Hettinger Rites For Truck Victim
Funeral services and burial for Elke Beld, 34-year-old Belle Fourche man, will be held Wednesday afternoon at Hettinger, N.D., under the auspices of the Apostolic Lutheran Church. The body was taken to Hettinger Monday by the Wells Funeral Home of Deadwood.
Beld was born Sept. 3, 1919 at Manhattan, Mont. He was a trucker by trade and had lived in and around Deadwood and Spearfish the last two years. He was a veteran of World War II and served in Europe. Beld was killed early Saturday morning near Deadwood when his brakeless truck missed a curve on Deadwood Hill and plunged onto a railroad track.
Surviving are his wife, Ruby, and two small sons, David Allen, one year, and Robert Lee, two years old, Deadwood; three brothers, John and Henry, both of Lodgepole, and John Harmy Beld, Riverton, Wyo.; a half brother, Gerritt Beld, Casper, Wyo.; two sisters, Mrs. John Komm, Hettinger, and Mrs. Bertha Kysar, Belle Fourche; two half sisters, Mrs. Mary Brink, Holland, Mich., and Ann, Casper, Wyo.
From The Deadwood Pioneer-Times - August 9, 1954∼Man Killed as Brakeless Truck Hurtles Off Cliff
A Belle Fourche man, Elke Beld, 34, was killed early this morning when his brakeless dump truck shot down Deadwood Hill at a high rate of speed, zoomed by Deadwood police who were trying to stop him, ripped out several guard rails, heavy cables, a telephone pole and traveled 1500 feet before crunching to the ground 100 feet below the highway.
According to Sheriff Lloyd Schultz, Beld left Spearfish enroute to Deadwood with no brakes on the truck.
Earlier he and two companions, Carl Ogaard and Ronnie Reed, left Belle Fourche for Deadwood but when the brakes failed, the other men suggested they stay in Spearfish.
Beld became angry and continued for Deadwood alone, they told the sheriff.
Ogaard and Reed called the Spearfish police informing them about the brakeless truck. They tried to catch him but failed. They then radioed the Deadwood police, who raced up Deadwood Hill.
But as Pat Patterson and Ernest Cudmore, Deadwood police officers, drove up the hill, the truck zoomed by and near the junction of U.S. 14 and 85 at the outskirts of Deadwood, plowed through the guard rails and telephone pole and plunged over the cliff.
Four people who were camping below the hill said the truck nearly landed upon them.
Sheriff Schultz said Beld was employed as a gravel hauler but at the time of the accident he was carrying a load of hay, reportedly for the Days of '76 rodeo stock.
He is survived by his wife, Ruby, and two children, ages 1 and 2, Deadwood.
The body is at Wells Funeral Home, Deadwood, and services are pending.
From The Black Hills Weekly - August 11, 1954
Funeral services and burial for Elke Beld, 34-year-old Belle Fourche man, will be held Wednesday afternoon at Hettinger, N.D., under the auspices of the Apostolic Lutheran Church. The body was taken to Hettinger Monday by the Wells Funeral Home of Deadwood.
Beld was born Sept. 3, 1919 at Manhattan, Mont. He was a trucker by trade and had lived in and around Deadwood and Spearfish the last two years. He was a veteran of World War II and served in Europe. Beld was killed early Saturday morning near Deadwood when his brakeless truck missed a curve on Deadwood Hill and plunged onto a railroad track.
Surviving are his wife, Ruby, and two small sons, David Allen, one year, and Robert Lee, two years old, Deadwood; three brothers, John and Henry, both of Lodgepole, and John Harmy Beld, Riverton, Wyo.; a half brother, Gerritt Beld, Casper, Wyo.; two sisters, Mrs. John Komm, Hettinger, and Mrs. Bertha Kysar, Belle Fourche; two half sisters, Mrs. Mary Brink, Holland, Mich., and Ann, Casper, Wyo.
From The Deadwood Pioneer-Times - August 9, 1954∼Man Killed as Brakeless Truck Hurtles Off Cliff
A Belle Fourche man, Elke Beld, 34, was killed early this morning when his brakeless dump truck shot down Deadwood Hill at a high rate of speed, zoomed by Deadwood police who were trying to stop him, ripped out several guard rails, heavy cables, a telephone pole and traveled 1500 feet before crunching to the ground 100 feet below the highway.
According to Sheriff Lloyd Schultz, Beld left Spearfish enroute to Deadwood with no brakes on the truck.
Earlier he and two companions, Carl Ogaard and Ronnie Reed, left Belle Fourche for Deadwood but when the brakes failed, the other men suggested they stay in Spearfish.
Beld became angry and continued for Deadwood alone, they told the sheriff.
Ogaard and Reed called the Spearfish police informing them about the brakeless truck. They tried to catch him but failed. They then radioed the Deadwood police, who raced up Deadwood Hill.
But as Pat Patterson and Ernest Cudmore, Deadwood police officers, drove up the hill, the truck zoomed by and near the junction of U.S. 14 and 85 at the outskirts of Deadwood, plowed through the guard rails and telephone pole and plunged over the cliff.
Four people who were camping below the hill said the truck nearly landed upon them.
Sheriff Schultz said Beld was employed as a gravel hauler but at the time of the accident he was carrying a load of hay, reportedly for the Days of '76 rodeo stock.
He is survived by his wife, Ruby, and two children, ages 1 and 2, Deadwood.
The body is at Wells Funeral Home, Deadwood, and services are pending.
