EDWARD TOMCHEK
Edward Tomchek, Newton, Dies Under Train
Slipped Under Engine While En Route West
Prominent Athlete Is Instantly Killed At The Yards In Columbus, Nebraska
Edward C. Tomchek, 18, Newton baseball and basketball star, who with his
brother Alex J. Tomchek left this city Monday night on a trip that was to
take them to the Pacific coast, was killed Wednesday under the wheels of
a switch engine in the railroad yards at Columbus, Nebraska.
News of the fatal accident reached the parents of the young man, Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Tomchek at their home in Newton, in a telegram from their son
Alex who advised that he was arranging to bring the body of his brother
back to Manitowoc for burial. The remains are expected to arrive here some
time Friday and funeral services will probably be held on Saturday. There
will be no inquest, the coroner announced.
Edward Tomchek was well known in Amateur basketball and baseball circles
in the county. He played basketball as late as last Sunday night. He and
his brother came here from their Newton home last Monday afternoon, had
supper with their brother Bruno, who is employed in this city, and then
left on the 6 p.m. North Western train for the west.
Going West
They planned to stop first at Pueblo, Colo., to visit a friend of Alex
Tomchek and said that from there they might continue on to California,
before returning to Manitowoc.
Dispatches today from Columbus, Neb., said that the two Tomcheks had ridden
a Union Pacific train there from Omaha, Neb. They jumped from one train and
were preparing to board another train bound west, but in trying to climb
aboard the moving train Edward Tomchek slipped and fell beneath the wheels
of a switch engine that was moving down the next track. He was almost
instantly killed.
With Cleveland
The deceased last summer played with the Cleveland club of the Kettle Moraine
league. The 1931 season saw him a member of the Point Creek club of the
Manitowoc County league.
Tomchek was also a basketball star. He played all the past winter with the
Cleveland club, a well known amateur team.
His parents, five brothers, and two sisters survive. The latter are Bruno
and Benjamin of this city, Alex, Zenon and Joseph of Newton, and Mrs. Henry
Kraemer of Newton and Miss Celia Tomchek of Milwaukee.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Thursday, April 6, 1933 P. 2
Edward Tomchek, Newton, Dies Under Train
Slipped Under Engine While En Route West
Prominent Athlete Is Instantly Killed At The Yards In Columbus, Nebraska
Edward C. Tomchek, 18, Newton baseball and basketball star, who with his
brother Alex J. Tomchek left this city Monday night on a trip that was to
take them to the Pacific coast, was killed Wednesday under the wheels of
a switch engine in the railroad yards at Columbus, Nebraska.
News of the fatal accident reached the parents of the young man, Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Tomchek at their home in Newton, in a telegram from their son
Alex who advised that he was arranging to bring the body of his brother
back to Manitowoc for burial. The remains are expected to arrive here some
time Friday and funeral services will probably be held on Saturday. There
will be no inquest, the coroner announced.
Edward Tomchek was well known in Amateur basketball and baseball circles
in the county. He played basketball as late as last Sunday night. He and
his brother came here from their Newton home last Monday afternoon, had
supper with their brother Bruno, who is employed in this city, and then
left on the 6 p.m. North Western train for the west.
Going West
They planned to stop first at Pueblo, Colo., to visit a friend of Alex
Tomchek and said that from there they might continue on to California,
before returning to Manitowoc.
Dispatches today from Columbus, Neb., said that the two Tomcheks had ridden
a Union Pacific train there from Omaha, Neb. They jumped from one train and
were preparing to board another train bound west, but in trying to climb
aboard the moving train Edward Tomchek slipped and fell beneath the wheels
of a switch engine that was moving down the next track. He was almost
instantly killed.
With Cleveland
The deceased last summer played with the Cleveland club of the Kettle Moraine
league. The 1931 season saw him a member of the Point Creek club of the
Manitowoc County league.
Tomchek was also a basketball star. He played all the past winter with the
Cleveland club, a well known amateur team.
