AUTO RUNS INTO TRAIN; TWO KILLED, ONE HURT
August Ceaglske and Erling Greenwold Die; Driver of Car Held
Two persons were killed and a third suffered minor injuries at 2:30 this morning when their car hurtled into the rear coach of a Chicago and Northwestern train at the Calumet Avenue crossing.
The dead are:
August Ceaglske, 32, of 726 South 16th street, fatally crushed and broken in the crash. He died at the Holy Family hospital at about 4 a.m.
Erling Greenwold, 42, of 710 South 18th street, married and the father of one son, died at the hospital at 3 o'clock this afternoon. He never recovered consciousness from the time of the accident in which he suffered a skull fracture, fractured arms and legs and multiple injuries.
Driver Being Held
Kenneth Bellin, 23, of 1716 Western avenue, driver of the car, suffered only minor cuts and bruises. District Attorney John R. Cashman issued a warrant this morning charging Bellin with reckless driving. He is being held in the Holy Family hospital under police guard pending the outcome of a coroner's inquest.
Last night's accident gave Manitowoc its first death of a person in an automobile since June 19th, 1931, when Joseph Soukup was killed in a crash at 11th and Pine streets, according to Sergt. George Tulach of the police traffic squad. All other traffic deaths in the city since that date have been pedestrians.
Dr. Gerald Rau, coroner, said this morning that an inquest will be held Monday at 1:30 p.m. in the municipal court room. The coroner's jury, which was sworn in this morning and viewed the Ceaglske body, is composed of: Ray Wernecke, Charles Sykora, Francis Scheurell, Milton Boucher, Anton Karnofsky and Anton Krema.
Sheriff Norman Berkedal left shortly before noon for Madison with blood specimens taken from Greenwold and Bellin. The specimens will be given to Dr. J. H. Mathews, head of the University of Wisconsin chemistry department, to be subjected to tests to determine whether or not they contain any specimens of alcohol.
Crashes Into Side of Train
The accident occurred shortly before 2:30 this morning. Bellin, driver of the car in which the trio was riding, was driving east on Calumet avenue. The train, traveling at about 12 miles an hour, was headed south across the highway. According to police, witnesses said the Bellin car was traveling between 35 and 40 miles an hour. Evidently Bellin did not see the train, which was starting up after having taken water at Calumet Yards, and drove straight into the rear coach.
The car, crushed against the side of the moving train by the force of the impact, was dragged about 25 feet before it was dumped on the side of the track.
Police said Ceaglske had evidently been hurtled through the windshield by the crash. Greenwold's body was in the car when the machine stopped down the track from the highway. Bellin evidently was protected by the steering wheel and suffered no serious injuries.
Train Is Stopped
Engineer Ed DeForest and Conductor R.V. Dodge said the train was stopped after the crash. The police were notified of the accident at 2:36 a.m., by Walter Rusboldt of the railroad company. Officers Kahl and Schultz and Edward Krupski, employed at the department, rushed to the scene of the accident with the police ambulance. A short time later Sheriff Norman Berkedal was called and Deputy Elmer Ross took the county ambulance to the scene. The police, however, had already removed the accident victims to the hospital. Officers booked Van Nicholson, 918 South 21st street, and Arthur O'Leary as witnesses.
District Attorney Cashman and Dr. Rau, coroner, were summoned to the scene and began investigation immediately.
Ceaglske died shortly after being admitted to the hospital. A few minutes before his death, Bellin, his injuries treated, was told to go to his home. When Ceaglske died, however, District Attorney Cashman ordered Bellin returned to the hospital and placed under guard as a material witness. He later issued the warrant for reckless driving.
Wife In Hospital
Mrs. Greenwold, wife of one of the accident victims, was a patient at the hospital - recovering from a serious operation - when her husband was brought in this morning. She was informed of the accident and later her bed was moved into an elevator and taken to her husband's room for a brief time.
August Ceaglske was born at Merrill, Wis., in 1905, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Ceaglske, Menasha avenue. In 1917 the Ceaglske family moved to this city.
He was employed in plant No. 2 of the Aluminum Goods Mfg. Co. A few years after he located here he joined the Manitowoc Marine band and has since served in this musical organization. He was unmarried and roomed with the Oscar Freund family, 726 south 16th street.
