FRED BROSE, LOUISE BROSE, MARTHA BROSE
3 LOCAL PEOPLE KILLED IN CRASH AT PT. WASHINGTON
FRED BORSE; WIFE AND DAUGHTER, MEET DEATH AS THEY START VACATION TRIP
Machine Demolished When Interurban Hits and Carries It 125 Feet-
Auto Stalls on Track Is Theory. Three Killed Instantly
A tripe tradedy which claimed the lives of three members of one Manitowoc
family resulted from a crash of an interuban car of the Milwaukee Northern
and an automobile at the crossing sourth of Port Washington early Sunday
morning, the three victims having been killed instantly when the automobile
was completely demolished as it was carried 125 feet by the street car.
The dead:
Fred Brose, 61.
Mrs. Martha (sic) E. Brose, 61, his wife.
Miss Martha Brose, 25, daughter.
Miss Brose, who was driving the car, the rear seat of which was occupied by
her paretns, was hurled from the machine and her mangled body, with skull
fractured, a broken leg and internal injuries, was found fifty feet from the
right of way, while the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Brose were taken from the
wreckage, the two clasped in each others arms, both dead.
Local Man Identifies Dead
The machine in which the Brose party was driving had been owned by Walter
Brose of Chicago, a son of Mr. Brose, and had been purchased by his sister
Martha only recently and the fact that it bore an Illinois license made
identifation questionable until John Mueller of this city, who with Bud
Nohlachek were passengers on the interuban, recoginezed Mr. Brose, the
identification being made complete by a grip in the wreckage bearing Mr.
Brose's name.
(snip)
En Route on Vacation
Mr. and Mrs. Brose and their daughter left here Sunday morning at 6:30 en
route to Milwaukee where they planned to meet Walter Brose, their son, who
was to drive them to Chicago from which city they planned to leave today
for Walcott, New York, to visit with Mrs. Brose's sister, Mrs. Emma Nichols.
Just how the tragedy happened is not clear but it is believed that Miss Brose,
driver of the car, had stopped for the crossing tracks just at the south
entrance of Port Washington, but had failed to put the car out of gear and
when the street car approached she became excited and released the clutch of
the automobile and it shot into the path of the on rushing interurban and was
struck squarely by the electric car.
(snip)
Son Reaches Scene
Walter Brose, Chicago, son of Mr. and Mrs. Brose who with his wife arrived
at Milwaukee early Sunday, received news of the tragedy there and proceeded
immediately to Port Washington to join his uncle Mr. Schlei to take charge
of the bodies and later accompanied Mr. Schlei here. Mr. Brose is completely
overcome by the tragedy which robs him of every member of his own family,
leaving him sole survivor.
Family Well Known
The Brose family had resided here for many years and is among the best known
of the city. Mr. Brose, a native of Germany, born January 1, 1866 and 61 at
his last birthday and came to Manitowoc as a child and for forty-seven years
had been employed with the Schuette Bros. company, starting as chore boy in
the sotre, later serving as delivery boy and for many years a trusted clerk.
He was popular and hundreds of customers of the big stored called for "Fred"
when they wanted service.
Mr. Brose was married to Louise Schlei in 1890. Mrs. Brose also coming here
in childhood from Germany where she was born August 19, 1866. Two children
were born to the couple, Martha, the daughter who met death with her parents
and one son Walter who is located at Chicago, an employee of the Chicago and
North Shore Railway Co., having formerly been with the North Western line on
the local division. Miss Brose was 25, having been born here July 29, 1902.
She attended the Lutheran school, later graduating from the high school and
attending normal school. For two years she had been a teacher in latin at the
Gladstone, Mich., schools and had been elected to return there next year.
Besides the one son Walter, Mr. Brose is survived by his step-mother, Mrs. Rose
Brose, and a stepbrother, Henry, both of this city, while Mrs. Brose leaves
three brothers, Rev. William Schlei, of Collins, Charles and Robert, this city
and one sister, Mrs. Emma Nichels of Walcott, New York.
City is Shocked
News of the tragedy which reached the city a short time after the accident,
spread rapidly and shocked the community. Mr. Brose had been given a two weeks
vacation leave by the Schuette Bros. Company and had been planning for weeks
for the reunion with his sister whom he had not visited in a long time.
