Obit: Wiesner, William (1893? - 1912)
Contact: Stan
Surnames:
WIESNER ----Source: Thorp
Courier (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 01/11/1912 Wiesner, William
(1893? - 09 Jan 1912) William Wiesner,
employed by the Soo on the section running east of this village
(Thorp, Clark County, Wis.), of which Andrew Brunner is foreman,
was struck by a freight train going west about seven o'clock on
Tuesday morning, and injured so badly as to cause his death a short
time later. Mr. Wiesner was riding a velocipede looking for broken
rails when the train overtook him. He no doubt was warmly dressed
and failed to hear the train approach. He was discovered shortly
after being struck and train No. 6 was stopped and carried him to
Owen, but he died before reaching Owen. The accident occurred at a
point near the Lombard switch about three miles east of the
village. The body was brought here on train No. 1 and taken to the
home of his parents. The young man was eighteen years of age and
had begun work on Sunday night last at this job, his job being to
go over the track on this section after each train passed during
the night time. The funeral will
be held from the M. E. Church on Friday afternoon, Rev. J. B.
Bachman officiating, interment taking place in the Thorp Village
Cemetery. © Every submission is protected by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
of 1998. Show your appreciation of this freely provided information by not
copying it to any other site without our
permission.
Become a Clark County History
Buff
A site created and
maintained by the Clark County History Buffs
Webmasters: Leon
Konieczny, Tanya Paschke,
Janet & Stan Schwarze, James W. Sternitzky,
and supported by your generous donations.