Survivors are the parents; a twin brother, Gust, city; sister Loraine Ceaglske, a nurse in the Navy hospital, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Funeral Monday
Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m., from the Wattawa, Urbanek and Schlei Funeral Home, the Rev. Theo. Uetzmann officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery. The body may be viewed at the funeral home from Sunday noon until the hour of the services Monday.
(Manitowoc Herald Times - April 30, 1938)
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Funeral services for August Ceaglske, city, fatally injured in an automobile accident at the Calumet crossing early Saturday morning took place yesterday afternoon from the Wattawa, Urbanek and Schlei funeral home. The Rev. Theo. Uetzmann officiated. Members of the Manitwooc Marine band, of which Mr. Ceaglske was a member, were pallbearers. They were John Stock, Ervin Welk, Herbert Kasten, Herbert Steckmesser, Roland Neilitz and Hugo Kohls. The entire band turned out in uniform and marched at the head of the funeral procession to Evergreen cemetery.
(Manitowoc Herald Times - May 3, 1938)
August Ceaglske and Erling Greenwold Die; Driver of Car Held
Two persons were killed and a third suffered minor injuries at 2:30 this morning when their car hurtled into the rear coach of a Chicago and Northwestern train at the Calumet Avenue crossing.
The dead are:
August Ceaglske, 32, of 726 South 16th street, fatally crushed and broken in the crash. He died at the Holy Family hospital at about 4 a.m.
Erling Greenwold, 42, of 710 South 18th street, married and the father of one son, died at the hospital at 3 o'clock this afternoon. He never recovered consciousness from the time of the accident in which he suffered a skull fracture, fractured arms and legs and multiple injuries.
Driver Being Held
Kenneth Bellin, 23, of 1716 Western avenue, driver of the car, suffered only minor cuts and bruises. District Attorney John R. Cashman issued a warrant this morning charging Bellin with reckless driving. He is being held in the Holy Family hospital under police guard pending the outcome of a coroner's inquest.
Last night's accident gave Manitowoc its first death of a person in an automobile since June 19th, 1931, when Joseph Soukup was killed in a crash at 11th and Pine streets, according to Sergt. George Tulach of the police traffic squad. All other traffic deaths in the city since that date have been pedestrians.
Dr. Gerald Rau, coroner, said this morning that an inquest will be held Monday at 1:30 p.m. in the municipal court room. The coroner's jury, which was sworn in this morning and viewed the Ceaglske body, is composed of: Ray Wernecke, Charles Sykora, Francis Scheurell, Milton Boucher, Anton Karnofsky and Anton Krema.
Sheriff Norman Berkedal left shortly before noon for Madison with blood specimens taken from Greenwold and Bellin. The specimens will be given to Dr. J. H. Mathews, head of the University of Wisconsin chemistry department, to be subjected to tests to determine whether or not they contain any specimens of alcohol.
Crashes Into Side of Train
The accident occurred shortly before 2:30 this morning. Bellin, driver of the car in which the trio was riding, was driving east on Calumet avenue. The train, traveling at about 12 miles an hour, was headed south across the highway. According to police, witnesses said the Bellin car was traveling between 35 and 40 miles an hour. Evidently Bellin did not see the train, which was starting up after having taken water at Calumet Yards, and drove straight into the rear coach.
The car, crushed against the side of the moving train by the force of the impact, was dragged about 25 feet before it was dumped on the side of the track.
Police said Ceaglske had evidently been hurtled through the windshield by the crash. Greenwold's body was in the car when the machine stopped down the track from the highway. Bellin evidently was protected by the steering wheel and suffered no serious injuries.
Train Is Stopped
Engineer Ed DeForest and Conductor R.V. Dodge said the train was stopped after the crash. The police were notified of the accident at 2:36 a.m., by Walter Rusboldt of the railroad company. Officers Kahl and Schultz and Edward Krupski, employed at the department, rushed to the scene of the accident with the police ambulance. A short time later Sheriff Norman Berkedal was called and Deputy Elmer Ross took the county ambulance to the scene. The police, however, had already removed the accident victims to the hospital. Officers booked Van Nicholson, 918 South 21st street, and Arthur O'Leary as witnesses.