Owing to the heavy traffic between Milwaukee and Chicago, Mr. Brose had asked
his son Walter to meet the party at Milwaukee and drive the car to Chicago and
from that city it had been planned to go to Walcott by train.
Mr. Brose was held in high esteem in the city and by his employers, Paul
Schuette head of the Schuette Company today paying high tribute to the character
and integrity of Mr. Brose who he said was one of the most faithful and efficient
of the Schuette Bros. Co., force. Mr. Schuette and fellow employees of Mr. Brose
were greatly affected by the tragedy.
Mr. and Mrs. Brose were members of the German Evangelical Lutheran church and
had been active in church affairs and much interested in the congregation.
Funeral services for the three victims of the terrible tragedy will be conducted
by the Rev. Karl Machmiller of this city, assisted by the Rev. Kirchner, of
Stanmaugh, Mich., a nephew of Mr. Brose.
Manitowoc Herald News, Monday, July 18, 1927 P.1
(insert)
Vehicle Which He Always Feared Brought Him Death
Rather peculiar in connection with the tragedy at Port Washington yesterday in
which Fred Brose, his wife and daughter met death, is the fact that Mr. Brose
had always had an aversion to the automobile and for years had opposed purchase
of a machine in his family. When the delivery system of the Schuette Bros. Co.
years ago was changed from wagon to auto Mr. Brose decided that he did not care
to be connected with it and at that time accepted a transfer to the store.
Where Mr. Brose had a natural antipathy to the auto, a wholesome fear of its
operation or some other reason for his attitude, the tragedy yesterday established
it as well founded and a strange prank of Fate.
********
FUNERAL FOR THREE HELD AT ONE SERVICE
One of the saddest scenes the city has witnessed at the German Evangelical
church this afternoon when services were held for burial of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Brose and their daughter, Martha, who lost their lives in an auto accident at
Port Washington Sunday. The church was unable to accommodate those desiring to
pay a last tribute and the cortege to Evergreen where burial was held was a
long one.
The Schuette Bros. Co., store, where Mr. Brose had been employed for nearly a
half century, closed at noon in respect and employes attended almost as one. The
bodies arrived last evening and this morning hundreds visited the church where
the bodies were in state.
A wealth of flowers attested the high regard for the dead.
Manitowoc Herald News, July 20, 1927 P. 1
********
[Fred Brose/bur. 7-20-1927/age 62 yr./cause: accidentally killed by Milwaukee
Northern R.R. at Port Washington in auto-skull fracture/place of death Port
Washington, WI/bur. on Fred K. Brose lot]
********
[Louise Brose/bur. 7-20-1927/age 55 yrs/cause: accidentally killed by Milwaukee
Northern R.R. at Port Washinton in auto-skull fracture/place of death Port
Washington, WI/bur. on Fred K. Brose lot]
********
[Martha Brose/bur. 7-20-1927/age 26 yr./cause: accidentally killed by Milwaukee
Northern R.R. at Port Washington in auto-skull fracture/place of death Port
Washington, WI/bur. on Fred K. Brose lot]
3 LOCAL PEOPLE KILLED IN CRASH AT PT. WASHINGTON
FRED BORSE; WIFE AND DAUGHTER, MEET DEATH AS THEY START VACATION TRIP
Machine Demolished When Interurban Hits and Carries It 125 Feet-
Auto Stalls on Track Is Theory. Three Killed Instantly
A tripe tradedy which claimed the lives of three members of one Manitowoc
family resulted from a crash of an interuban car of the Milwaukee Northern
and an automobile at the crossing sourth of Port Washington early Sunday
morning, the three victims having been killed instantly when the automobile
was completely demolished as it was carried 125 feet by the street car.
The dead:
Fred Brose, 61.
Mrs. Martha (sic) E. Brose, 61, his wife.
Miss Martha Brose, 25, daughter.
Miss Brose, who was driving the car, the rear seat of which was occupied by
her paretns, was hurled from the machine and her mangled body, with skull
fractured, a broken leg and internal injuries, was found fifty feet from the
right of way, while the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Brose were taken from the
wreckage, the two clasped in each others arms, both dead.
