Daughter of A. & E. Ochsner.
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El Paso Herald 2 Jul 1897
A SAD ACCIDENT
Joliet, Ill July 2 - The funeral of Emil Wanger took place this morning. Wanger was killed by a runaway team.
Among the spectators was Emma Ochsner, age 10. The girl threw her hand across a guy wire of the Electric Light company and was instantly killed.
Her father started out to find the cause and he laid hold of the same wire and was electrocuted , and it was several minutes before he regained consciousness. .
Contributor: Charlene Ochsner Carson (50348169) • [email protected]
The Joliet Daily News
Joliet, Illinois
Friday, July 2, 1897
Little Girl Killed
Emma Ochsner Meets Her Death This Morning
Was killed by a live wire at Bridge and Hickory Streets – She took hold of a live electric wire – Was the daughter of the Chief Engineer at the Sehring Brewery.
Emma Ochsner, the ten-year old daughter of Albert Ochsner, chief engineer of the Sehring Brewery was instantly killed this morning at 9:30 o’clock by coming in contact with a live electric wire at the corner of Hickory and Bridge Streets in the yard of Mrs. T. Scheidt. The little girl was in company with her older brother, two years older than herself, had started out from the house with the idea of watching the Wanger funeral procession which was to pass by on Bridge Street.
According to the statement of her brother, when they reached the corner of Bridge and Hickory, the little girl stopped and leaned against the fence taking hold of a guy wire which held up the telegraph pole on that corner. It is presumed that her death was instant. She was thrown completely over the fence and was found a moment later lying on the grass on the other side of Mrs. Scheidt’s yard.
It was at first supposed that she had been overcome with the heat and a notice to that effect was sent in to the police station. Subsequent examination, however, showed that her left hand which she had carelessly laid on the wire, was very badly burned and after examination the physician said that her death was due to an electric shock.
The accident to Emma Ochsner was not the first which has occurred from the same wire. Yesterday afternoon, a small boy, whose name could not be learned was given a severe shock by contact with the same wire and it is said that a number of children have been seriously hurt.
After the death of his little girl, Mr. Ochsner was at once sent for. It was supposed until he came that the death was due to heat, but after looking around a moment, he said he thought there must be some electricity in the wire. In order to prove his assertion, he took hold of the wire. He was standing on the outside of the yard at the time, on the stone sidewalk. The force of the electric shock compelled him to put his other hand on the wire and threw him over the fence more than ten feet into the yard. It was several minutes before he regained consciousness.
The wire through which this accident occurred is a guy wire which is attached to a pole in Mrs. Scheidt’s yard. It has been there for several years and it has never before caused any trouble. It is presumed that the insulation of one of the electric wires has become defective within a couple of days and that the guy wire which is in direct contact with the electric wire was in this manner charged with electricity. The coroner’s inquest was held this morning at Sehring’s Brewery and a verdict was returned that the little girl came to her death of accident.
The blame for her death was laid to the Electric Light Co. The evidence brought before the jury was to the effect that a current of 1000 volts was passing through the wire while 500 volts was sufficient to kill. The child’s hands were frightfully burned on the palms. Her father was badly injured by the shock he sustained from touching the wire. His neck and hands were burned and he had a narrow escape from the fate of his little daughter. It is quite a coincident that but yesterday Emil Wanger, the little son of an employee of the Sehring Brewery Co. met his death from an accident and today the daughter of another employee should come to her death by accident.
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El Paso Herald 2 Jul 1897
A SAD ACCIDENT
Joliet, Ill July 2 - The funeral of Emil Wanger took place this morning. Wanger was killed by a runaway team.
Among the spectators was Emma Ochsner, age 10. The girl threw her hand across a guy wire of the Electric Light company and was instantly killed.
Her father started out to find the cause and he laid hold of the same wire and was electrocuted , and it was several minutes before he regained consciousness. .
Contributor: Charlene Ochsner Carson (50348169) • [email protected]
The Joliet Daily News
Joliet, Illinois
Friday, July 2, 1897
Little Girl Killed
Emma Ochsner Meets Her Death This Morning
Was killed by a live wire at Bridge and Hickory Streets – She took hold of a live electric wire – Was the daughter of the Chief Engineer at the Sehring Brewery.
Emma Ochsner, the ten-year old daughter of Albert Ochsner, chief engineer of the Sehring Brewery was instantly killed this morning at 9:30 o’clock by coming in contact with a live electric wire at the corner of Hickory and Bridge Streets in the yard of Mrs. T. Scheidt. The little girl was in company with her older brother, two years older than herself, had started out from the house with the idea of watching the Wanger funeral procession which was to pass by on Bridge Street.
