From the Bellingham Herald, June 18, 1938:
MILES RITTENBERG, DEMING RESIDENT, KILLED
DEMING, June 18 - Because a train was late Miles Rittenberg, about 80, of Deming, lost his life yesterday evening.
The elderly resident, said to be practically deaf, was cutting greens for his rabbits along the right of way of the Northern Pacific tracks in front of his home, about one-half mile west of Deming, when struck by a northbound freight train. Train employees said warning signals were sounded repeatedly. The body was badly mangled.The accident occurred about 7:30 o'clock P.M.
Immediate survivors are the widow and one daughter, Mrs.. Nellie Nims of Deming.
(Note: the above article did not list two sons as survivors; William and Horace.)
From the Bellingham Herald, June 22, 1938:
DEMING: Mr. and Mrs. Oven McDonald and family, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ritt and family and Mr. and Mrs. Russell Ritt and family, all of Seattle, and Mrs. Wilda Commentucci, of Nanaimo, B.C., came to Deming Monday to attend the Miles Rittenberg funeral.
MILES RITTENBERG, DEMING RESIDENT, KILLED
DEMING, June 18 - Because a train was late Miles Rittenberg, about 80, of Deming, lost his life yesterday evening.
The elderly resident, said to be practically deaf, was cutting greens for his rabbits along the right of way of the Northern Pacific tracks in front of his home, about one-half mile west of Deming, when struck by a northbound freight train. Train employees said warning signals were sounded repeatedly. The body was badly mangled.The accident occurred about 7:30 o'clock P.M.
Immediate survivors are the widow and one daughter, Mrs.. Nellie Nims of Deming.
(Note: the above article did not list two sons as survivors; William and Horace.)
From the Bellingham Herald, June 22, 1938:
DEMING: Mr. and Mrs. Oven McDonald and family, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ritt and family and Mr. and Mrs. Russell Ritt and family, all of Seattle, and Mrs. Wilda Commentucci, of Nanaimo, B.C., came to Deming Monday to attend the Miles Rittenberg funeral.
From the Bellingham Herald, June 18, 1938:
MILES RITTENBERG, DEMING RESIDENT, KILLED
DEMING, June 18 - Because a train was late Miles Rittenberg, about 80, of Deming, lost his life yesterday evening.
The elderly resident, said to be practically deaf, was cutting greens for his rabbits along the right of way of the Northern Pacific tracks in front of his home, about one-half mile west of Deming, when struck by a northbound freight train. Train employees said warning signals were sounded repeatedly. The body was badly mangled.The accident occurred about 7:30 o'clock P.M.
Immediate survivors are the widow and one daughter, Mrs.. Nellie Nims of Deming.
(Note: the above article did not list two sons as survivors; William and Horace.)
From the Bellingham Herald, June 22, 1938:
DEMING: Mr. and Mrs. Oven McDonald and family, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ritt and family and Mr. and Mrs. Russell Ritt and family, all of Seattle, and Mrs. Wilda Commentucci, of Nanaimo, B.C., came to Deming Monday to attend the Miles Rittenberg funeral.
MILES RITTENBERG, DEMING RESIDENT, KILLED
DEMING, June 18 - Because a train was late Miles Rittenberg, about 80, of Deming, lost his life yesterday evening.
The elderly resident, said to be practically deaf, was cutting greens for his rabbits along the right of way of the Northern Pacific tracks in front of his home, about one-half mile west of Deming, when struck by a northbound freight train. Train employees said warning signals were sounded repeatedly. The body was badly mangled.The accident occurred about 7:30 o'clock P.M.
Immediate survivors are the widow and one daughter, Mrs.. Nellie Nims of Deming.
(Note: the above article did not list two sons as survivors; William and Horace.)
From the Bellingham Herald, June 22, 1938:
DEMING: Mr. and Mrs. Oven McDonald and family, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ritt and family and Mr. and Mrs. Russell Ritt and family, all of Seattle, and Mrs. Wilda Commentucci, of Nanaimo, B.C., came to Deming Monday to attend the Miles Rittenberg funeral.
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