1910
Charles Adams in the 1910 United States Federal Census as of APRIL 15, 1910
Home in 1910 ~ 1342 P Street, Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska
Race & Gender ~ White & Male
Age in 1910 ~ 27
Birth Year ~ abt. 1883
Birthplace ~ Nebraska
Father's Birthplace ~ Pennsylvania
Mother's Birthplace ~ Nebraska
Marital Status ~ Married
Years Married ~ 6
Occupation ~ Brakeman for Railway
Adams Household ~
Charles Adams ~ Head Male Nebraska 27 Pennsylvania Nebraska / Brakeman for Railway
Margaret E Adams ~ Wife Female Nebraska 22 Vermont Vermont / Mother to 3 children with 2 children living
Opal M Adams ~ Daughter Female Nebraska 4 Nebraska Nebraska
Wellington Adams ~ Son Male Nebraska 2 Nebraska Nebraska
1918
Charles Winthrop Adams in the U.S. World War I Civilian Draft Registration Cards
Residence ~ Valley, Douglas County, Nebraska
Age ~ 36
Date of Birth ~ 14 May 1882
Race & Gender ~ White & Male
Native Born ~ Yes
Occupation ~ Laborer for Valley Stock Yards and Grain company
Nearest Relative ~ Mrs. Margaret Ellen Adams (Wife)
1925
© Omaha World-Herald; Omaha, Nebraska; February 11, 1925, page 4
DYNAMITE EXPLOSION KILLS BRIDGE WORKER
Charlie Adams, Blasting Ice Near Valley, Held the Charge Too Long.
FIVE STICKS IN BLAST
Charlie Adams, 41, rail bridge carpenter, 2040 North Sixty-fifth avenue, was instantly killed when a charge of five sticks of dynamite exploded in his hand while he was blasting ice in the Platte river near Valley, Neb., Tuesday morning.
Adams body was terribly mangled.
According to reports reaching Valley, Adams was standing on the Union Pacific bridge from where the dynamite charges had been tossed into the river. A fuse had been lighted to five sticks. Adams held it too long before hurling it out onto the ice. Fellow workmen saw his body blown to pieces.
Adams leaves a wife, a daughter, Opal, a nurse at Lord Lister hospital, and a son, Wellington, 17.
1925
© Omaha World-Herald; Omaha, Nebraska; February 12, 1925, page 17
ADAMS--Charles W.., age 42 years, 8 months, 26 days.
Funeral will go from Stack's mortuary 1:30 pm Thursday.
Services to be held at Valley, at 3 o'clock.
Interment in Prospect Hill cemetery between Elkhorn and Waterloo, Nebraska.
1925
Charles W Adams in the Nebraska Death Records
Death Year ~ 1925
Death Place ~ Douglas County, Nebraska
Certificate Number ~ 1297
Charles Adams in the 1910 United States Federal Census as of APRIL 15, 1910
Home in 1910 ~ 1342 P Street, Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska
Race & Gender ~ White & Male
Age in 1910 ~ 27
Birth Year ~ abt. 1883
Birthplace ~ Nebraska
Father's Birthplace ~ Pennsylvania
Mother's Birthplace ~ Nebraska
Marital Status ~ Married
Years Married ~ 6
Occupation ~ Brakeman for Railway
Adams Household ~
Charles Adams ~ Head Male Nebraska 27 Pennsylvania Nebraska / Brakeman for Railway
Margaret E Adams ~ Wife Female Nebraska 22 Vermont Vermont / Mother to 3 children with 2 children living
Opal M Adams ~ Daughter Female Nebraska 4 Nebraska Nebraska
Wellington Adams ~ Son Male Nebraska 2 Nebraska Nebraska
1918
Charles Winthrop Adams in the U.S. World War I Civilian Draft Registration Cards
Residence ~ Valley, Douglas County, Nebraska
Age ~ 36
Date of Birth ~ 14 May 1882
Race & Gender ~ White & Male
Native Born ~ Yes
Occupation ~ Laborer for Valley Stock Yards and Grain company
Nearest Relative ~ Mrs. Margaret Ellen Adams (Wife)
1925
© Omaha World-Herald; Omaha, Nebraska; February 11, 1925, page 4
DYNAMITE EXPLOSION KILLS BRIDGE WORKER
Charlie Adams, Blasting Ice Near Valley, Held the Charge Too Long.
FIVE STICKS IN BLAST
Charlie Adams, 41, rail bridge carpenter, 2040 North Sixty-fifth avenue, was instantly killed when a charge of five sticks of dynamite exploded in his hand while he was blasting ice in the Platte river near Valley, Neb., Tuesday morning.
Adams body was terribly mangled.
According to reports reaching Valley, Adams was standing on the Union Pacific bridge from where the dynamite charges had been tossed into the river. A fuse had been lighted to five sticks. Adams held it too long before hurling it out onto the ice. Fellow workmen saw his body blown to pieces.
Adams leaves a wife, a daughter, Opal, a nurse at Lord Lister hospital, and a son, Wellington, 17.
1925
© Omaha World-Herald; Omaha, Nebraska; February 12, 1925, page 17
ADAMS--Charles W.., age 42 years, 8 months, 26 days.
Funeral will go from Stack's mortuary 1:30 pm Thursday.
Services to be held at Valley, at 3 o'clock.
Interment in Prospect Hill cemetery between Elkhorn and Waterloo, Nebraska.