District Attorney Cashman and Dr. Rau, coroner, were summoned to the scene and began investigation immediately.
Ceaglske died shortly after being admitted to the hospital. A few minutes before his death, Bellin, his injuries treated, was told to go to his home. When Ceaglske died, however, District Attorney Cashman ordered Bellin returned to the hospital and placed under guard as a material witness. He later issued the warrant for reckless driving.
Wife In Hospital
Mrs. Greenwold, wife of one of the accident victims, was a patient at the hospital - recovering from a serious operation - when her husband was brought in this morning. She was informed of the accident and later her bed was moved into an elevator and taken to her husband's room for a brief time.
August Ceaglske was born at Merrill, Wis., in 1905, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Ceaglske, Menasha avenue. In 1917 the Ceaglske family moved to this city.
He was employed in plant No. 2 of the Aluminum Goods Mfg. Co. A few years after he located here he joined the Manitowoc Marine band and has since served in this musical organization. He was unmarried and roomed with the Oscar Freund family, 726 south 16th street.
Survivors are the parents; a twin brother, Gust, city; sister Loraine Ceaglske, a nurse in the Navy hospital, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Funeral Monday
Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m., from the Wattawa, Urbanek and Schlei Funeral Home, the Rev. Theo. Uetzmann officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery. The body may be viewed at the funeral home from Sunday noon until the hour of the services Monday.
(Manitowoc Herald Times - April 30, 1938)
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Funeral services for August Ceaglske, city, fatally injured in an automobile accident at the Calumet crossing early Saturday morning took place yesterday afternoon from the Wattawa, Urbanek and Schlei funeral home. The Rev. Theo. Uetzmann officiated. Members of the Manitwooc Marine band, of which Mr. Ceaglske was a member, were pallbearers. They were John Stock, Ervin Welk, Herbert Kasten, Herbert Steckmesser, Roland Neilitz and Hugo Kohls. The entire band turned out in uniform and marched at the head of the funeral procession to Evergreen cemetery.
(Manitowoc Herald Times - May 3, 1938)
AUTO RUNS INTO TRAIN; TWO KILLED, ONE HURT
August Ceaglske and Erling Greenwold Die; Driver of Car Held
Two persons were killed and a third suffered minor injuries at 2:30 this morning when their car hurtled into the rear coach of a Chicago and Northwestern train at the Calumet Avenue crossing.
The dead are:
August Ceaglske, 32, of 726 South 16th street, fatally crushed and broken in the crash. He died at the Holy Family hospital at about 4 a.m.
Erling Greenwold, 42, of 710 South 18th street, married and the father of one son, died at the hospital at 3 o'clock this afternoon. He never recovered consciousness from the time of the accident in which he suffered a skull fracture, fractured arms and legs and multiple injuries.
Driver Being Held
Kenneth Bellin, 23, of 1716 Western avenue, driver of the car, suffered only minor cuts and bruises. District Attorney John R. Cashman issued a warrant this morning charging Bellin with reckless driving. He is being held in the Holy Family hospital under police guard pending the outcome of a coroner's inquest.
Last night's accident gave Manitowoc its first death of a person in an automobile since June 19th, 1931, when Joseph Soukup was killed in a crash at 11th and Pine streets, according to Sergt. George Tulach of the police traffic squad. All other traffic deaths in the city since that date have been pedestrians.
Dr. Gerald Rau, coroner, said this morning that an inquest will be held Monday at 1:30 p.m. in the municipal court room. The coroner's jury, which was sworn in this morning and viewed the Ceaglske body, is composed of: Ray Wernecke, Charles Sykora, Francis Scheurell, Milton Boucher, Anton Karnofsky and Anton Krema.
Sheriff Norman Berkedal left shortly before noon for Madison with blood specimens taken from Greenwold and Bellin. The specimens will be given to Dr. J. H. Mathews, head of the University of Wisconsin chemistry department, to be subjected to tests to determine whether or not they contain any specimens of alcohol.
