.
Rev. Clinton Swallow will officiate at the 2 p.m. service, assisted by members of Salmon arm Lodge No. 52, A.F. & A.M.
Burial will take place in Mt. Ida Cemetery.
The accident occurred about 11 a.m. while Mr. Hickman was bucking plywood peeler logs on a landing below a steep side hill. A faller working about 200 feet above was cutting a fir tree at right angles to the slope. As the fir started to topple, it brushed a cedar tree which snapped off at the butt and struck Mr. Hickman from behind without warning.
Later examination showed the base of the cedar to be rotten.
Although there were no eye witnesses to the accident, other men working nearby heard the tree strike the landing.
Scene of the fatality was alongside the north fork of Scotch Creek, 18 miles from North Shuswap highway,on a timber berth held by Federated Co-operatives Ltd.
A partner in the contracting firm of Hickman & Howell Co. Ltd., which he formed together with Harry Howell in 1957, Mr Hickman was known for his fair dealing as a spokesman for logging operators.
He was a vice-president of the Interior Loggers' Association and headed the forestry committee for that organization. An official of Federated co-operatives said he was held in high regard by the industry.
Born in Powell River on May 8, 1924, he came to Salmon Arm district at the age of 10. During World War Two he served with the Royal Canadian Air Force from 1943 to 1945 and spent nine months overseas.
He entered the logging business in 1947 as a self-employed contractor and 10 years later formed the association with Mr Howell. Their firm now has 12 employees.
Mr. Hickman is survived by his wife, Margaret; two sons, Dann Robert, Robert Brian, at home; his father, E.A. Hickman, Salmon Arm; three brother, Donald, Haney, Raymond, Surrey, Douglas, Williams lake; three sisters, Mrs. Ralph Hoglund, Salmon Arm, Mrs. Marshall Cole, Bella Cocla, Mrs. Bev Brown, Prince George.
An inquest was opened yesterday by district coroner H. C. Ford and adjourned until October 4, 1965.
he was the son of Edward Ashmond and Euphemia Glebe.
Arrangements by Thomas Bowers
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