Local Man Identifies Dead
The machine in which the Brose party was driving had been owned by Walter
Brose of Chicago, a son of Mr. Brose, and had been purchased by his sister
Martha only recently and the fact that it bore an Illinois license made
identifation questionable until John Mueller of this city, who with Bud
Nohlachek were passengers on the interuban, recoginezed Mr. Brose, the
identification being made complete by a grip in the wreckage bearing Mr.
Brose's name.
(snip)
En Route on Vacation
Mr. and Mrs. Brose and their daughter left here Sunday morning at 6:30 en
route to Milwaukee where they planned to meet Walter Brose, their son, who
was to drive them to Chicago from which city they planned to leave today
for Walcott, New York, to visit with Mrs. Brose's sister, Mrs. Emma Nichols.
Just how the tragedy happened is not clear but it is believed that Miss Brose,
driver of the car, had stopped for the crossing tracks just at the south
entrance of Port Washington, but had failed to put the car out of gear and
when the street car approached she became excited and released the clutch of
the automobile and it shot into the path of the on rushing interurban and was
struck squarely by the electric car.
(snip)
Son Reaches Scene
Walter Brose, Chicago, son of Mr. and Mrs. Brose who with his wife arrived
at Milwaukee early Sunday, received news of the tragedy there and proceeded
immediately to Port Washington to join his uncle Mr. Schlei to take charge
of the bodies and later accompanied Mr. Schlei here. Mr. Brose is completely
overcome by the tragedy which robs him of every member of his own family,
leaving him sole survivor.
Family Well Known
The Brose family had resided here for many years and is among the best known
of the city. Mr. Brose, a native of Germany, born January 1, 1866 and 61 at
his last birthday and came to Manitowoc as a child and for forty-seven years
had been employed with the Schuette Bros. company, starting as chore boy in
the sotre, later serving as delivery boy and for many years a trusted clerk.
He was popular and hundreds of customers of the big stored called for "Fred"
when they wanted service.
Mr. Brose was married to Louise Schlei in 1890. Mrs. Brose also coming here
in childhood from Germany where she was born August 19, 1866. Two children
were born to the couple, Martha, the daughter who met death with her parents
and one son Walter who is located at Chicago, an employee of the Chicago and
North Shore Railway Co., having formerly been with the North Western line on
the local division. Miss Brose was 25, having been born here July 29, 1902.
She attended the Lutheran school, later graduating from the high school and
attending normal school. For two years she had been a teacher in latin at the
Gladstone, Mich., schools and had been elected to return there next year.
Besides the one son Walter, Mr. Brose is survived by his step-mother, Mrs. Rose
Brose, and a stepbrother, Henry, both of this city, while Mrs. Brose leaves
three brothers, Rev. William Schlei, of Collins, Charles and Robert, this city
and one sister, Mrs. Emma Nichels of Walcott, New York.
City is Shocked
News of the tragedy which reached the city a short time after the accident,
spread rapidly and shocked the community. Mr. Brose had been given a two weeks
vacation leave by the Schuette Bros. Company and had been planning for weeks
for the reunion with his sister whom he had not visited in a long time.
Owing to the heavy traffic between Milwaukee and Chicago, Mr. Brose had asked
his son Walter to meet the party at Milwaukee and drive the car to Chicago and
from that city it had been planned to go to Walcott by train.
Mr. Brose was held in high esteem in the city and by his employers, Paul
Schuette head of the Schuette Company today paying high tribute to the character
and integrity of Mr. Brose who he said was one of the most faithful and efficient
of the Schuette Bros. Co., force. Mr. Schuette and fellow employees of Mr. Brose
were greatly affected by the tragedy.
Mr. and Mrs. Brose were members of the German Evangelical Lutheran church and
had been active in church affairs and much interested in the congregation.
Funeral services for the three victims of the terrible tragedy will be conducted
by the Rev. Karl Machmiller of this city, assisted by the Rev. Kirchner, of
Stanmaugh, Mich., a nephew of Mr. Brose.