Crashes Into Side of Train
The accident occurred shortly before 2:30 this morning. Bellin, driver of the car in which the trio was riding, was driving east on Calumet avenue. The train, traveling at about 12 miles an hour, was headed south across the highway. According to police, witnesses said the Bellin car was traveling between 35 and 40 miles an hour. Evidently Bellin did not see the train, which was starting up after having taken water at Calumet Yards, and drove straight into the rear coach.
The car, crushed against the side of the moving train by the force of the impact, was dragged about 25 feet before it was dumped on the side of the track.
Police said Ceaglske had evidently been hurtled through the windshield by the crash. Greenwold's body was in the car when the machine stopped down the track from the highway. Bellin evidently was protected by the steering wheel and suffered no serious injuries.
Train Is Stopped
Engineer Ed DeForest and Conductor R.V. Dodge said the train was stopped after the crash. The police were notified of the accident at 2:36 a.m., by Walter Rusboldt of the railroad company. Officers Kahl and Schultz and Edward Krupski, employed at the department, rushed to the scene of the accident with the police ambulance. A short time later Sheriff Norman Berkedal was called and Deputy Elmer Ross took the county ambulance to the scene. The police, however, had already removed the accident victims to the hospital. Officers booked Van Nicholson, 918 South 21st street, and Arthur O'Leary as witnesses.
District Attorney Cashman and Dr. Rau, coroner, were summoned to the scene and began investigation immediately.
Ceaglske died shortly after being admitted to the hospital. A few minutes before his death, Bellin, his injuries treated, was told to go to his home. When Ceaglske died, however, District Attorney Cashman ordered Bellin returned to the hospital and placed under guard as a material witness. He later issued the warrant for reckless driving.
Wife In Hospital
Mrs. Greenwold, wife of one of the accident victims, was a patient at the hospital - recovering from a serious operation - when her husband was brought in this morning. She was informed of the accident and later her bed was moved into an elevator and taken to her husband's room for a brief time.
August Ceaglske was born at Merrill, Wis., in 1905, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Ceaglske, Menasha avenue. In 1917 the Ceaglske family moved to this city.
He was employed in plant No. 2 of the Aluminum Goods Mfg. Co. A few years after he located here he joined the Manitowoc Marine band and has since served in this musical organization. He was unmarried and roomed with the Oscar Freund family, 726 south 16th street.
Survivors are the parents; a twin brother, Gust, city; sister Loraine Ceaglske, a nurse in the Navy hospital, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Funeral Monday
Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m., from the Wattawa, Urbanek and Schlei Funeral Home, the Rev. Theo. Uetzmann officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery. The body may be viewed at the funeral home from Sunday noon until the hour of the services Monday.
(Manitowoc Herald Times - April 30, 1938)
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Funeral services for August Ceaglske, city, fatally injured in an automobile accident at the Calumet crossing early Saturday morning took place yesterday afternoon from the Wattawa, Urbanek and Schlei funeral home. The Rev. Theo. Uetzmann officiated. Members of the Manitwooc Marine band, of which Mr. Ceaglske was a member, were pallbearers. They were John Stock, Ervin Welk, Herbert Kasten, Herbert Steckmesser, Roland Neilitz and Hugo Kohls. The entire band turned out in uniform and marched at the head of the funeral procession to Evergreen cemetery.
(Manitowoc Herald Times - May 3, 1938)
August Ceaglske and Erling Greenwold Die; Driver of Car Held
Two persons were killed and a third suffered minor injuries at 2:30 this morning when their car hurtled into the rear coach of a Chicago and Northwestern train at the Calumet Avenue crossing.
The dead are:
August Ceaglske, 32, of 726 South 16th street, fatally crushed and broken in the crash. He died at the Holy Family hospital at about 4 a.m.
Erling Greenwold, 42, of 710 South 18th street, married and the father of one son, died at the hospital at 3 o'clock this afternoon. He never recovered consciousness from the time of the accident in which he suffered a skull fracture, fractured arms and legs and multiple injuries.
Driver Being Held
Kenneth Bellin, 23, of 1716 Western avenue, driver of the car, suffered only minor cuts and bruises. District Attorney John R. Cashman issued a warrant this morning charging Bellin with reckless driving. He is being held in the Holy Family hospital under police guard pending the outcome of a coroner's inquest.