His parents, five brothers, and two sisters survive. The latter are Bruno
and Benjamin of this city, Alex, Zenon and Joseph of Newton, and Mrs. Henry
Kraemer of Newton and Miss Celia Tomchek of Milwaukee.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Thursday, April 6, 1933 P. 2
EDWARD TOMCHEK
Edward Tomchek, Newton, Dies Under Train
Slipped Under Engine While En Route West
Prominent Athlete Is Instantly Killed At The Yards In Columbus, Nebraska
Edward C. Tomchek, 18, Newton baseball and basketball star, who with his
brother Alex J. Tomchek left this city Monday night on a trip that was to
take them to the Pacific coast, was killed Wednesday under the wheels of
a switch engine in the railroad yards at Columbus, Nebraska.
News of the fatal accident reached the parents of the young man, Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Tomchek at their home in Newton, in a telegram from their son
Alex who advised that he was arranging to bring the body of his brother
back to Manitowoc for burial. The remains are expected to arrive here some
time Friday and funeral services will probably be held on Saturday. There
will be no inquest, the coroner announced.
Edward Tomchek was well known in Amateur basketball and baseball circles
in the county. He played basketball as late as last Sunday night. He and
his brother came here from their Newton home last Monday afternoon, had
supper with their brother Bruno, who is employed in this city, and then
left on the 6 p.m. North Western train for the west.
Going West
They planned to stop first at Pueblo, Colo., to visit a friend of Alex
Tomchek and said that from there they might continue on to California,
before returning to Manitowoc.
Dispatches today from Columbus, Neb., said that the two Tomcheks had ridden
a Union Pacific train there from Omaha, Neb. They jumped from one train and
were preparing to board another train bound west, but in trying to climb
aboard the moving train Edward Tomchek slipped and fell beneath the wheels
of a switch engine that was moving down the next track. He was almost
instantly killed.
With Cleveland
The deceased last summer played with the Cleveland club of the Kettle Moraine
league. The 1931 season saw him a member of the Point Creek club of the
Manitowoc County league.
Tomchek was also a basketball star. He played all the past winter with the
Cleveland club, a well known amateur team.
His parents, five brothers, and two sisters survive. The latter are Bruno
and Benjamin of this city, Alex, Zenon and Joseph of Newton, and Mrs. Henry
Kraemer of Newton and Miss Celia Tomchek of Milwaukee.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Thursday, April 6, 1933 P. 2
Edward Tomchek, Newton, Dies Under Train
Slipped Under Engine While En Route West
Prominent Athlete Is Instantly Killed At The Yards In Columbus, Nebraska
Edward C. Tomchek, 18, Newton baseball and basketball star, who with his
brother Alex J. Tomchek left this city Monday night on a trip that was to
take them to the Pacific coast, was killed Wednesday under the wheels of
a switch engine in the railroad yards at Columbus, Nebraska.
News of the fatal accident reached the parents of the young man, Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Tomchek at their home in Newton, in a telegram from their son
Alex who advised that he was arranging to bring the body of his brother
back to Manitowoc for burial. The remains are expected to arrive here some
time Friday and funeral services will probably be held on Saturday. There
will be no inquest, the coroner announced.
Edward Tomchek was well known in Amateur basketball and baseball circles
in the county. He played basketball as late as last Sunday night. He and
his brother came here from their Newton home last Monday afternoon, had
supper with their brother Bruno, who is employed in this city, and then
left on the 6 p.m. North Western train for the west.
Going West
They planned to stop first at Pueblo, Colo., to visit a friend of Alex
Tomchek and said that from there they might continue on to California,
before returning to Manitowoc.
Dispatches today from Columbus, Neb., said that the two Tomcheks had ridden
a Union Pacific train there from Omaha, Neb. They jumped from one train and
were preparing to board another train bound west, but in trying to climb
aboard the moving train Edward Tomchek slipped and fell beneath the wheels
of a switch engine that was moving down the next track. He was almost
instantly killed.
With Cleveland
The deceased last summer played with the Cleveland club of the Kettle Moraine
league. The 1931 season saw him a member of the Point Creek club of the
Manitowoc County league.
Tomchek was also a basketball star. He played all the past winter with the
Cleveland club, a well known amateur team.
His parents, five brothers, and two sisters survive. The latter are Bruno
and Benjamin of this city, Alex, Zenon and Joseph of Newton, and Mrs. Henry
Kraemer of Newton and Miss Celia Tomchek of Milwaukee.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Thursday, April 6, 1933 P. 2
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