SNARLED CABLE KILLS 1, HURTS 1, RIDING TRACTOR:
JACKSBORO, April 8 (Spl).-One man was killed and another injured about 10:30 a.m. Saturday when they were crushed by a tow cable that snared in the track of a caterpillar tractor andwrapped around the machine.
Dead is M.C. Franklin, about 75, who resided west of Boonsville.
He was riding on a caterpillar operated by Oran Welch of Wichita falls, who had been clearing the right of way for a fence on a farm 23 miles southeast of Jacksboro. Welch was driving the machine back to his truck.
Welch suffered a broken pelvis and numerous bruises. He was in fair condition Saturday night in Jack County Hospital.
Cecil Elenburg of Jacksboro discovered the accident at 12:45 p.m. when he went to the farm on an inspection tour. Elenburg owns the Cecil Elenburg Construction Company, for which Welch was working.
Hawkins Funeral Home at Bridgeport will announce arrangements for Franklin.[Contacted 8/21/2013, for further infomation]
SOURCE: Star-Telegram Newspaper, 1961
JACKSBORO, April 8 (Spl).-One man was killed and another injured about 10:30 a.m. Saturday when they were crushed by a tow cable that snared in the track of a caterpillar tractor andwrapped around the machine.
Dead is M.C. Franklin, about 75, who resided west of Boonsville.
He was riding on a caterpillar operated by Oran Welch of Wichita falls, who had been clearing the right of way for a fence on a farm 23 miles southeast of Jacksboro. Welch was driving the machine back to his truck.
Welch suffered a broken pelvis and numerous bruises. He was in fair condition Saturday night in Jack County Hospital.
Cecil Elenburg of Jacksboro discovered the accident at 12:45 p.m. when he went to the farm on an inspection tour. Elenburg owns the Cecil Elenburg Construction Company, for which Welch was working.
Hawkins Funeral Home at Bridgeport will announce arrangements for Franklin.[Contacted 8/21/2013, for further infomation]
SOURCE: Star-Telegram Newspaper, 1961
SNARLED CABLE KILLS 1, HURTS 1, RIDING TRACTOR:
JACKSBORO, April 8 (Spl).-One man was killed and another injured about 10:30 a.m. Saturday when they were crushed by a tow cable that snared in the track of a caterpillar tractor andwrapped around the machine.
Dead is M.C. Franklin, about 75, who resided west of Boonsville.
He was riding on a caterpillar operated by Oran Welch of Wichita falls, who had been clearing the right of way for a fence on a farm 23 miles southeast of Jacksboro. Welch was driving the machine back to his truck.
Welch suffered a broken pelvis and numerous bruises. He was in fair condition Saturday night in Jack County Hospital.
Cecil Elenburg of Jacksboro discovered the accident at 12:45 p.m. when he went to the farm on an inspection tour. Elenburg owns the Cecil Elenburg Construction Company, for which Welch was working.
Hawkins Funeral Home at Bridgeport will announce arrangements for Franklin.[Contacted 8/21/2013, for further infomation]
SOURCE: Star-Telegram Newspaper, 1961
JACKSBORO, April 8 (Spl).-One man was killed and another injured about 10:30 a.m. Saturday when they were crushed by a tow cable that snared in the track of a caterpillar tractor andwrapped around the machine.
Dead is M.C. Franklin, about 75, who resided west of Boonsville.
He was riding on a caterpillar operated by Oran Welch of Wichita falls, who had been clearing the right of way for a fence on a farm 23 miles southeast of Jacksboro. Welch was driving the machine back to his truck.
Welch suffered a broken pelvis and numerous bruises. He was in fair condition Saturday night in Jack County Hospital.
Cecil Elenburg of Jacksboro discovered the accident at 12:45 p.m. when he went to the farm on an inspection tour. Elenburg owns the Cecil Elenburg Construction Company, for which Welch was working.
Hawkins Funeral Home at Bridgeport will announce arrangements for Franklin.[Contacted 8/21/2013, for further infomation]
SOURCE: Star-Telegram Newspaper, 1961
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