Find Dying Transient Along Railroad Track
Canned Heat Is Believed To Have Caused Stroke, Bringing Death
A man found dying alongside the Soo line right of way west of the 21st street viaduct early Sunday morning was partially identified today as Thomas Torgeson, 64, Crookston, Minn. He is believed to have suffered a sudden stroke following the drinking a quantity of canned heat.
Torgeson died in the city ambulance while being removed to the hospital. He was not conscious and the only mark found on his clothing was a card bearing the name "Jerry Dowling." Police established that he was not Dowling.
A check of police records showed that Torgeson was quartered in the tramp station on the night of Sept. 30. Condition of the body when police reached the scene indicated Torgeson probably lay for several hours in the pouring rain Saturday night in the mud and water alongside the tracks. There were signs of a small fire with empty containers of canned heat scattered about.
Report was first made to the police Sunday at 7 a.m. by E.W. Pettengill, a Soo line conductor, who brought a train in from the west at that hour. He noticed the prostrate form alongside the tracks and on reaching the station telephoned the police station. When the officers reached the spot they found Torgeson still breathing but he was dead before the hospital was reached.
Dr. Gerald Rau, county coroner, said that there will be no inquest.
For several hours the body remained unidentified. Then Charles Gallagher, 928 South 30th street, viewed the remains and said he is certain he is Thomas Torgeson, who he ssid, at one time owned a farm near Crookston.
The body was removed to the Vogelsang funeral parlor and will be held awaiting efforts of authorities to communicate with Crookston, Minn.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Monday, November 5, 1934 P.1
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Body of Torgeson Has Been Placed In Grave
Unclaimed by relatives the body of Thomas Torgeson, 64, who died in a city ambulance enroute to the hospital Sunday morning after being found unconscious alongside the Soo line tracks near the "jungles" west of the city, was buried today in a pauper's grave here.
Telegrams sent to a sister in Leeds, N.D., and a brother in Warren, Minn., were unanswered and city officials decided to bury the body this morning. It has been at the Vogelsang parlors since Sunday.
Information on the relatives of the dead man was obtained by the police from the Sheboygan relief station.
Torgeson is believed to have partaken of a quantity of alcohol as empty cans were found about a campfire near where the body was found, after being reported by a Soo line conductor.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Wednesday, November 7, 1934 P.7
Canned Heat Is Believed To Have Caused Stroke, Bringing Death
A man found dying alongside the Soo line right of way west of the 21st street viaduct early Sunday morning was partially identified today as Thomas Torgeson, 64, Crookston, Minn. He is believed to have suffered a sudden stroke following the drinking a quantity of canned heat.
Torgeson died in the city ambulance while being removed to the hospital. He was not conscious and the only mark found on his clothing was a card bearing the name "Jerry Dowling." Police established that he was not Dowling.
A check of police records showed that Torgeson was quartered in the tramp station on the night of Sept. 30. Condition of the body when police reached the scene indicated Torgeson probably lay for several hours in the pouring rain Saturday night in the mud and water alongside the tracks. There were signs of a small fire with empty containers of canned heat scattered about.
Report was first made to the police Sunday at 7 a.m. by E.W. Pettengill, a Soo line conductor, who brought a train in from the west at that hour. He noticed the prostrate form alongside the tracks and on reaching the station telephoned the police station. When the officers reached the spot they found Torgeson still breathing but he was dead before the hospital was reached.
Dr. Gerald Rau, county coroner, said that there will be no inquest.
For several hours the body remained unidentified. Then Charles Gallagher, 928 South 30th street, viewed the remains and said he is certain he is Thomas Torgeson, who he ssid, at one time owned a farm near Crookston.
The body was removed to the Vogelsang funeral parlor and will be held awaiting efforts of authorities to communicate with Crookston, Minn.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Monday, November 5, 1934 P.1
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Body of Torgeson Has Been Placed In Grave
Unclaimed by relatives the body of Thomas Torgeson, 64, who died in a city ambulance enroute to the hospital Sunday morning after being found unconscious alongside the Soo line tracks near the "jungles" west of the city, was buried today in a pauper's grave here.
Telegrams sent to a sister in Leeds, N.D., and a brother in Warren, Minn., were unanswered and city officials decided to bury the body this morning. It has been at the Vogelsang parlors since Sunday.
Information on the relatives of the dead man was obtained by the police from the Sheboygan relief station.
