William Offerman, a young engineer, met his death in a horrible manner on a traction engine at 3 o'clock this afternoon in Otto Township..
The engine was hauling a corn sheller from one farm to another. William Offerman was standing between the engine and the water tank running it, unsuspicious of the horrible fate in store for him..
The engine had reached the center of a wooden bridge across one of the small creeks in Otto, when the structure suddenly parted in the center. The engine and water tank came together and the life of the young engineer was crushed out..
Death occurred instantly. The men who assist in running the engine and corn sheller say that Offerman never uttered a cry. His body is horribly mangled and still remained between the engine and the water tank when the news of the shocking accident was brought to this city. It was impossible to pull the machinery of the engine apart to extricate the mutilated remains of the unfortunate engineer without the assistance of a derrick or a large force of men..
Leon Hay brought the news to this city. He notified the coroner, Jacob Willman, who immediately left for the scene of the accident..
The dead engineer is well known in Otto Township where his parents live. He was 26 years old and unmarried.
The engine was hauling a corn sheller from one farm to another. William Offerman was standing between the engine and the water tank running it, unsuspicious of the horrible fate in store for him..
The engine had reached the center of a wooden bridge across one of the small creeks in Otto, when the structure suddenly parted in the center. The engine and water tank came together and the life of the young engineer was crushed out..
Death occurred instantly. The men who assist in running the engine and corn sheller say that Offerman never uttered a cry. His body is horribly mangled and still remained between the engine and the water tank when the news of the shocking accident was brought to this city. It was impossible to pull the machinery of the engine apart to extricate the mutilated remains of the unfortunate engineer without the assistance of a derrick or a large force of men..
Leon Hay brought the news to this city. He notified the coroner, Jacob Willman, who immediately left for the scene of the accident..
The dead engineer is well known in Otto Township where his parents live. He was 26 years old and unmarried.
William Offerman, a young engineer, met his death in a horrible manner on a traction engine at 3 o'clock this afternoon in Otto Township..
The engine was hauling a corn sheller from one farm to another. William Offerman was standing between the engine and the water tank running it, unsuspicious of the horrible fate in store for him..
The engine had reached the center of a wooden bridge across one of the small creeks in Otto, when the structure suddenly parted in the center. The engine and water tank came together and the life of the young engineer was crushed out..
Death occurred instantly. The men who assist in running the engine and corn sheller say that Offerman never uttered a cry. His body is horribly mangled and still remained between the engine and the water tank when the news of the shocking accident was brought to this city. It was impossible to pull the machinery of the engine apart to extricate the mutilated remains of the unfortunate engineer without the assistance of a derrick or a large force of men..
Leon Hay brought the news to this city. He notified the coroner, Jacob Willman, who immediately left for the scene of the accident..
The dead engineer is well known in Otto Township where his parents live. He was 26 years old and unmarried.
The engine was hauling a corn sheller from one farm to another. William Offerman was standing between the engine and the water tank running it, unsuspicious of the horrible fate in store for him..
The engine had reached the center of a wooden bridge across one of the small creeks in Otto, when the structure suddenly parted in the center. The engine and water tank came together and the life of the young engineer was crushed out..
Death occurred instantly. The men who assist in running the engine and corn sheller say that Offerman never uttered a cry. His body is horribly mangled and still remained between the engine and the water tank when the news of the shocking accident was brought to this city. It was impossible to pull the machinery of the engine apart to extricate the mutilated remains of the unfortunate engineer without the assistance of a derrick or a large force of men..
Leon Hay brought the news to this city. He notified the coroner, Jacob Willman, who immediately left for the scene of the accident..
The dead engineer is well known in Otto Township where his parents live. He was 26 years old and unmarried.
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