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Vern Leroy “Vernie” West

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Vern Leroy “Vernie” West

Birth
Wright County, Iowa, USA
Death
30 Aug 1931 (aged 58)
Ravalli County, Montana, USA
Burial
Hamilton, Ravalli County, Montana, USA Add to Map
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Father: Charles Asbury West
Mother: Ellen Juliann Wooster West

Death Notice
HAMILTON — Vern West, 50, killed by falling rock fighting a forest fire 10 miles east of here.

- Havre Daily News | 31 Aug 1931, p. 4; transcribed by Annie Duckett Hundley.
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MISSOULA, Aug. 30. - (AP) An army of 1,560 men dug at a fast clip today to complete trenches around the McPherson fire while weather conditions remained in their favor.

Seventeen camps had been established on the Coeur d'Alene and Cabinet forests to supply them with food and equipment.

Meanwhile, a new fire started near DeBorgia on the Cabinet forest. Information concerning it was meager, but men were rushed to the scene and quick control was believed probable.

The death toll among fire fighters of District No. 1 and Eastern Washington reached 13 with the killing of Vern West by a falling rock near Hamilton.

G. C. Thompson of Kalispell was recovering at a hospital at Plains from injuries he suffered when the truck on which he was hauling horses to a fire west of Thompson Falls turned over. One horse was killed.

Thompson had been transporting pack animals almost continually for five days and was so tired he fell asleep and drove off a grade.

- Montana Butte Standard, 31 Aug 1931, p. 2; transcribed by Annie Duckett Hundley.
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--Other Sources: Montana Death Index, WW I Draft Reg. Card, 10 public trees @ Ancestry.com.
Father: Charles Asbury West
Mother: Ellen Juliann Wooster West

Death Notice
HAMILTON — Vern West, 50, killed by falling rock fighting a forest fire 10 miles east of here.

- Havre Daily News | 31 Aug 1931, p. 4; transcribed by Annie Duckett Hundley.
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MISSOULA, Aug. 30. - (AP) An army of 1,560 men dug at a fast clip today to complete trenches around the McPherson fire while weather conditions remained in their favor.

Seventeen camps had been established on the Coeur d'Alene and Cabinet forests to supply them with food and equipment.

Meanwhile, a new fire started near DeBorgia on the Cabinet forest. Information concerning it was meager, but men were rushed to the scene and quick control was believed probable.

The death toll among fire fighters of District No. 1 and Eastern Washington reached 13 with the killing of Vern West by a falling rock near Hamilton.

G. C. Thompson of Kalispell was recovering at a hospital at Plains from injuries he suffered when the truck on which he was hauling horses to a fire west of Thompson Falls turned over. One horse was killed.

Thompson had been transporting pack animals almost continually for five days and was so tired he fell asleep and drove off a grade.

- Montana Butte Standard, 31 Aug 1931, p. 2; transcribed by Annie Duckett Hundley.
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--Other Sources: Montana Death Index, WW I Draft Reg. Card, 10 public trees @ Ancestry.com.

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