ELMER NICKISCH
(1898 - 1910)
BOY MEETS DEATH UNDER WHEELS OF CAR
Elmer Nickisch, Aged 14, Killed Yards of C. & N.W. Tuesday
WAS PICKING UP COAL FROM TRACKS
Found lying at the side of the tracks, his right leg crushed below the knee, his right arm broken, with severe injuries to the hip, bruised and bleeding, Elmer Nickisch, aged 14, was picked up by a switching crew in the yards of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company Tuesday afternoon and two hours later was dead at the hospital where he was removed. The boy is a son of F. Nickisch, a laborer, residing at Fifteenth and Franklin streets.
Otto Vollendorf, foreman of a switching crew in the yards, found the injured boy at the side of the tracks near the coal chutes, north of the Thirteenth street crossing and with other trainmen removed the unfortunate lad to the baggage room at the C. & N.W. station where a physician was summoned. The boy was conscious and was able to give his name and address to Sgt. O'Donnel who was called as the representative of the Northwestern. The ambulance was called and the boy was taken to the hospital where investigation revealed that he had suffered serious internal injuries which caused death within a few hours. At the hospital amputation of the right leg above the ankle was performed and the fracture of the arm was reduced and everything done to make the patient comfortable. Death came to the boy just after physicians had completed their work and he had been placed in bed, apparently resting easy.
With a hand sled and box the Nickisch boy had visited the Northwestern yards to pick up coal from the tracks, a practice which is followed by many children and other people daily. No one witnessed the accident and the first known of it was the discovery of the boy by Mr. Vollendorf. From appearances it is believed the boy was run down by a string of cars which had been switched by an engine to the side track near which the body was found. The theory is that Nickisch was picking coal from the track and did not hear the cars which, without an engine, would make little noise, and he was probably crushed under the wheels before he knew of his danger. The boy was south of the chutes at the time he was struck by the cars, this fact being established by blood on the rails at this point. The body must have been dragged under the wheels for a distance of thirty feet or more to be at the spot where it was found. Further support of this theory is furnished by the fact that the stocking of the left leg of the boy was worn through from contact with the rails and the flesh was bruised. The boy's hip was badly injured being crushed and from the first little hope was held out that he could survive.
Trainmen in the yards say that while the Nickisch boy was familiar about the yards and was frequently there picking up coal the lad had never made a practice of flipping cars or riding on the trains and it is believed that he was killed while on the tracks to gather coal. The handsled with its box partly filled with coal was found hear the spot where it is believed the lad was run down and bore much evidence to the work in which the boy lost his life. The boy was unable to give any details of the accident his only statement being, "The engine butted me." Employes of the yard however say that the track upon which Nickisch's body was found had not been used after 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon by an engine. The accident occurred shortly after 5 o'clock the body being discovered at 5:15.
At the Nickisch home it is stated that the boy had not been sent to pick up coal Tuesday though he had frequently visited the Northwestern yards for that purpose. The lad returned home from school and left immediately without informing the family of his destination and the news of the accident was a terrible shock to the mother who, as soon as informed of it was taken to the hospital accompanied by her husband and they were with the boy when death came.
The boy was an only son in a family of parents, three daughters and one son and his death and the manner in which it occurred has prostrated the mother. Mr. Nickisch is a stevedore and is employed by Michael Auermiller at the local docks.
The accident is the first fatality of its kind in some time in the city though railway men say that it is to be wondered that more persons are not killed considering the number who frequent the yards, both at the station and at the lake front.
Manitowoc Daily Herald, Wis., December 21, 1910 P. 1
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(1898 - 1910)
BOY MEETS DEATH UNDER WHEELS OF CAR
Elmer Nickisch, Aged 14, Killed Yards of C. & N.W. Tuesday
WAS PICKING UP COAL FROM TRACKS
Found lying at the side of the tracks, his right leg crushed below the knee, his right arm broken, with severe injuries to the hip, bruised and bleeding, Elmer Nickisch, aged 14, was picked up by a switching crew in the yards of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company Tuesday afternoon and two hours later was dead at the hospital where he was removed. The boy is a son of F. Nickisch, a laborer, residing at Fifteenth and Franklin streets.
Otto Vollendorf, foreman of a switching crew in the yards, found the injured boy at the side of the tracks near the coal chutes, north of the Thirteenth street crossing and with other trainmen removed the unfortunate lad to the baggage room at the C. & N.W. station where a physician was summoned. The boy was conscious and was able to give his name and address to Sgt. O'Donnel who was called as the representative of the Northwestern. The ambulance was called and the boy was taken to the hospital where investigation revealed that he had suffered serious internal injuries which caused death within a few hours. At the hospital amputation of the right leg above the ankle was performed and the fracture of the arm was reduced and everything done to make the patient comfortable. Death came to the boy just after physicians had completed their work and he had been placed in bed, apparently resting easy.
