Rome Daily Sentinel Friday November 25, 1932
BENJAMIN GERWIG DIES AFTER CRASH Drops Dead After Automobile Plunges Down Embankment
New London Resident Heart Attack Victim Returning from Family Gathering at Riverdale
Benjamin William Gerwig, 67, New London farmer and former resident of this city, died shortly after 12 o'clock this morning a few minutes after his automobile had left the road and plunged down an embankment at the east end of the Mohawk River feeder bridge on E. Bloomfield street. Death was attributed to a heart attack by Coroner H. F. Hubbard.
Mr. Gerwig after freeing himself from the machine, walked several hundred yards to a point near the Revere Copper & Brass Incorporated office at Riverdale, where he collapsed. His body ws found lying on the roadside by William H. Mead of 306 River road who summoned an ambulance.
Louis Marucci of 813 E. Dominick street, night watchman at the metal mill plant of the Revere Copper & Brass, Incorporated, spoke to Gerwig after he had freed himself from the machine and asked him if her were hurt. Mr. Gerwig replied in the negative and said he was returning to the home of William A. Rieck of 310 Mayberry road, where he had been just before the accident, to summon a tow truck.
Mr. Gerwig had been attending a family gathering, held annually on Thanksgiving Day at the home of Mr. Rieck and left shortly after 12 o'clock. The accident occurred as he was rounding the curve into E. Bloomfield street.
He was born in New London on September 25, 1867, the youngest of 11 children of the late Frederick and Barbara Ruby Gerwig. For a number of years, he worked for the Beach Lumber Company and 23 years ago, established a coal business in Herkimer, the firm being known as Gerwig and Agan. A few years later, he retired from active business and moved to this city., living here until about 18 months ago when he engaged in chicken farming at New London.
Mr. Gerwig is survived by two sisters, Mrs. C. H, Poole of 322 Kossuth street and Mrs. Jacob Stoetzel of New London. He never married.
BENJAMIN GERWIG DIES AFTER CRASH Drops Dead After Automobile Plunges Down Embankment
New London Resident Heart Attack Victim Returning from Family Gathering at Riverdale
Benjamin William Gerwig, 67, New London farmer and former resident of this city, died shortly after 12 o'clock this morning a few minutes after his automobile had left the road and plunged down an embankment at the east end of the Mohawk River feeder bridge on E. Bloomfield street. Death was attributed to a heart attack by Coroner H. F. Hubbard.
Mr. Gerwig after freeing himself from the machine, walked several hundred yards to a point near the Revere Copper & Brass Incorporated office at Riverdale, where he collapsed. His body ws found lying on the roadside by William H. Mead of 306 River road who summoned an ambulance.
Louis Marucci of 813 E. Dominick street, night watchman at the metal mill plant of the Revere Copper & Brass, Incorporated, spoke to Gerwig after he had freed himself from the machine and asked him if her were hurt. Mr. Gerwig replied in the negative and said he was returning to the home of William A. Rieck of 310 Mayberry road, where he had been just before the accident, to summon a tow truck.
Mr. Gerwig had been attending a family gathering, held annually on Thanksgiving Day at the home of Mr. Rieck and left shortly after 12 o'clock. The accident occurred as he was rounding the curve into E. Bloomfield street.
He was born in New London on September 25, 1867, the youngest of 11 children of the late Frederick and Barbara Ruby Gerwig. For a number of years, he worked for the Beach Lumber Company and 23 years ago, established a coal business in Herkimer, the firm being known as Gerwig and Agan. A few years later, he retired from active business and moved to this city., living here until about 18 months ago when he engaged in chicken farming at New London.
Mr. Gerwig is survived by two sisters, Mrs. C. H, Poole of 322 Kossuth street and Mrs. Jacob Stoetzel of New London. He never married.
Rome Daily Sentinel Friday November 25, 1932
BENJAMIN GERWIG DIES AFTER CRASH Drops Dead After Automobile Plunges Down Embankment
New London Resident Heart Attack Victim Returning from Family Gathering at Riverdale
Benjamin William Gerwig, 67, New London farmer and former resident of this city, died shortly after 12 o'clock this morning a few minutes after his automobile had left the road and plunged down an embankment at the east end of the Mohawk River feeder bridge on E. Bloomfield street. Death was attributed to a heart attack by Coroner H. F. Hubbard.
Mr. Gerwig after freeing himself from the machine, walked several hundred yards to a point near the Revere Copper & Brass Incorporated office at Riverdale, where he collapsed. His body ws found lying on the roadside by William H. Mead of 306 River road who summoned an ambulance.
Louis Marucci of 813 E. Dominick street, night watchman at the metal mill plant of the Revere Copper & Brass, Incorporated, spoke to Gerwig after he had freed himself from the machine and asked him if her were hurt. Mr. Gerwig replied in the negative and said he was returning to the home of William A. Rieck of 310 Mayberry road, where he had been just before the accident, to summon a tow truck.
Mr. Gerwig had been attending a family gathering, held annually on Thanksgiving Day at the home of Mr. Rieck and left shortly after 12 o'clock. The accident occurred as he was rounding the curve into E. Bloomfield street.
He was born in New London on September 25, 1867, the youngest of 11 children of the late Frederick and Barbara Ruby Gerwig. For a number of years, he worked for the Beach Lumber Company and 23 years ago, established a coal business in Herkimer, the firm being known as Gerwig and Agan. A few years later, he retired from active business and moved to this city., living here until about 18 months ago when he engaged in chicken farming at New London.
Mr. Gerwig is survived by two sisters, Mrs. C. H, Poole of 322 Kossuth street and Mrs. Jacob Stoetzel of New London. He never married.
BENJAMIN GERWIG DIES AFTER CRASH Drops Dead After Automobile Plunges Down Embankment
New London Resident Heart Attack Victim Returning from Family Gathering at Riverdale
Benjamin William Gerwig, 67, New London farmer and former resident of this city, died shortly after 12 o'clock this morning a few minutes after his automobile had left the road and plunged down an embankment at the east end of the Mohawk River feeder bridge on E. Bloomfield street. Death was attributed to a heart attack by Coroner H. F. Hubbard.
Mr. Gerwig after freeing himself from the machine, walked several hundred yards to a point near the Revere Copper & Brass Incorporated office at Riverdale, where he collapsed. His body ws found lying on the roadside by William H. Mead of 306 River road who summoned an ambulance.
Louis Marucci of 813 E. Dominick street, night watchman at the metal mill plant of the Revere Copper & Brass, Incorporated, spoke to Gerwig after he had freed himself from the machine and asked him if her were hurt. Mr. Gerwig replied in the negative and said he was returning to the home of William A. Rieck of 310 Mayberry road, where he had been just before the accident, to summon a tow truck.
Mr. Gerwig had been attending a family gathering, held annually on Thanksgiving Day at the home of Mr. Rieck and left shortly after 12 o'clock. The accident occurred as he was rounding the curve into E. Bloomfield street.
He was born in New London on September 25, 1867, the youngest of 11 children of the late Frederick and Barbara Ruby Gerwig. For a number of years, he worked for the Beach Lumber Company and 23 years ago, established a coal business in Herkimer, the firm being known as Gerwig and Agan. A few years later, he retired from active business and moved to this city., living here until about 18 months ago when he engaged in chicken farming at New London.
Mr. Gerwig is survived by two sisters, Mrs. C. H, Poole of 322 Kossuth street and Mrs. Jacob Stoetzel of New London. He never married.
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