1925
Charles W Adams in the Nebraska Death Records
Death Year ~ 1925
Death Place ~ Douglas County, Nebraska
Certificate Number ~ 1297
1910
Charles Adams in the 1910 United States Federal Census as of APRIL 15, 1910
Home in 1910 ~ 1342 P Street, Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska
Race & Gender ~ White & Male
Age in 1910 ~ 27
Birth Year ~ abt. 1883
Birthplace ~ Nebraska
Father's Birthplace ~ Pennsylvania
Mother's Birthplace ~ Nebraska
Marital Status ~ Married
Years Married ~ 6
Occupation ~ Brakeman for Railway
Adams Household ~
Charles Adams ~ Head Male Nebraska 27 Pennsylvania Nebraska / Brakeman for Railway
Margaret E Adams ~ Wife Female Nebraska 22 Vermont Vermont / Mother to 3 children with 2 children living
Opal M Adams ~ Daughter Female Nebraska 4 Nebraska Nebraska
Wellington Adams ~ Son Male Nebraska 2 Nebraska Nebraska
1918
Charles Winthrop Adams in the U.S. World War I Civilian Draft Registration Cards
Residence ~ Valley, Douglas County, Nebraska
Age ~ 36
Date of Birth ~ 14 May 1882
Race & Gender ~ White & Male
Native Born ~ Yes
Occupation ~ Laborer for Valley Stock Yards and Grain company
Nearest Relative ~ Mrs. Margaret Ellen Adams (Wife)
1925
© Omaha World-Herald; Omaha, Nebraska; February 11, 1925, page 4
DYNAMITE EXPLOSION KILLS BRIDGE WORKER
Charlie Adams, Blasting Ice Near Valley, Held the Charge Too Long.
FIVE STICKS IN BLAST
Charlie Adams, 41, rail bridge carpenter, 2040 North Sixty-fifth avenue, was instantly killed when a charge of five sticks of dynamite exploded in his hand while he was blasting ice in the Platte river near Valley, Neb., Tuesday morning.
Adams body was terribly mangled.
According to reports reaching Valley, Adams was standing on the Union Pacific bridge from where the dynamite charges had been tossed into the river. A fuse had been lighted to five sticks. Adams held it too long before hurling it out onto the ice. Fellow workmen saw his body blown to pieces.
Adams leaves a wife, a daughter, Opal, a nurse at Lord Lister hospital, and a son, Wellington, 17.
1925
© Omaha World-Herald; Omaha, Nebraska; February 12, 1925, page 17
ADAMS--Charles W.., age 42 years, 8 months, 26 days.
Funeral will go from Stack's mortuary 1:30 pm Thursday.
Services to be held at Valley, at 3 o'clock.
Interment in Prospect Hill cemetery between Elkhorn and Waterloo, Nebraska.
1925
Charles W Adams in the Nebraska Death Records
Death Year ~ 1925
Death Place ~ Douglas County, Nebraska
Certificate Number ~ 1297
Charles Adams in the 1910 United States Federal Census as of APRIL 15, 1910
Home in 1910 ~ 1342 P Street, Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska
Race & Gender ~ White & Male
Age in 1910 ~ 27
Birth Year ~ abt. 1883
Birthplace ~ Nebraska
Father's Birthplace ~ Pennsylvania
Mother's Birthplace ~ Nebraska
Marital Status ~ Married
Years Married ~ 6
Occupation ~ Brakeman for Railway
Adams Household ~
Charles Adams ~ Head Male Nebraska 27 Pennsylvania Nebraska / Brakeman for Railway
Margaret E Adams ~ Wife Female Nebraska 22 Vermont Vermont / Mother to 3 children with 2 children living
Opal M Adams ~ Daughter Female Nebraska 4 Nebraska Nebraska
Wellington Adams ~ Son Male Nebraska 2 Nebraska Nebraska
1918
Charles Winthrop Adams in the U.S. World War I Civilian Draft Registration Cards
Residence ~ Valley, Douglas County, Nebraska
Age ~ 36
Date of Birth ~ 14 May 1882
Race & Gender ~ White & Male
Native Born ~ Yes
Occupation ~ Laborer for Valley Stock Yards and Grain company
Nearest Relative ~ Mrs. Margaret Ellen Adams (Wife)
1925
© Omaha World-Herald; Omaha, Nebraska; February 11, 1925, page 4
DYNAMITE EXPLOSION KILLS BRIDGE WORKER
Charlie Adams, Blasting Ice Near Valley, Held the Charge Too Long.
FIVE STICKS IN BLAST
Charlie Adams, 41, rail bridge carpenter, 2040 North Sixty-fifth avenue, was instantly killed when a charge of five sticks of dynamite exploded in his hand while he was blasting ice in the Platte river near Valley, Neb., Tuesday morning.
Adams body was terribly mangled.
According to reports reaching Valley, Adams was standing on the Union Pacific bridge from where the dynamite charges had been tossed into the river. A fuse had been lighted to five sticks. Adams held it too long before hurling it out onto the ice. Fellow workmen saw his body blown to pieces.
Adams leaves a wife, a daughter, Opal, a nurse at Lord Lister hospital, and a son, Wellington, 17.
1925
© Omaha World-Herald; Omaha, Nebraska; February 12, 1925, page 17
ADAMS--Charles W.., age 42 years, 8 months, 26 days.
Funeral will go from Stack's mortuary 1:30 pm Thursday.
Services to be held at Valley, at 3 o'clock.
Interment in Prospect Hill cemetery between Elkhorn and Waterloo, Nebraska.
1925
Charles W Adams in the Nebraska Death Records
Death Year ~ 1925
Death Place ~ Douglas County, Nebraska
Certificate Number ~ 1297
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