With a hand sled and box the Nickisch boy had visited the Northwestern yards to pick up coal from the tracks, a practice which is followed by many children and other people daily. No one witnessed the accident and the first known of it was the discovery of the boy by Mr. Vollendorf. From appearances it is believed the boy was run down by a string of cars which had been switched by an engine to the side track near which the body was found. The theory is that Nickisch was picking coal from the track and did not hear the cars which, without an engine, would make little noise, and he was probably crushed under the wheels before he knew of his danger. The boy was south of the chutes at the time he was struck by the cars, this fact being established by blood on the rails at this point. The body must have been dragged under the wheels for a distance of thirty feet or more to be at the spot where it was found. Further support of this theory is furnished by the fact that the stocking of the left leg of the boy was worn through from contact with the rails and the flesh was bruised. The boy's hip was badly injured being crushed and from the first little hope was held out that he could survive.
Trainmen in the yards say that while the Nickisch boy was familiar about the yards and was frequently there picking up coal the lad had never made a practice of flipping cars or riding on the trains and it is believed that he was killed while on the tracks to gather coal. The handsled with its box partly filled with coal was found hear the spot where it is believed the lad was run down and bore much evidence to the work in which the boy lost his life. The boy was unable to give any details of the accident his only statement being, "The engine butted me." Employes of the yard however say that the track upon which Nickisch's body was found had not been used after 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon by an engine. The accident occurred shortly after 5 o'clock the body being discovered at 5:15.
At the Nickisch home it is stated that the boy had not been sent to pick up coal Tuesday though he had frequently visited the Northwestern yards for that purpose. The lad returned home from school and left immediately without informing the family of his destination and the news of the accident was a terrible shock to the mother who, as soon as informed of it was taken to the hospital accompanied by her husband and they were with the boy when death came.
The boy was an only son in a family of parents, three daughters and one son and his death and the manner in which it occurred has prostrated the mother. Mr. Nickisch is a stevedore and is employed by Michael Auermiller at the local docks.
The accident is the first fatality of its kind in some time in the city though railway men say that it is to be wondered that more persons are not killed considering the number who frequent the yards, both at the station and at the lake front.
Manitowoc Daily Herald, Wis., December 21, 1910 P. 1
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ELMER NICKISCH
(1898 - 1910)
BOY MEETS DEATH UNDER WHEELS OF CAR
Elmer Nickisch, Aged 14, Killed Yards of C. & N.W. Tuesday
WAS PICKING UP COAL FROM TRACKS
Found lying at the side of the tracks, his right leg crushed below the knee, his right arm broken, with severe injuries to the hip, bruised and bleeding, Elmer Nickisch, aged 14, was picked up by a switching crew in the yards of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company Tuesday afternoon and two hours later was dead at the hospital where he was removed. The boy is a son of F. Nickisch, a laborer, residing at Fifteenth and Franklin streets.
Otto Vollendorf, foreman of a switching crew in the yards, found the injured boy at the side of the tracks near the coal chutes, north of the Thirteenth street crossing and with other trainmen removed the unfortunate lad to the baggage room at the C. & N.W. station where a physician was summoned. The boy was conscious and was able to give his name and address to Sgt. O'Donnel who was called as the representative of the Northwestern. The ambulance was called and the boy was taken to the hospital where investigation revealed that he had suffered serious internal injuries which caused death within a few hours. At the hospital amputation of the right leg above the ankle was performed and the fracture of the arm was reduced and everything done to make the patient comfortable. Death came to the boy just after physicians had completed their work and he had been placed in bed, apparently resting easy.
With a hand sled and box the Nickisch boy had visited the Northwestern yards to pick up coal from the tracks, a practice which is followed by many children and other people daily. No one witnessed the accident and the first known of it was the discovery of the boy by Mr. Vollendorf. From appearances it is believed the boy was run down by a string of cars which had been switched by an engine to the side track near which the body was found. The theory is that Nickisch was picking coal from the track and did not hear the cars which, without an engine, would make little noise, and he was probably crushed under the wheels before he knew of his danger. The boy was south of the chutes at the time he was struck by the cars, this fact being established by blood on the rails at this point. The body must have been dragged under the wheels for a distance of thirty feet or more to be at the spot where it was found. Further support of this theory is furnished by the fact that the stocking of the left leg of the boy was worn through from contact with the rails and the flesh was bruised. The boy's hip was badly injured being crushed and from the first little hope was held out that he could survive.