Manitowoc Herald News, Monday, July 18, 1927 P.1
(insert)
Vehicle Which He Always Feared Brought Him Death
Rather peculiar in connection with the tragedy at Port Washington yesterday in
which Fred Brose, his wife and daughter met death, is the fact that Mr. Brose
had always had an aversion to the automobile and for years had opposed purchase
of a machine in his family. When the delivery system of the Schuette Bros. Co.
years ago was changed from wagon to auto Mr. Brose decided that he did not care
to be connected with it and at that time accepted a transfer to the store.
Where Mr. Brose had a natural antipathy to the auto, a wholesome fear of its
operation or some other reason for his attitude, the tragedy yesterday established
it as well founded and a strange prank of Fate.
********
FUNERAL FOR THREE HELD AT ONE SERVICE
One of the saddest scenes the city has witnessed at the German Evangelical
church this afternoon when services were held for burial of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Brose and their daughter, Martha, who lost their lives in an auto accident at
Port Washington Sunday. The church was unable to accommodate those desiring to
pay a last tribute and the cortege to Evergreen where burial was held was a
long one.
The Schuette Bros. Co., store, where Mr. Brose had been employed for nearly a
half century, closed at noon in respect and employes attended almost as one. The
bodies arrived last evening and this morning hundreds visited the church where
the bodies were in state.
A wealth of flowers attested the high regard for the dead.
Manitowoc Herald News, July 20, 1927 P. 1
********
[Fred Brose/bur. 7-20-1927/age 62 yr./cause: accidentally killed by Milwaukee
Northern R.R. at Port Washington in auto-skull fracture/place of death Port
Washington, WI/bur. on Fred K. Brose lot]
********
[Louise Brose/bur. 7-20-1927/age 55 yrs/cause: accidentally killed by Milwaukee
Northern R.R. at Port Washinton in auto-skull fracture/place of death Port
Washington, WI/bur. on Fred K. Brose lot]
********
[Martha Brose/bur. 7-20-1927/age 26 yr./cause: accidentally killed by Milwaukee
Northern R.R. at Port Washington in auto-skull fracture/place of death Port
Washington, WI/bur. on Fred K. Brose lot]
FRED BROSE, LOUISE BROSE, MARTHA BROSE
3 LOCAL PEOPLE KILLED IN CRASH AT PT. WASHINGTON
FRED BORSE; WIFE AND DAUGHTER, MEET DEATH AS THEY START VACATION TRIP
Machine Demolished When Interurban Hits and Carries It 125 Feet-
Auto Stalls on Track Is Theory. Three Killed Instantly
A tripe tradedy which claimed the lives of three members of one Manitowoc
family resulted from a crash of an interuban car of the Milwaukee Northern
and an automobile at the crossing sourth of Port Washington early Sunday
morning, the three victims having been killed instantly when the automobile
was completely demolished as it was carried 125 feet by the street car.
The dead:
Fred Brose, 61.
Mrs. Martha (sic) E. Brose, 61, his wife.
Miss Martha Brose, 25, daughter.
Miss Brose, who was driving the car, the rear seat of which was occupied by
her paretns, was hurled from the machine and her mangled body, with skull
fractured, a broken leg and internal injuries, was found fifty feet from the
right of way, while the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Brose were taken from the
wreckage, the two clasped in each others arms, both dead.
Local Man Identifies Dead
The machine in which the Brose party was driving had been owned by Walter
Brose of Chicago, a son of Mr. Brose, and had been purchased by his sister
Martha only recently and the fact that it bore an Illinois license made
identifation questionable until John Mueller of this city, who with Bud
Nohlachek were passengers on the interuban, recoginezed Mr. Brose, the
identification being made complete by a grip in the wreckage bearing Mr.
Brose's name.
(snip)
En Route on Vacation
Mr. and Mrs. Brose and their daughter left here Sunday morning at 6:30 en
route to Milwaukee where they planned to meet Walter Brose, their son, who
was to drive them to Chicago from which city they planned to leave today
for Walcott, New York, to visit with Mrs. Brose's sister, Mrs. Emma Nichols.
