RICHARD LADWIG
R. LADWIG IS A VICTIM UNUSUAL ACCIDENT; DIES Worker on City Paving Contract Killed on N. 11th Street Richard Ladwig, 38, residing at 808 So. Eighteenth street, was almost instantly killed this morning while employed on the paving work on city streets at Eleventh street and New York avenue. Mr. Ladwig was crushed under the hopper of a big concrete mixer when the cables holding the hopper gave way while the machine was being moved. The body was removed to the undertaking rooms of Urbanek & Wattawa Co. and will later be taken to the home.
ACCIDENT IS UNUSUAL
The accident is one of the most unusual say paving contractors. Mr. Ladwig was employed by the Manitowoc Construction Co., which has the contract for paving.
The concrete mixer was not in use at the time, the hopper being raised on the cables while the machine was being moved a short distance on the work.
Ladwig, it is thought, was attempting to block a wheel when in some manner the catch which held the cables of the hopper, gave way and the several ton weight fell upon him, crushing his life out. Fellow workmen rushed to the assistance of the unfortunate man and raised the hopper but found that Ladwig was dead.
The hopper was attached to the side of the machine opposite that from which Ladwig had been working and why the man had gotten around the machine at the other side does not appear. Coroner Kemper was summoned but it is not probable that an inquest will be held as the case was purely one of accident.
There is no break in the cable, the mishap being due to the slipping or release of the clutch which held the cable of the hopper.
FIRST ACCIDENT CITY WORK
The death of Mr. Ladwig is the first fatal accident on city work here in years.
Mr. Ladwig was formerly employed by H.C. Schuette, head of the Construction Co. when the latter was in the livery business and had worked for the company last year on paving. He had been employed at the Shipyards for some time and when paving operations reopened this spring returned to the Construction Co.
Mr. Ladwig is survived by a widow and three children, two boys and a girl, the youngest eight years old. His aged father, one sister and a brother also survive.
Mr. Ladwig was employed with the Manitowoc Malting company, also, and was former secretary of the local Malters union.
Funeral arrangements have not been made. The accident is a sad one and the sympathy of the community will go out to the stricken family.
Manitowoc Herald News, Monday, May 2, 1921 P.1
R. LADWIG IS A VICTIM UNUSUAL ACCIDENT; DIES Worker on City Paving Contract Killed on N. 11th Street Richard Ladwig, 38, residing at 808 So. Eighteenth street, was almost instantly killed this morning while employed on the paving work on city streets at Eleventh street and New York avenue. Mr. Ladwig was crushed under the hopper of a big concrete mixer when the cables holding the hopper gave way while the machine was being moved. The body was removed to the undertaking rooms of Urbanek & Wattawa Co. and will later be taken to the home.
ACCIDENT IS UNUSUAL
The accident is one of the most unusual say paving contractors. Mr. Ladwig was employed by the Manitowoc Construction Co., which has the contract for paving.
The concrete mixer was not in use at the time, the hopper being raised on the cables while the machine was being moved a short distance on the work.
Ladwig, it is thought, was attempting to block a wheel when in some manner the catch which held the cables of the hopper, gave way and the several ton weight fell upon him, crushing his life out. Fellow workmen rushed to the assistance of the unfortunate man and raised the hopper but found that Ladwig was dead.
The hopper was attached to the side of the machine opposite that from which Ladwig had been working and why the man had gotten around the machine at the other side does not appear. Coroner Kemper was summoned but it is not probable that an inquest will be held as the case was purely one of accident.
There is no break in the cable, the mishap being due to the slipping or release of the clutch which held the cable of the hopper.
FIRST ACCIDENT CITY WORK
The death of Mr. Ladwig is the first fatal accident on city work here in years.
Mr. Ladwig was formerly employed by H.C. Schuette, head of the Construction Co. when the latter was in the livery business and had worked for the company last year on paving. He had been employed at the Shipyards for some time and when paving operations reopened this spring returned to the Construction Co.
Mr. Ladwig is survived by a widow and three children, two boys and a girl, the youngest eight years old. His aged father, one sister and a brother also survive.
Mr. Ladwig was employed with the Manitowoc Malting company, also, and was former secretary of the local Malters union.
Funeral arrangements have not been made. The accident is a sad one and the sympathy of the community will go out to the stricken family.