According to the statement of her brother, when they reached the corner of Bridge and Hickory, the little girl stopped and leaned against the fence taking hold of a guy wire which held up the telegraph pole on that corner. It is presumed that her death was instant. She was thrown completely over the fence and was found a moment later lying on the grass on the other side of Mrs. Scheidt’s yard.
It was at first supposed that she had been overcome with the heat and a notice to that effect was sent in to the police station. Subsequent examination, however, showed that her left hand which she had carelessly laid on the wire, was very badly burned and after examination the physician said that her death was due to an electric shock.
The accident to Emma Ochsner was not the first which has occurred from the same wire. Yesterday afternoon, a small boy, whose name could not be learned was given a severe shock by contact with the same wire and it is said that a number of children have been seriously hurt.
After the death of his little girl, Mr. Ochsner was at once sent for. It was supposed until he came that the death was due to heat, but after looking around a moment, he said he thought there must be some electricity in the wire. In order to prove his assertion, he took hold of the wire. He was standing on the outside of the yard at the time, on the stone sidewalk. The force of the electric shock compelled him to put his other hand on the wire and threw him over the fence more than ten feet into the yard. It was several minutes before he regained consciousness.
The wire through which this accident occurred is a guy wire which is attached to a pole in Mrs. Scheidt’s yard. It has been there for several years and it has never before caused any trouble. It is presumed that the insulation of one of the electric wires has become defective within a couple of days and that the guy wire which is in direct contact with the electric wire was in this manner charged with electricity. The coroner’s inquest was held this morning at Sehring’s Brewery and a verdict was returned that the little girl came to her death of accident.
The blame for her death was laid to the Electric Light Co. The evidence brought before the jury was to the effect that a current of 1000 volts was passing through the wire while 500 volts was sufficient to kill. The child’s hands were frightfully burned on the palms. Her father was badly injured by the shock he sustained from touching the wire. His neck and hands were burned and he had a narrow escape from the fate of his little daughter. It is quite a coincident that but yesterday Emil Wanger, the little son of an employee of the Sehring Brewery Co. met his death from an accident and today the daughter of another employee should come to her death by accident.
Daughter of A. & E. Ochsner.
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El Paso Herald 2 Jul 1897
A SAD ACCIDENT
Joliet, Ill July 2 - The funeral of Emil Wanger took place this morning. Wanger was killed by a runaway team.
Among the spectators was Emma Ochsner, age 10. The girl threw her hand across a guy wire of the Electric Light company and was instantly killed.
Her father started out to find the cause and he laid hold of the same wire and was electrocuted , and it was several minutes before he regained consciousness. .
Contributor: Charlene Ochsner Carson (50348169) • [email protected]
The Joliet Daily News
Joliet, Illinois
Friday, July 2, 1897
Little Girl Killed
Emma Ochsner Meets Her Death This Morning
Was killed by a live wire at Bridge and Hickory Streets – She took hold of a live electric wire – Was the daughter of the Chief Engineer at the Sehring Brewery.
Emma Ochsner, the ten-year old daughter of Albert Ochsner, chief engineer of the Sehring Brewery was instantly killed this morning at 9:30 o’clock by coming in contact with a live electric wire at the corner of Hickory and Bridge Streets in the yard of Mrs. T. Scheidt. The little girl was in company with her older brother, two years older than herself, had started out from the house with the idea of watching the Wanger funeral procession which was to pass by on Bridge Street.
According to the statement of her brother, when they reached the corner of Bridge and Hickory, the little girl stopped and leaned against the fence taking hold of a guy wire which held up the telegraph pole on that corner. It is presumed that her death was instant. She was thrown completely over the fence and was found a moment later lying on the grass on the other side of Mrs. Scheidt’s yard.
It was at first supposed that she had been overcome with the heat and a notice to that effect was sent in to the police station. Subsequent examination, however, showed that her left hand which she had carelessly laid on the wire, was very badly burned and after examination the physician said that her death was due to an electric shock.
The accident to Emma Ochsner was not the first which has occurred from the same wire. Yesterday afternoon, a small boy, whose name could not be learned was given a severe shock by contact with the same wire and it is said that a number of children have been seriously hurt.
After the death of his little girl, Mr. Ochsner was at once sent for. It was supposed until he came that the death was due to heat, but after looking around a moment, he said he thought there must be some electricity in the wire. In order to prove his assertion, he took hold of the wire. He was standing on the outside of the yard at the time, on the stone sidewalk. The force of the electric shock compelled him to put his other hand on the wire and threw him over the fence more than ten feet into the yard. It was several minutes before he regained consciousness.