Just how the tragedy happened is not clear but it is believed that Miss Brose,
driver of the car, had stopped for the crossing tracks just at the south
entrance of Port Washington, but had failed to put the car out of gear and
when the street car approached she became excited and released the clutch of
the automobile and it shot into the path of the on rushing interurban and was
struck squarely by the electric car.
(snip)
Son Reaches Scene
Walter Brose, Chicago, son of Mr. and Mrs. Brose who with his wife arrived
at Milwaukee early Sunday, received news of the tragedy there and proceeded
immediately to Port Washington to join his uncle Mr. Schlei to take charge
of the bodies and later accompanied Mr. Schlei here. Mr. Brose is completely
overcome by the tragedy which robs him of every member of his own family,
leaving him sole survivor.
Family Well Known
The Brose family had resided here for many years and is among the best known
of the city. Mr. Brose, a native of Germany, born January 1, 1866 and 61 at
his last birthday and came to Manitowoc as a child and for forty-seven years
had been employed with the Schuette Bros. company, starting as chore boy in
the sotre, later serving as delivery boy and for many years a trusted clerk.
He was popular and hundreds of customers of the big stored called for "Fred"
when they wanted service.
Mr. Brose was married to Louise Schlei in 1890. Mrs. Brose also coming here
in childhood from Germany where she was born August 19, 1866. Two children
were born to the couple, Martha, the daughter who met death with her parents
and one son Walter who is located at Chicago, an employee of the Chicago and
North Shore Railway Co., having formerly been with the North Western line on
the local division. Miss Brose was 25, having been born here July 29, 1902.
She attended the Lutheran school, later graduating from the high school and
attending normal school. For two years she had been a teacher in latin at the
Gladstone, Mich., schools and had been elected to return there next year.
Besides the one son Walter, Mr. Brose is survived by his step-mother, Mrs. Rose
Brose, and a stepbrother, Henry, both of this city, while Mrs. Brose leaves
three brothers, Rev. William Schlei, of Collins, Charles and Robert, this city
and one sister, Mrs. Emma Nichels of Walcott, New York.
City is Shocked
News of the tragedy which reached the city a short time after the accident,
spread rapidly and shocked the community. Mr. Brose had been given a two weeks
vacation leave by the Schuette Bros. Company and had been planning for weeks
for the reunion with his sister whom he had not visited in a long time.
Owing to the heavy traffic between Milwaukee and Chicago, Mr. Brose had asked
his son Walter to meet the party at Milwaukee and drive the car to Chicago and
from that city it had been planned to go to Walcott by train.
Mr. Brose was held in high esteem in the city and by his employers, Paul
Schuette head of the Schuette Company today paying high tribute to the character
and integrity of Mr. Brose who he said was one of the most faithful and efficient
of the Schuette Bros. Co., force. Mr. Schuette and fellow employees of Mr. Brose
were greatly affected by the tragedy.
Mr. and Mrs. Brose were members of the German Evangelical Lutheran church and
had been active in church affairs and much interested in the congregation.
Funeral services for the three victims of the terrible tragedy will be conducted
by the Rev. Karl Machmiller of this city, assisted by the Rev. Kirchner, of
Stanmaugh, Mich., a nephew of Mr. Brose.
Manitowoc Herald News, Monday, July 18, 1927 P.1
(insert)
Vehicle Which He Always Feared Brought Him Death
Rather peculiar in connection with the tragedy at Port Washington yesterday in
which Fred Brose, his wife and daughter met death, is the fact that Mr. Brose
had always had an aversion to the automobile and for years had opposed purchase
of a machine in his family. When the delivery system of the Schuette Bros. Co.
years ago was changed from wagon to auto Mr. Brose decided that he did not care
to be connected with it and at that time accepted a transfer to the store.
Where Mr. Brose had a natural antipathy to the auto, a wholesome fear of its
operation or some other reason for his attitude, the tragedy yesterday established
it as well founded and a strange prank of Fate.
********
FUNERAL FOR THREE HELD AT ONE SERVICE
One of the saddest scenes the city has witnessed at the German Evangelical
church this afternoon when services were held for burial of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Brose and their daughter, Martha, who lost their lives in an auto accident at
Port Washington Sunday. The church was unable to accommodate those desiring to
pay a last tribute and the cortege to Evergreen where burial was held was a
long one.