From The Black Hills Weekly - August 11, 1954
Hettinger Rites For Truck Victim
Funeral services and burial for Elke Beld, 34-year-old Belle Fourche man, will be held Wednesday afternoon at Hettinger, N.D., under the auspices of the Apostolic Lutheran Church. The body was taken to Hettinger Monday by the Wells Funeral Home of Deadwood.
Beld was born Sept. 3, 1919 at Manhattan, Mont. He was a trucker by trade and had lived in and around Deadwood and Spearfish the last two years. He was a veteran of World War II and served in Europe. Beld was killed early Saturday morning near Deadwood when his brakeless truck missed a curve on Deadwood Hill and plunged onto a railroad track.
Surviving are his wife, Ruby, and two small sons, David Allen, one year, and Robert Lee, two years old, Deadwood; three brothers, John and Henry, both of Lodgepole, and John Harmy Beld, Riverton, Wyo.; a half brother, Gerritt Beld, Casper, Wyo.; two sisters, Mrs. John Komm, Hettinger, and Mrs. Bertha Kysar, Belle Fourche; two half sisters, Mrs. Mary Brink, Holland, Mich., and Ann, Casper, Wyo.
From The Deadwood Pioneer-Times - August 9, 1954∼Man Killed as Brakeless Truck Hurtles Off Cliff
A Belle Fourche man, Elke Beld, 34, was killed early this morning when his brakeless dump truck shot down Deadwood Hill at a high rate of speed, zoomed by Deadwood police who were trying to stop him, ripped out several guard rails, heavy cables, a telephone pole and traveled 1500 feet before crunching to the ground 100 feet below the highway.
According to Sheriff Lloyd Schultz, Beld left Spearfish enroute to Deadwood with no brakes on the truck.
Earlier he and two companions, Carl Ogaard and Ronnie Reed, left Belle Fourche for Deadwood but when the brakes failed, the other men suggested they stay in Spearfish.
Beld became angry and continued for Deadwood alone, they told the sheriff.
Ogaard and Reed called the Spearfish police informing them about the brakeless truck. They tried to catch him but failed. They then radioed the Deadwood police, who raced up Deadwood Hill.
But as Pat Patterson and Ernest Cudmore, Deadwood police officers, drove up the hill, the truck zoomed by and near the junction of U.S. 14 and 85 at the outskirts of Deadwood, plowed through the guard rails and telephone pole and plunged over the cliff.
Four people who were camping below the hill said the truck nearly landed upon them.
Sheriff Schultz said Beld was employed as a gravel hauler but at the time of the accident he was carrying a load of hay, reportedly for the Days of '76 rodeo stock.
He is survived by his wife, Ruby, and two children, ages 1 and 2, Deadwood.
The body is at Wells Funeral Home, Deadwood, and services are pending.
From The Black Hills Weekly - August 11, 1954
Funeral services and burial for Elke Beld, 34-year-old Belle Fourche man, will be held Wednesday afternoon at Hettinger, N.D., under the auspices of the Apostolic Lutheran Church. The body was taken to Hettinger Monday by the Wells Funeral Home of Deadwood.
Beld was born Sept. 3, 1919 at Manhattan, Mont. He was a trucker by trade and had lived in and around Deadwood and Spearfish the last two years. He was a veteran of World War II and served in Europe. Beld was killed early Saturday morning near Deadwood when his brakeless truck missed a curve on Deadwood Hill and plunged onto a railroad track.
Surviving are his wife, Ruby, and two small sons, David Allen, one year, and Robert Lee, two years old, Deadwood; three brothers, John and Henry, both of Lodgepole, and John Harmy Beld, Riverton, Wyo.; a half brother, Gerritt Beld, Casper, Wyo.; two sisters, Mrs. John Komm, Hettinger, and Mrs. Bertha Kysar, Belle Fourche; two half sisters, Mrs. Mary Brink, Holland, Mich., and Ann, Casper, Wyo.
From The Deadwood Pioneer-Times - August 9, 1954∼Man Killed as Brakeless Truck Hurtles Off Cliff
A Belle Fourche man, Elke Beld, 34, was killed early this morning when his brakeless dump truck shot down Deadwood Hill at a high rate of speed, zoomed by Deadwood police who were trying to stop him, ripped out several guard rails, heavy cables, a telephone pole and traveled 1500 feet before crunching to the ground 100 feet below the highway.
According to Sheriff Lloyd Schultz, Beld left Spearfish enroute to Deadwood with no brakes on the truck.
Earlier he and two companions, Carl Ogaard and Ronnie Reed, left Belle Fourche for Deadwood but when the brakes failed, the other men suggested they stay in Spearfish.
Beld became angry and continued for Deadwood alone, they told the sheriff.
Ogaard and Reed called the Spearfish police informing them about the brakeless truck. They tried to catch him but failed. They then radioed the Deadwood police, who raced up Deadwood Hill.
But as Pat Patterson and Ernest Cudmore, Deadwood police officers, drove up the hill, the truck zoomed by and near the junction of U.S. 14 and 85 at the outskirts of Deadwood, plowed through the guard rails and telephone pole and plunged over the cliff.
Four people who were camping below the hill said the truck nearly landed upon them.
Sheriff Schultz said Beld was employed as a gravel hauler but at the time of the accident he was carrying a load of hay, reportedly for the Days of '76 rodeo stock.
He is survived by his wife, Ruby, and two children, ages 1 and 2, Deadwood.
The body is at Wells Funeral Home, Deadwood, and services are pending.
From The Black Hills Weekly - August 11, 1954
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