The wire through which this accident occurred is a guy wire which is attached to a pole in Mrs. Scheidt’s yard. It has been there for several years and it has never before caused any trouble. It is presumed that the insulation of one of the electric wires has become defective within a couple of days and that the guy wire which is in direct contact with the electric wire was in this manner charged with electricity. The coroner’s inquest was held this morning at Sehring’s Brewery and a verdict was returned that the little girl came to her death of accident.
The blame for her death was laid to the Electric Light Co. The evidence brought before the jury was to the effect that a current of 1000 volts was passing through the wire while 500 volts was sufficient to kill. The child’s hands were frightfully burned on the palms. Her father was badly injured by the shock he sustained from touching the wire. His neck and hands were burned and he had a narrow escape from the fate of his little daughter. It is quite a coincident that but yesterday Emil Wanger, the little son of an employee of the Sehring Brewery Co. met his death from an accident and today the daughter of another employee should come to her death by accident.
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El Paso Herald 2 Jul 1897
A SAD ACCIDENT
Joliet, Ill July 2 - The funeral of Emil Wanger took place this morning. Wanger was killed by a runaway team.
Among the spectators was Emma Ochsner, age 10. The girl threw her hand across a guy wire of the Electric Light company and was instantly killed.
Her father started out to find the cause and he laid hold of the same wire and was electrocuted , and it was several minutes before he regained consciousness. .
Contributor: Charlene Ochsner Carson (50348169) • [email protected]
The Joliet Daily News
Joliet, Illinois
Friday, July 2, 1897
Little Girl Killed
Emma Ochsner Meets Her Death This Morning
Was killed by a live wire at Bridge and Hickory Streets – She took hold of a live electric wire – Was the daughter of the Chief Engineer at the Sehring Brewery.
Emma Ochsner, the ten-year old daughter of Albert Ochsner, chief engineer of the Sehring Brewery was instantly killed this morning at 9:30 o’clock by coming in contact with a live electric wire at the corner of Hickory and Bridge Streets in the yard of Mrs. T. Scheidt. The little girl was in company with her older brother, two years older than herself, had started out from the house with the idea of watching the Wanger funeral procession which was to pass by on Bridge Street.
According to the statement of her brother, when they reached the corner of Bridge and Hickory, the little girl stopped and leaned against the fence taking hold of a guy wire which held up the telegraph pole on that corner. It is presumed that her death was instant. She was thrown completely over the fence and was found a moment later lying on the grass on the other side of Mrs. Scheidt’s yard.
It was at first supposed that she had been overcome with the heat and a notice to that effect was sent in to the police station. Subsequent examination, however, showed that her left hand which she had carelessly laid on the wire, was very badly burned and after examination the physician said that her death was due to an electric shock.
The accident to Emma Ochsner was not the first which has occurred from the same wire. Yesterday afternoon, a small boy, whose name could not be learned was given a severe shock by contact with the same wire and it is said that a number of children have been seriously hurt.
After the death of his little girl, Mr. Ochsner was at once sent for. It was supposed until he came that the death was due to heat, but after looking around a moment, he said he thought there must be some electricity in the wire. In order to prove his assertion, he took hold of the wire. He was standing on the outside of the yard at the time, on the stone sidewalk. The force of the electric shock compelled him to put his other hand on the wire and threw him over the fence more than ten feet into the yard. It was several minutes before he regained consciousness.
The wire through which this accident occurred is a guy wire which is attached to a pole in Mrs. Scheidt’s yard. It has been there for several years and it has never before caused any trouble. It is presumed that the insulation of one of the electric wires has become defective within a couple of days and that the guy wire which is in direct contact with the electric wire was in this manner charged with electricity. The coroner’s inquest was held this morning at Sehring’s Brewery and a verdict was returned that the little girl came to her death of accident.
The blame for her death was laid to the Electric Light Co. The evidence brought before the jury was to the effect that a current of 1000 volts was passing through the wire while 500 volts was sufficient to kill. The child’s hands were frightfully burned on the palms. Her father was badly injured by the shock he sustained from touching the wire. His neck and hands were burned and he had a narrow escape from the fate of his little daughter. It is quite a coincident that but yesterday Emil Wanger, the little son of an employee of the Sehring Brewery Co. met his death from an accident and today the daughter of another employee should come to her death by accident.
Gravesite Details
Note: Emma is buried in the Old Single Graves Section near Cass Street. Her cousin, John Henry Ochsner who also died at the age of 10 years, in 1904, is buried in the Old Single Graves Section, Section A, Grave #514.
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