The Schuette Bros. Co., store, where Mr. Brose had been employed for nearly a
half century, closed at noon in respect and employes attended almost as one. The
bodies arrived last evening and this morning hundreds visited the church where
the bodies were in state.
A wealth of flowers attested the high regard for the dead.
Manitowoc Herald News, July 20, 1927 P. 1
********
[Fred Brose/bur. 7-20-1927/age 62 yr./cause: accidentally killed by Milwaukee
Northern R.R. at Port Washington in auto-skull fracture/place of death Port
Washington, WI/bur. on Fred K. Brose lot]
********
[Louise Brose/bur. 7-20-1927/age 55 yrs/cause: accidentally killed by Milwaukee
Northern R.R. at Port Washinton in auto-skull fracture/place of death Port
Washington, WI/bur. on Fred K. Brose lot]
********
[Martha Brose/bur. 7-20-1927/age 26 yr./cause: accidentally killed by Milwaukee
Northern R.R. at Port Washington in auto-skull fracture/place of death Port
Washington, WI/bur. on Fred K. Brose lot]
3 LOCAL PEOPLE KILLED IN CRASH AT PT. WASHINGTON
FRED BORSE; WIFE AND DAUGHTER, MEET DEATH AS THEY START VACATION TRIP
Machine Demolished When Interurban Hits and Carries It 125 Feet-
Auto Stalls on Track Is Theory. Three Killed Instantly
A tripe tradedy which claimed the lives of three members of one Manitowoc
family resulted from a crash of an interuban car of the Milwaukee Northern
and an automobile at the crossing sourth of Port Washington early Sunday
morning, the three victims having been killed instantly when the automobile
was completely demolished as it was carried 125 feet by the street car.
The dead:
Fred Brose, 61.
Mrs. Martha (sic) E. Brose, 61, his wife.
Miss Martha Brose, 25, daughter.
Miss Brose, who was driving the car, the rear seat of which was occupied by
her paretns, was hurled from the machine and her mangled body, with skull
fractured, a broken leg and internal injuries, was found fifty feet from the
right of way, while the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Brose were taken from the
wreckage, the two clasped in each others arms, both dead.
Local Man Identifies Dead
The machine in which the Brose party was driving had been owned by Walter
Brose of Chicago, a son of Mr. Brose, and had been purchased by his sister
Martha only recently and the fact that it bore an Illinois license made
identifation questionable until John Mueller of this city, who with Bud
Nohlachek were passengers on the interuban, recoginezed Mr. Brose, the
identification being made complete by a grip in the wreckage bearing Mr.
Brose's name.
(snip)
En Route on Vacation
Mr. and Mrs. Brose and their daughter left here Sunday morning at 6:30 en
route to Milwaukee where they planned to meet Walter Brose, their son, who
was to drive them to Chicago from which city they planned to leave today
for Walcott, New York, to visit with Mrs. Brose's sister, Mrs. Emma Nichols.
Just how the tragedy happened is not clear but it is believed that Miss Brose,
driver of the car, had stopped for the crossing tracks just at the south
entrance of Port Washington, but had failed to put the car out of gear and
when the street car approached she became excited and released the clutch of
the automobile and it shot into the path of the on rushing interurban and was
struck squarely by the electric car.
(snip)
Son Reaches Scene
Walter Brose, Chicago, son of Mr. and Mrs. Brose who with his wife arrived
at Milwaukee early Sunday, received news of the tragedy there and proceeded
immediately to Port Washington to join his uncle Mr. Schlei to take charge
of the bodies and later accompanied Mr. Schlei here. Mr. Brose is completely
overcome by the tragedy which robs him of every member of his own family,
leaving him sole survivor.
Family Well Known
The Brose family had resided here for many years and is among the best known
of the city. Mr. Brose, a native of Germany, born January 1, 1866 and 61 at
his last birthday and came to Manitowoc as a child and for forty-seven years
had been employed with the Schuette Bros. company, starting as chore boy in
the sotre, later serving as delivery boy and for many years a trusted clerk.
He was popular and hundreds of customers of the big stored called for "Fred"
when they wanted service.
