Obit: McKinzie, William James C. (Accidental Death - 1920)

Contact: Robert Lipprandt
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Surnames: McKinzie, Martens

----Source: The Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune (Wisconsin Rapids, WI) 09/24/1920

McKinzie, William James C. (? - 24 SEP 1920)

Medford Man Struck By Engine; Is Killed

Scaler For Medford Lumber Company Fails To Hear Switch Engine Approaching

Medford, Wis., Sept 24 - William James C. McKenzie, who for twenty nine years has been a scaler for the Medford Lumber Co., was killed here.

With a crew of men he was working near the company’s railroad tracks, about 14 miles west of Medford, when the engine, which was on a side track switching, backed up near the place the men were working, McKinzie, who is deaf, turned and stepped on the track immediately back of the engine which struck him throwing him under the wheels, killing him instantly.

He is survived by his widow and one daughter, Mrs. Al. Martens, both of whom live in Medford.

Note: Birth information was not published with accident/obituary.