Last night's accident gave Manitowoc its first death of a person in an automobile since June 19th, 1931, when Joseph Soukup was killed in a crash at 11th and Pine streets, according to Sergt. George Tulach of the police traffic squad. All other traffic deaths in the city since that date have been pedestrians.
Dr. Gerald Rau, coroner, said this morning that an inquest will be held Monday at 1:30 p.m. in the municipal court room. The coroner's jury, which was sworn in this morning and viewed the Ceaglske body, is composed of: Ray Wernecke, Charles Sykora, Francis Scheurell, Milton Boucher, Anton Karnofsky and Anton Krema.
Sheriff Norman Berkedal left shortly before noon for Madison with blood specimens taken from Greenwold and Bellin. The specimens will be given to Dr. J. H. Mathews, head of the University of Wisconsin chemistry department, to be subjected to tests to determine whether or not they contain any specimens of alcohol.
Crashes Into Side of Train
The accident occurred shortly before 2:30 this morning. Bellin, driver of the car in which the trio was riding, was driving east on Calumet avenue. The train, traveling at about 12 miles an hour, was headed south across the highway. According to police, witnesses said the Bellin car was traveling between 35 and 40 miles an hour. Evidently Bellin did not see the train, which was starting up after having taken water at Calumet Yards, and drove straight into the rear coach.
The car, crushed against the side of the moving train by the force of the impact, was dragged about 25 feet before it was dumped on the side of the track.
Police said Ceaglske had evidently been hurtled through the windshield by the crash. Greenwold's body was in the car when the machine stopped down the track from the highway. Bellin evidently was protected by the steering wheel and suffered no serious injuries.
Train Is Stopped
Engineer Ed DeForest and Conductor R.V. Dodge said the train was stopped after the crash. The police were notified of the accident at 2:36 a.m., by Walter Rusboldt of the railroad company. Officers Kahl and Schultz and Edward Krupski, employed at the department, rushed to the scene of the accident with the police ambulance. A short time later Sheriff Norman Berkedal was called and Deputy Elmer Ross took the county ambulance to the scene. The police, however, had already removed the accident victims to the hospital. Officers booked Van Nicholson, 918 South 21st street, and Arthur O'Leary as witnesses.
District Attorney Cashman and Dr. Rau, coroner, were summoned to the scene and began investigation immediately.
Ceaglske died shortly after being admitted to the hospital. A few minutes before his death, Bellin, his injuries treated, was told to go to his home. When Ceaglske died, however, District Attorney Cashman ordered Bellin returned to the hospital and placed under guard as a material witness. He later issued the warrant for reckless driving.
Wife In Hospital
Mrs. Greenwold, wife of one of the accident victims, was a patient at the hospital - recovering from a serious operation - when her husband was brought in this morning. She was informed of the accident and later her bed was moved into an elevator and taken to her husband's room for a brief time.
August Ceaglske was born at Merrill, Wis., in 1905, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Ceaglske, Menasha avenue. In 1917 the Ceaglske family moved to this city.
He was employed in plant No. 2 of the Aluminum Goods Mfg. Co. A few years after he located here he joined the Manitowoc Marine band and has since served in this musical organization. He was unmarried and roomed with the Oscar Freund family, 726 south 16th street.
Survivors are the parents; a twin brother, Gust, city; sister Loraine Ceaglske, a nurse in the Navy hospital, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Funeral Monday
Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m., from the Wattawa, Urbanek and Schlei Funeral Home, the Rev. Theo. Uetzmann officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery. The body may be viewed at the funeral home from Sunday noon until the hour of the services Monday.
(Manitowoc Herald Times - April 30, 1938)
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Funeral services for August Ceaglske, city, fatally injured in an automobile accident at the Calumet crossing early Saturday morning took place yesterday afternoon from the Wattawa, Urbanek and Schlei funeral home. The Rev. Theo. Uetzmann officiated. Members of the Manitwooc Marine band, of which Mr. Ceaglske was a member, were pallbearers. They were John Stock, Ervin Welk, Herbert Kasten, Herbert Steckmesser, Roland Neilitz and Hugo Kohls. The entire band turned out in uniform and marched at the head of the funeral procession to Evergreen cemetery.
(Manitowoc Herald Times - May 3, 1938)
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