Manitowoc Herald News, Monday, May 2, 1921 P.1
RICHARD LADWIG
R. LADWIG IS A VICTIM UNUSUAL ACCIDENT; DIES Worker on City Paving Contract Killed on N. 11th Street Richard Ladwig, 38, residing at 808 So. Eighteenth street, was almost instantly killed this morning while employed on the paving work on city streets at Eleventh street and New York avenue. Mr. Ladwig was crushed under the hopper of a big concrete mixer when the cables holding the hopper gave way while the machine was being moved. The body was removed to the undertaking rooms of Urbanek & Wattawa Co. and will later be taken to the home.
ACCIDENT IS UNUSUAL
The accident is one of the most unusual say paving contractors. Mr. Ladwig was employed by the Manitowoc Construction Co., which has the contract for paving.
The concrete mixer was not in use at the time, the hopper being raised on the cables while the machine was being moved a short distance on the work.
Ladwig, it is thought, was attempting to block a wheel when in some manner the catch which held the cables of the hopper, gave way and the several ton weight fell upon him, crushing his life out. Fellow workmen rushed to the assistance of the unfortunate man and raised the hopper but found that Ladwig was dead.
The hopper was attached to the side of the machine opposite that from which Ladwig had been working and why the man had gotten around the machine at the other side does not appear. Coroner Kemper was summoned but it is not probable that an inquest will be held as the case was purely one of accident.
There is no break in the cable, the mishap being due to the slipping or release of the clutch which held the cable of the hopper.
FIRST ACCIDENT CITY WORK
The death of Mr. Ladwig is the first fatal accident on city work here in years.
Mr. Ladwig was formerly employed by H.C. Schuette, head of the Construction Co. when the latter was in the livery business and had worked for the company last year on paving. He had been employed at the Shipyards for some time and when paving operations reopened this spring returned to the Construction Co.
Mr. Ladwig is survived by a widow and three children, two boys and a girl, the youngest eight years old. His aged father, one sister and a brother also survive.
Mr. Ladwig was employed with the Manitowoc Malting company, also, and was former secretary of the local Malters union.
Funeral arrangements have not been made. The accident is a sad one and the sympathy of the community will go out to the stricken family.
Manitowoc Herald News, Monday, May 2, 1921 P.1
R. LADWIG IS A VICTIM UNUSUAL ACCIDENT; DIES Worker on City Paving Contract Killed on N. 11th Street Richard Ladwig, 38, residing at 808 So. Eighteenth street, was almost instantly killed this morning while employed on the paving work on city streets at Eleventh street and New York avenue. Mr. Ladwig was crushed under the hopper of a big concrete mixer when the cables holding the hopper gave way while the machine was being moved. The body was removed to the undertaking rooms of Urbanek & Wattawa Co. and will later be taken to the home.
ACCIDENT IS UNUSUAL
The accident is one of the most unusual say paving contractors. Mr. Ladwig was employed by the Manitowoc Construction Co., which has the contract for paving.
The concrete mixer was not in use at the time, the hopper being raised on the cables while the machine was being moved a short distance on the work.
Ladwig, it is thought, was attempting to block a wheel when in some manner the catch which held the cables of the hopper, gave way and the several ton weight fell upon him, crushing his life out. Fellow workmen rushed to the assistance of the unfortunate man and raised the hopper but found that Ladwig was dead.
The hopper was attached to the side of the machine opposite that from which Ladwig had been working and why the man had gotten around the machine at the other side does not appear. Coroner Kemper was summoned but it is not probable that an inquest will be held as the case was purely one of accident.
There is no break in the cable, the mishap being due to the slipping or release of the clutch which held the cable of the hopper.
FIRST ACCIDENT CITY WORK
The death of Mr. Ladwig is the first fatal accident on city work here in years.
Mr. Ladwig was formerly employed by H.C. Schuette, head of the Construction Co. when the latter was in the livery business and had worked for the company last year on paving. He had been employed at the Shipyards for some time and when paving operations reopened this spring returned to the Construction Co.
Mr. Ladwig is survived by a widow and three children, two boys and a girl, the youngest eight years old. His aged father, one sister and a brother also survive.
Mr. Ladwig was employed with the Manitowoc Malting company, also, and was former secretary of the local Malters union.
Funeral arrangements have not been made. The accident is a sad one and the sympathy of the community will go out to the stricken family.
Manitowoc Herald News, Monday, May 2, 1921 P.1
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