Wisconsin Historical Society Madison
Microfilm Number: 1909:Jan 28-1911 P73-205
Marathon Times
Friday, October 27, 1911
A Sad Accident
Last Friday a little boy named Paul Ristow was killed in the town of Stettin on his father's farm west of Wausau. The Record Herald gives the following account of the sad accident.
Mr. Ristow commenced breaking a piece of ground this morning using a sulky plow. Shortly after the work was commenced, Paul went to the field and was given a ride by his father, then sent to the house. Later Mr. Ristow drove to the end of the field nearest the home, turned his team and had the plow set for another round, when he stopped to talk to a neighbor and they walked quite a distance away. Paul returned to the field during the absence of his father, climbed to the seat of the plow and is supposed to have picked up the whip and started the team. The horses followed the furrow and all went well until the declivity was encountered which was full of roots. In going down this the plow became clogged and was dragged for some distance outside the furrow.
Evidently the heavy load caused the horses to stop. When Mr. Ristow returned and found the team gone, he ran over the hill to where the team had stopped. He found Paul under the machine with his head and shoulder between the wheel and the gear of the plow. Neighbors were summoned and it was necessary to remove the wheel to get the body loose. He was carried to the house but life was extinct.
Coroner Schulze went out and made and inquiry into the accident and decided and inquest not necessary.
Microfilm Number: 1909:Jan 28-1911 P73-205
Marathon Times
Friday, October 27, 1911
A Sad Accident
Last Friday a little boy named Paul Ristow was killed in the town of Stettin on his father's farm west of Wausau. The Record Herald gives the following account of the sad accident.
Mr. Ristow commenced breaking a piece of ground this morning using a sulky plow. Shortly after the work was commenced, Paul went to the field and was given a ride by his father, then sent to the house. Later Mr. Ristow drove to the end of the field nearest the home, turned his team and had the plow set for another round, when he stopped to talk to a neighbor and they walked quite a distance away. Paul returned to the field during the absence of his father, climbed to the seat of the plow and is supposed to have picked up the whip and started the team. The horses followed the furrow and all went well until the declivity was encountered which was full of roots. In going down this the plow became clogged and was dragged for some distance outside the furrow.
Evidently the heavy load caused the horses to stop. When Mr. Ristow returned and found the team gone, he ran over the hill to where the team had stopped. He found Paul under the machine with his head and shoulder between the wheel and the gear of the plow. Neighbors were summoned and it was necessary to remove the wheel to get the body loose. He was carried to the house but life was extinct.
Coroner Schulze went out and made and inquiry into the accident and decided and inquest not necessary.
Wisconsin Historical Society Madison
Microfilm Number: 1909:Jan 28-1911 P73-205
Marathon Times
Friday, October 27, 1911
A Sad Accident
Last Friday a little boy named Paul Ristow was killed in the town of Stettin on his father's farm west of Wausau. The Record Herald gives the following account of the sad accident.
Mr. Ristow commenced breaking a piece of ground this morning using a sulky plow. Shortly after the work was commenced, Paul went to the field and was given a ride by his father, then sent to the house. Later Mr. Ristow drove to the end of the field nearest the home, turned his team and had the plow set for another round, when he stopped to talk to a neighbor and they walked quite a distance away. Paul returned to the field during the absence of his father, climbed to the seat of the plow and is supposed to have picked up the whip and started the team. The horses followed the furrow and all went well until the declivity was encountered which was full of roots. In going down this the plow became clogged and was dragged for some distance outside the furrow.
Evidently the heavy load caused the horses to stop. When Mr. Ristow returned and found the team gone, he ran over the hill to where the team had stopped. He found Paul under the machine with his head and shoulder between the wheel and the gear of the plow. Neighbors were summoned and it was necessary to remove the wheel to get the body loose. He was carried to the house but life was extinct.
Coroner Schulze went out and made and inquiry into the accident and decided and inquest not necessary.
Microfilm Number: 1909:Jan 28-1911 P73-205
Marathon Times
Friday, October 27, 1911
A Sad Accident
Last Friday a little boy named Paul Ristow was killed in the town of Stettin on his father's farm west of Wausau. The Record Herald gives the following account of the sad accident.
Mr. Ristow commenced breaking a piece of ground this morning using a sulky plow. Shortly after the work was commenced, Paul went to the field and was given a ride by his father, then sent to the house. Later Mr. Ristow drove to the end of the field nearest the home, turned his team and had the plow set for another round, when he stopped to talk to a neighbor and they walked quite a distance away. Paul returned to the field during the absence of his father, climbed to the seat of the plow and is supposed to have picked up the whip and started the team. The horses followed the furrow and all went well until the declivity was encountered which was full of roots. In going down this the plow became clogged and was dragged for some distance outside the furrow.
Evidently the heavy load caused the horses to stop. When Mr. Ristow returned and found the team gone, he ran over the hill to where the team had stopped. He found Paul under the machine with his head and shoulder between the wheel and the gear of the plow. Neighbors were summoned and it was necessary to remove the wheel to get the body loose. He was carried to the house but life was extinct.
Coroner Schulze went out and made and inquiry into the accident and decided and inquest not necessary.
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