Torgeson is believed to have partaken of a quantity of alcohol as empty cans were found about a campfire near where the body was found, after being reported by a Soo line conductor.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Wednesday, November 7, 1934 P.7
Find Dying Transient Along Railroad Track
Canned Heat Is Believed To Have Caused Stroke, Bringing Death
A man found dying alongside the Soo line right of way west of the 21st street viaduct early Sunday morning was partially identified today as Thomas Torgeson, 64, Crookston, Minn. He is believed to have suffered a sudden stroke following the drinking a quantity of canned heat.
Torgeson died in the city ambulance while being removed to the hospital. He was not conscious and the only mark found on his clothing was a card bearing the name "Jerry Dowling." Police established that he was not Dowling.
A check of police records showed that Torgeson was quartered in the tramp station on the night of Sept. 30. Condition of the body when police reached the scene indicated Torgeson probably lay for several hours in the pouring rain Saturday night in the mud and water alongside the tracks. There were signs of a small fire with empty containers of canned heat scattered about.
Report was first made to the police Sunday at 7 a.m. by E.W. Pettengill, a Soo line conductor, who brought a train in from the west at that hour. He noticed the prostrate form alongside the tracks and on reaching the station telephoned the police station. When the officers reached the spot they found Torgeson still breathing but he was dead before the hospital was reached.
Dr. Gerald Rau, county coroner, said that there will be no inquest.
For several hours the body remained unidentified. Then Charles Gallagher, 928 South 30th street, viewed the remains and said he is certain he is Thomas Torgeson, who he ssid, at one time owned a farm near Crookston.
The body was removed to the Vogelsang funeral parlor and will be held awaiting efforts of authorities to communicate with Crookston, Minn.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Monday, November 5, 1934 P.1
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Body of Torgeson Has Been Placed In Grave
Unclaimed by relatives the body of Thomas Torgeson, 64, who died in a city ambulance enroute to the hospital Sunday morning after being found unconscious alongside the Soo line tracks near the "jungles" west of the city, was buried today in a pauper's grave here.
Telegrams sent to a sister in Leeds, N.D., and a brother in Warren, Minn., were unanswered and city officials decided to bury the body this morning. It has been at the Vogelsang parlors since Sunday.
Information on the relatives of the dead man was obtained by the police from the Sheboygan relief station.
Torgeson is believed to have partaken of a quantity of alcohol as empty cans were found about a campfire near where the body was found, after being reported by a Soo line conductor.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Wednesday, November 7, 1934 P.7
Canned Heat Is Believed To Have Caused Stroke, Bringing Death
A man found dying alongside the Soo line right of way west of the 21st street viaduct early Sunday morning was partially identified today as Thomas Torgeson, 64, Crookston, Minn. He is believed to have suffered a sudden stroke following the drinking a quantity of canned heat.
Torgeson died in the city ambulance while being removed to the hospital. He was not conscious and the only mark found on his clothing was a card bearing the name "Jerry Dowling." Police established that he was not Dowling.
A check of police records showed that Torgeson was quartered in the tramp station on the night of Sept. 30. Condition of the body when police reached the scene indicated Torgeson probably lay for several hours in the pouring rain Saturday night in the mud and water alongside the tracks. There were signs of a small fire with empty containers of canned heat scattered about.
Report was first made to the police Sunday at 7 a.m. by E.W. Pettengill, a Soo line conductor, who brought a train in from the west at that hour. He noticed the prostrate form alongside the tracks and on reaching the station telephoned the police station. When the officers reached the spot they found Torgeson still breathing but he was dead before the hospital was reached.
Dr. Gerald Rau, county coroner, said that there will be no inquest.
For several hours the body remained unidentified. Then Charles Gallagher, 928 South 30th street, viewed the remains and said he is certain he is Thomas Torgeson, who he ssid, at one time owned a farm near Crookston.
The body was removed to the Vogelsang funeral parlor and will be held awaiting efforts of authorities to communicate with Crookston, Minn.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Monday, November 5, 1934 P.1
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Body of Torgeson Has Been Placed In Grave
Unclaimed by relatives the body of Thomas Torgeson, 64, who died in a city ambulance enroute to the hospital Sunday morning after being found unconscious alongside the Soo line tracks near the "jungles" west of the city, was buried today in a pauper's grave here.
Telegrams sent to a sister in Leeds, N.D., and a brother in Warren, Minn., were unanswered and city officials decided to bury the body this morning. It has been at the Vogelsang parlors since Sunday.
Information on the relatives of the dead man was obtained by the police from the Sheboygan relief station.
Torgeson is believed to have partaken of a quantity of alcohol as empty cans were found about a campfire near where the body was found, after being reported by a Soo line conductor.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Wednesday, November 7, 1934 P.7
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