Trainmen in the yards say that while the Nickisch boy was familiar about the yards and was frequently there picking up coal the lad had never made a practice of flipping cars or riding on the trains and it is believed that he was killed while on the tracks to gather coal. The handsled with its box partly filled with coal was found hear the spot where it is believed the lad was run down and bore much evidence to the work in which the boy lost his life. The boy was unable to give any details of the accident his only statement being, "The engine butted me." Employes of the yard however say that the track upon which Nickisch's body was found had not been used after 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon by an engine. The accident occurred shortly after 5 o'clock the body being discovered at 5:15.
At the Nickisch home it is stated that the boy had not been sent to pick up coal Tuesday though he had frequently visited the Northwestern yards for that purpose. The lad returned home from school and left immediately without informing the family of his destination and the news of the accident was a terrible shock to the mother who, as soon as informed of it was taken to the hospital accompanied by her husband and they were with the boy when death came.
The boy was an only son in a family of parents, three daughters and one son and his death and the manner in which it occurred has prostrated the mother. Mr. Nickisch is a stevedore and is employed by Michael Auermiller at the local docks.
The accident is the first fatality of its kind in some time in the city though railway men say that it is to be wondered that more persons are not killed considering the number who frequent the yards, both at the station and at the lake front.
Manitowoc Daily Herald, Wis., December 21, 1910 P. 1
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(1898 - 1910)
BOY MEETS DEATH UNDER WHEELS OF CAR
Elmer Nickisch, Aged 14, Killed Yards of C. & N.W. Tuesday
WAS PICKING UP COAL FROM TRACKS
Found lying at the side of the tracks, his right leg crushed below the knee, his right arm broken, with severe injuries to the hip, bruised and bleeding, Elmer Nickisch, aged 14, was picked up by a switching crew in the yards of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company Tuesday afternoon and two hours later was dead at the hospital where he was removed. The boy is a son of F. Nickisch, a laborer, residing at Fifteenth and Franklin streets.
Otto Vollendorf, foreman of a switching crew in the yards, found the injured boy at the side of the tracks near the coal chutes, north of the Thirteenth street crossing and with other trainmen removed the unfortunate lad to the baggage room at the C. & N.W. station where a physician was summoned. The boy was conscious and was able to give his name and address to Sgt. O'Donnel who was called as the representative of the Northwestern. The ambulance was called and the boy was taken to the hospital where investigation revealed that he had suffered serious internal injuries which caused death within a few hours. At the hospital amputation of the right leg above the ankle was performed and the fracture of the arm was reduced and everything done to make the patient comfortable. Death came to the boy just after physicians had completed their work and he had been placed in bed, apparently resting easy.
With a hand sled and box the Nickisch boy had visited the Northwestern yards to pick up coal from the tracks, a practice which is followed by many children and other people daily. No one witnessed the accident and the first known of it was the discovery of the boy by Mr. Vollendorf. From appearances it is believed the boy was run down by a string of cars which had been switched by an engine to the side track near which the body was found. The theory is that Nickisch was picking coal from the track and did not hear the cars which, without an engine, would make little noise, and he was probably crushed under the wheels before he knew of his danger. The boy was south of the chutes at the time he was struck by the cars, this fact being established by blood on the rails at this point. The body must have been dragged under the wheels for a distance of thirty feet or more to be at the spot where it was found. Further support of this theory is furnished by the fact that the stocking of the left leg of the boy was worn through from contact with the rails and the flesh was bruised. The boy's hip was badly injured being crushed and from the first little hope was held out that he could survive.
Trainmen in the yards say that while the Nickisch boy was familiar about the yards and was frequently there picking up coal the lad had never made a practice of flipping cars or riding on the trains and it is believed that he was killed while on the tracks to gather coal. The handsled with its box partly filled with coal was found hear the spot where it is believed the lad was run down and bore much evidence to the work in which the boy lost his life. The boy was unable to give any details of the accident his only statement being, "The engine butted me." Employes of the yard however say that the track upon which Nickisch's body was found had not been used after 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon by an engine. The accident occurred shortly after 5 o'clock the body being discovered at 5:15.
At the Nickisch home it is stated that the boy had not been sent to pick up coal Tuesday though he had frequently visited the Northwestern yards for that purpose. The lad returned home from school and left immediately without informing the family of his destination and the news of the accident was a terrible shock to the mother who, as soon as informed of it was taken to the hospital accompanied by her husband and they were with the boy when death came.
The boy was an only son in a family of parents, three daughters and one son and his death and the manner in which it occurred has prostrated the mother. Mr. Nickisch is a stevedore and is employed by Michael Auermiller at the local docks.
The accident is the first fatality of its kind in some time in the city though railway men say that it is to be wondered that more persons are not killed considering the number who frequent the yards, both at the station and at the lake front.
Manitowoc Daily Herald, Wis., December 21, 1910 P. 1
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