NICKOLAUS STEIN
INJURIES CAUSE DEATH OF WELL KNOWN FARMER
Nic Stein Fails to Survive Gas Engine Accident
(Special to the Herald-News)
SHEBOYGAN, Feb. 15.-Nicholas Stein, aged 27, town of Meeme farmer was killed yesterday afternoon between one and two o'clock while he was standing in the rear of a gas engine and oiling the machine.
His left foot was caught in the fly wheel and it was badly crushed, the bones being fractured between the knee and the hip. His brother Alex came to his assistance but the machine was stopped when the body becoming lodged in the fly wheel. The body was extricated from the machine and the man, still conscious, suffered severely from the shock. Dr. Sleker of Howards Grove was called and upon his arrival dispensed first aid and the man was then taken to St. Nicholas Hospital here, where an operation was performed the left leg being amputated between the knee and the thigh. He did not recover, however,and died at the hospital soon after.
His father, Adam Stein, died about a year ago and he is survived by his mother, three brothers, Alex, Joseph and Theodore and three sisters, Alma, Hildegarde and Catherine, all living at home. His aged grandmother, Mrs. Margaret Stein, also survives.
The body will be taken home this afternoon and the funeral will be at 9:30 Saturday morning from St. Fideles (sic) church in the Town of Meeme. Mr. Stein was a member of the Knights of Wisconsin.
Manitowoc Herald News, Wednesday, February 15, 1922 P.1
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INJURIES CAUSE DEATH OF WELL KNOWN FARMER
Nic Stein Fails to Survive Gas Engine Accident
(Special to the Herald-News)
SHEBOYGAN, Feb. 15.-Nicholas Stein, aged 27, town of Meeme farmer was killed yesterday afternoon between one and two o'clock while he was standing in the rear of a gas engine and oiling the machine.
His left foot was caught in the fly wheel and it was badly crushed, the bones being fractured between the knee and the hip. His brother Alex came to his assistance but the machine was stopped when the body becoming lodged in the fly wheel. The body was extricated from the machine and the man, still conscious, suffered severely from the shock. Dr. Sleker of Howards Grove was called and upon his arrival dispensed first aid and the man was then taken to St. Nicholas Hospital here, where an operation was performed the left leg being amputated between the knee and the thigh. He did not recover, however,and died at the hospital soon after.
His father, Adam Stein, died about a year ago and he is survived by his mother, three brothers, Alex, Joseph and Theodore and three sisters, Alma, Hildegarde and Catherine, all living at home. His aged grandmother, Mrs. Margaret Stein, also survives.
The body will be taken home this afternoon and the funeral will be at 9:30 Saturday morning from St. Fideles (sic) church in the Town of Meeme. Mr. Stein was a member of the Knights of Wisconsin.
Manitowoc Herald News, Wednesday, February 15, 1922 P.1
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NICKOLAUS STEIN
INJURIES CAUSE DEATH OF WELL KNOWN FARMER
Nic Stein Fails to Survive Gas Engine Accident
(Special to the Herald-News)
SHEBOYGAN, Feb. 15.-Nicholas Stein, aged 27, town of Meeme farmer was killed yesterday afternoon between one and two o'clock while he was standing in the rear of a gas engine and oiling the machine.
His left foot was caught in the fly wheel and it was badly crushed, the bones being fractured between the knee and the hip. His brother Alex came to his assistance but the machine was stopped when the body becoming lodged in the fly wheel. The body was extricated from the machine and the man, still conscious, suffered severely from the shock. Dr. Sleker of Howards Grove was called and upon his arrival dispensed first aid and the man was then taken to St. Nicholas Hospital here, where an operation was performed the left leg being amputated between the knee and the thigh. He did not recover, however,and died at the hospital soon after.
His father, Adam Stein, died about a year ago and he is survived by his mother, three brothers, Alex, Joseph and Theodore and three sisters, Alma, Hildegarde and Catherine, all living at home. His aged grandmother, Mrs. Margaret Stein, also survives.
The body will be taken home this afternoon and the funeral will be at 9:30 Saturday morning from St. Fideles (sic) church in the Town of Meeme. Mr. Stein was a member of the Knights of Wisconsin.
Manitowoc Herald News, Wednesday, February 15, 1922 P.1
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INJURIES CAUSE DEATH OF WELL KNOWN FARMER
Nic Stein Fails to Survive Gas Engine Accident
(Special to the Herald-News)
SHEBOYGAN, Feb. 15.-Nicholas Stein, aged 27, town of Meeme farmer was killed yesterday afternoon between one and two o'clock while he was standing in the rear of a gas engine and oiling the machine.
His left foot was caught in the fly wheel and it was badly crushed, the bones being fractured between the knee and the hip. His brother Alex came to his assistance but the machine was stopped when the body becoming lodged in the fly wheel. The body was extricated from the machine and the man, still conscious, suffered severely from the shock. Dr. Sleker of Howards Grove was called and upon his arrival dispensed first aid and the man was then taken to St. Nicholas Hospital here, where an operation was performed the left leg being amputated between the knee and the thigh. He did not recover, however,and died at the hospital soon after.
His father, Adam Stein, died about a year ago and he is survived by his mother, three brothers, Alex, Joseph and Theodore and three sisters, Alma, Hildegarde and Catherine, all living at home. His aged grandmother, Mrs. Margaret Stein, also survives.
The body will be taken home this afternoon and the funeral will be at 9:30 Saturday morning from St. Fideles (sic) church in the Town of Meeme. Mr. Stein was a member of the Knights of Wisconsin.
Manitowoc Herald News, Wednesday, February 15, 1922 P.1
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