Jay was the son of Winfield Aldrich & Lucy Arvilla Sutherland. He died from a broken neck.
The Odebolt Record - Wednesday , July 26th, 1905 - Jay Aldrich, the Sac City lad
that broke his neck diving in the Coon river died at Des Moines last week.
Des Moines Capital: After existing in a plaster cast for eight days, lying helpless with a broken neck received while diving from a springboard at Sac City, James LeRoy Aldrich died at the Methodist hospital in this city at 5 o'clock this morning, age 21 years and 9 months. The young man was brought to Des Moines yesterday from Sac City, seven
days after the accident. He was operated upon at the hospital and withstood the resetting of the bones successfully, but a sudden relapse early this morning resulted fatally.
The young man had gone swimming in the river with a number of his Sac City companions eight days ago and the boys were enjoying the sport in diving from a springboard. Aldrich had dived several times before and had outstripped his companions in the feat. He made one more dive and struck his head on a sunken rock.
He did not rise to the surface and after diving around the spot when last seen his friends found him lying on the bottom. He was carried to the shore and to his home, where an examination showed that one of the spinal vertebrae just below the base of the brain had been fractured by the concussion when be struck the rock.
His case was a revelation to the Sac City surgeons who expected his death hourly, but he continued to linger in an unconscious condition until his parents decided lo bring him to Des Monies for an operation. Surgeons worked over the young man at the hospital yesterday and pronounced the operation successful if the boy's constitution did not fail. His weakened condition, caused by the eight days of helplessness, brought about his death.
The remains were shipped to the home in Sac City this morning at 9 o'clock, accompanied by the mother and father and brother. The funeral will be held there next Sunday afternoon.
The Odebolt Record - Wednesday , July 26th, 1905 - Jay Aldrich, the Sac City lad
that broke his neck diving in the Coon river died at Des Moines last week.
Des Moines Capital: After existing in a plaster cast for eight days, lying helpless with a broken neck received while diving from a springboard at Sac City, James LeRoy Aldrich died at the Methodist hospital in this city at 5 o'clock this morning, age 21 years and 9 months. The young man was brought to Des Moines yesterday from Sac City, seven
days after the accident. He was operated upon at the hospital and withstood the resetting of the bones successfully, but a sudden relapse early this morning resulted fatally.
The young man had gone swimming in the river with a number of his Sac City companions eight days ago and the boys were enjoying the sport in diving from a springboard. Aldrich had dived several times before and had outstripped his companions in the feat. He made one more dive and struck his head on a sunken rock.
He did not rise to the surface and after diving around the spot when last seen his friends found him lying on the bottom. He was carried to the shore and to his home, where an examination showed that one of the spinal vertebrae just below the base of the brain had been fractured by the concussion when be struck the rock.
His case was a revelation to the Sac City surgeons who expected his death hourly, but he continued to linger in an unconscious condition until his parents decided lo bring him to Des Monies for an operation. Surgeons worked over the young man at the hospital yesterday and pronounced the operation successful if the boy's constitution did not fail. His weakened condition, caused by the eight days of helplessness, brought about his death.
The remains were shipped to the home in Sac City this morning at 9 o'clock, accompanied by the mother and father and brother. The funeral will be held there next Sunday afternoon.
Jay was the son of Winfield Aldrich & Lucy Arvilla Sutherland. He died from a broken neck.
The Odebolt Record - Wednesday , July 26th, 1905 - Jay Aldrich, the Sac City lad
that broke his neck diving in the Coon river died at Des Moines last week.
Des Moines Capital: After existing in a plaster cast for eight days, lying helpless with a broken neck received while diving from a springboard at Sac City, James LeRoy Aldrich died at the Methodist hospital in this city at 5 o'clock this morning, age 21 years and 9 months. The young man was brought to Des Moines yesterday from Sac City, seven
days after the accident. He was operated upon at the hospital and withstood the resetting of the bones successfully, but a sudden relapse early this morning resulted fatally.
The young man had gone swimming in the river with a number of his Sac City companions eight days ago and the boys were enjoying the sport in diving from a springboard. Aldrich had dived several times before and had outstripped his companions in the feat. He made one more dive and struck his head on a sunken rock.
He did not rise to the surface and after diving around the spot when last seen his friends found him lying on the bottom. He was carried to the shore and to his home, where an examination showed that one of the spinal vertebrae just below the base of the brain had been fractured by the concussion when be struck the rock.
His case was a revelation to the Sac City surgeons who expected his death hourly, but he continued to linger in an unconscious condition until his parents decided lo bring him to Des Monies for an operation. Surgeons worked over the young man at the hospital yesterday and pronounced the operation successful if the boy's constitution did not fail. His weakened condition, caused by the eight days of helplessness, brought about his death.
The remains were shipped to the home in Sac City this morning at 9 o'clock, accompanied by the mother and father and brother. The funeral will be held there next Sunday afternoon.
The Odebolt Record - Wednesday , July 26th, 1905 - Jay Aldrich, the Sac City lad
that broke his neck diving in the Coon river died at Des Moines last week.
Des Moines Capital: After existing in a plaster cast for eight days, lying helpless with a broken neck received while diving from a springboard at Sac City, James LeRoy Aldrich died at the Methodist hospital in this city at 5 o'clock this morning, age 21 years and 9 months. The young man was brought to Des Moines yesterday from Sac City, seven
days after the accident. He was operated upon at the hospital and withstood the resetting of the bones successfully, but a sudden relapse early this morning resulted fatally.
The young man had gone swimming in the river with a number of his Sac City companions eight days ago and the boys were enjoying the sport in diving from a springboard. Aldrich had dived several times before and had outstripped his companions in the feat. He made one more dive and struck his head on a sunken rock.
He did not rise to the surface and after diving around the spot when last seen his friends found him lying on the bottom. He was carried to the shore and to his home, where an examination showed that one of the spinal vertebrae just below the base of the brain had been fractured by the concussion when be struck the rock.
His case was a revelation to the Sac City surgeons who expected his death hourly, but he continued to linger in an unconscious condition until his parents decided lo bring him to Des Monies for an operation. Surgeons worked over the young man at the hospital yesterday and pronounced the operation successful if the boy's constitution did not fail. His weakened condition, caused by the eight days of helplessness, brought about his death.
The remains were shipped to the home in Sac City this morning at 9 o'clock, accompanied by the mother and father and brother. The funeral will be held there next Sunday afternoon.
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