JOSEPH J. HAVLICHEK (died 1925)
FATAL ACCIDENT AT FRANCIS CREEK
JOS. HAVLICHEK KILLED IN FALL FROM LADDER
Neck is broken as He slips in Making Descent
Joseph Havlichek (sic), 27, residing with his widowed mother four miles north of Francis Creek, met death early today while employed as a telephone lineman assisting in stringing wires at Francis Creek. Havlichek fell from a ladder while at work and suffered a broken neck, death being instantaneous. With a brother who is employed as a lineman for Manitowoc and Western Telephone Company, Havlichek was working on the stringing of wires to a new home erected by Albert Stransky in the village of Francis Creek. Mr. Stransky was holding the ladder upon which Havlicheck was at work when the lineman said he had received a shock and that he was going to descend from the ladder. He started down but had been only made one or two rungs of the ladder when he slipped and fell, losing his grasp on the ladder and falling to the ground, striking on his head. It was found that his neck had been broken in the fall.
SHOCK NOT FATAL
It is not believed that the shock which Havlichek said he had received was the cause of the fall although it is possible that the man was unnerved and in his haste to reach the ground, had not exercised the caution which he otherwise might have done. The fall from the ladder was not any considerable distance but the fatal injury was caused by the manner in which the unfortunate man struck the ground.
WAS WELL KNOWN
Mr. Havlichek was well known in the community where he resided having made his home in that section all of his life. His father died some years ago and he cared for his mother, Mrs. Ida Havlichek, at the farm four miles from the village. He had been employed as an assistant to his brother who had charge of the wire lines of the Manitowoc and Western.
Coroner Kemper had not been notified of the accident at noon today and will probable visit the scene this afternoon although need of an inquest does not appear it was said.
Besides his mother, Mr. Havlichek is survived by brothers and sisters. Funeral arrangements have not been made.
Manitowoc Herald News Thursday July 30, 1925 p.1
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FATAL ACCIDENT AT FRANCIS CREEK
JOS. HAVLICHEK KILLED IN FALL FROM LADDER
Neck is broken as He slips in Making Descent
Joseph Havlichek (sic), 27, residing with his widowed mother four miles north of Francis Creek, met death early today while employed as a telephone lineman assisting in stringing wires at Francis Creek. Havlichek fell from a ladder while at work and suffered a broken neck, death being instantaneous. With a brother who is employed as a lineman for Manitowoc and Western Telephone Company, Havlichek was working on the stringing of wires to a new home erected by Albert Stransky in the village of Francis Creek. Mr. Stransky was holding the ladder upon which Havlicheck was at work when the lineman said he had received a shock and that he was going to descend from the ladder. He started down but had been only made one or two rungs of the ladder when he slipped and fell, losing his grasp on the ladder and falling to the ground, striking on his head. It was found that his neck had been broken in the fall.
SHOCK NOT FATAL
It is not believed that the shock which Havlichek said he had received was the cause of the fall although it is possible that the man was unnerved and in his haste to reach the ground, had not exercised the caution which he otherwise might have done. The fall from the ladder was not any considerable distance but the fatal injury was caused by the manner in which the unfortunate man struck the ground.
WAS WELL KNOWN
Mr. Havlichek was well known in the community where he resided having made his home in that section all of his life. His father died some years ago and he cared for his mother, Mrs. Ida Havlichek, at the farm four miles from the village. He had been employed as an assistant to his brother who had charge of the wire lines of the Manitowoc and Western.
Coroner Kemper had not been notified of the accident at noon today and will probable visit the scene this afternoon although need of an inquest does not appear it was said.
Besides his mother, Mr. Havlichek is survived by brothers and sisters. Funeral arrangements have not been made.
Manitowoc Herald News Thursday July 30, 1925 p.1
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JOSEPH J. HAVLICHEK (died 1925)
FATAL ACCIDENT AT FRANCIS CREEK
JOS. HAVLICHEK KILLED IN FALL FROM LADDER
Neck is broken as He slips in Making Descent
Joseph Havlichek (sic), 27, residing with his widowed mother four miles north of Francis Creek, met death early today while employed as a telephone lineman assisting in stringing wires at Francis Creek. Havlichek fell from a ladder while at work and suffered a broken neck, death being instantaneous. With a brother who is employed as a lineman for Manitowoc and Western Telephone Company, Havlichek was working on the stringing of wires to a new home erected by Albert Stransky in the village of Francis Creek. Mr. Stransky was holding the ladder upon which Havlicheck was at work when the lineman said he had received a shock and that he was going to descend from the ladder. He started down but had been only made one or two rungs of the ladder when he slipped and fell, losing his grasp on the ladder and falling to the ground, striking on his head. It was found that his neck had been broken in the fall.
SHOCK NOT FATAL
It is not believed that the shock which Havlichek said he had received was the cause of the fall although it is possible that the man was unnerved and in his haste to reach the ground, had not exercised the caution which he otherwise might have done. The fall from the ladder was not any considerable distance but the fatal injury was caused by the manner in which the unfortunate man struck the ground.
WAS WELL KNOWN
Mr. Havlichek was well known in the community where he resided having made his home in that section all of his life. His father died some years ago and he cared for his mother, Mrs. Ida Havlichek, at the farm four miles from the village. He had been employed as an assistant to his brother who had charge of the wire lines of the Manitowoc and Western.
Coroner Kemper had not been notified of the accident at noon today and will probable visit the scene this afternoon although need of an inquest does not appear it was said.
Besides his mother, Mr. Havlichek is survived by brothers and sisters. Funeral arrangements have not been made.
Manitowoc Herald News Thursday July 30, 1925 p.1
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FATAL ACCIDENT AT FRANCIS CREEK
JOS. HAVLICHEK KILLED IN FALL FROM LADDER
Neck is broken as He slips in Making Descent
Joseph Havlichek (sic), 27, residing with his widowed mother four miles north of Francis Creek, met death early today while employed as a telephone lineman assisting in stringing wires at Francis Creek. Havlichek fell from a ladder while at work and suffered a broken neck, death being instantaneous. With a brother who is employed as a lineman for Manitowoc and Western Telephone Company, Havlichek was working on the stringing of wires to a new home erected by Albert Stransky in the village of Francis Creek. Mr. Stransky was holding the ladder upon which Havlicheck was at work when the lineman said he had received a shock and that he was going to descend from the ladder. He started down but had been only made one or two rungs of the ladder when he slipped and fell, losing his grasp on the ladder and falling to the ground, striking on his head. It was found that his neck had been broken in the fall.
SHOCK NOT FATAL
It is not believed that the shock which Havlichek said he had received was the cause of the fall although it is possible that the man was unnerved and in his haste to reach the ground, had not exercised the caution which he otherwise might have done. The fall from the ladder was not any considerable distance but the fatal injury was caused by the manner in which the unfortunate man struck the ground.
WAS WELL KNOWN
Mr. Havlichek was well known in the community where he resided having made his home in that section all of his life. His father died some years ago and he cared for his mother, Mrs. Ida Havlichek, at the farm four miles from the village. He had been employed as an assistant to his brother who had charge of the wire lines of the Manitowoc and Western.
Coroner Kemper had not been notified of the accident at noon today and will probable visit the scene this afternoon although need of an inquest does not appear it was said.
Besides his mother, Mr. Havlichek is survived by brothers and sisters. Funeral arrangements have not been made.
Manitowoc Herald News Thursday July 30, 1925 p.1
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