Mr. Brose was married to Louise Schlei in 1890. Mrs. Brose also coming here
in childhood from Germany where she was born August 19, 1866. Two children
were born to the couple, Martha, the daughter who met death with her parents
and one son Walter who is located at Chicago, an employee of the Chicago and
North Shore Railway Co., having formerly been with the North Western line on
the local division. Miss Brose was 25, having been born here July 29, 1902.
She attended the Lutheran school, later graduating from the high school and
attending normal school. For two years she had been a teacher in latin at the
Gladstone, Mich., schools and had been elected to return there next year.
Besides the one son Walter, Mr. Brose is survived by his step-mother, Mrs. Rose
Brose, and a stepbrother, Henry, both of this city, while Mrs. Brose leaves
three brothers, Rev. William Schlei, of Collins, Charles and Robert, this city
and one sister, Mrs. Emma Nichels of Walcott, New York.
City is Shocked
News of the tragedy which reached the city a short time after the accident,
spread rapidly and shocked the community. Mr. Brose had been given a two weeks
vacation leave by the Schuette Bros. Company and had been planning for weeks
for the reunion with his sister whom he had not visited in a long time.
Owing to the heavy traffic between Milwaukee and Chicago, Mr. Brose had asked
his son Walter to meet the party at Milwaukee and drive the car to Chicago and
from that city it had been planned to go to Walcott by train.
Mr. Brose was held in high esteem in the city and by his employers, Paul
Schuette head of the Schuette Company today paying high tribute to the character
and integrity of Mr. Brose who he said was one of the most faithful and efficient
of the Schuette Bros. Co., force. Mr. Schuette and fellow employees of Mr. Brose
were greatly affected by the tragedy.
Mr. and Mrs. Brose were members of the German Evangelical Lutheran church and
had been active in church affairs and much interested in the congregation.
Funeral services for the three victims of the terrible tragedy will be conducted
by the Rev. Karl Machmiller of this city, assisted by the Rev. Kirchner, of
Stanmaugh, Mich., a nephew of Mr. Brose.
Manitowoc Herald News, Monday, July 18, 1927 P.1
(insert)
Vehicle Which He Always Feared Brought Him Death
Rather peculiar in connection with the tragedy at Port Washington yesterday in
which Fred Brose, his wife and daughter met death, is the fact that Mr. Brose
had always had an aversion to the automobile and for years had opposed purchase
of a machine in his family. When the delivery system of the Schuette Bros. Co.
years ago was changed from wagon to auto Mr. Brose decided that he did not care
to be connected with it and at that time accepted a transfer to the store.
Where Mr. Brose had a natural antipathy to the auto, a wholesome fear of its
operation or some other reason for his attitude, the tragedy yesterday established
it as well founded and a strange prank of Fate.
********
FUNERAL FOR THREE HELD AT ONE SERVICE
One of the saddest scenes the city has witnessed at the German Evangelical
church this afternoon when services were held for burial of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Brose and their daughter, Martha, who lost their lives in an auto accident at
Port Washington Sunday. The church was unable to accommodate those desiring to
pay a last tribute and the cortege to Evergreen where burial was held was a
long one.
The Schuette Bros. Co., store, where Mr. Brose had been employed for nearly a
half century, closed at noon in respect and employes attended almost as one. The
bodies arrived last evening and this morning hundreds visited the church where
the bodies were in state.
A wealth of flowers attested the high regard for the dead.
Manitowoc Herald News, July 20, 1927 P. 1
********
[Fred Brose/bur. 7-20-1927/age 62 yr./cause: accidentally killed by Milwaukee
Northern R.R. at Port Washington in auto-skull fracture/place of death Port
Washington, WI/bur. on Fred K. Brose lot]
********
[Louise Brose/bur. 7-20-1927/age 55 yrs/cause: accidentally killed by Milwaukee
Northern R.R. at Port Washinton in auto-skull fracture/place of death Port
Washington, WI/bur. on Fred K. Brose lot]
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[Martha Brose/bur. 7-20-1927/age 26 yr./cause: accidentally killed by Milwaukee
Northern R.R. at Port Washington in auto-skull fracture/place of death Port
Washington, WI/bur. on Fred K. Brose lot]
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