Leo & Rose [Rosalia] came down; worked in barn. Wetzler of Maeystown died of rabbit fever & his wife is also sick. Paul McDermott son of Luke McDermott was out hunting Tues. nite, with his brother & cousin Willie & Ed Crook; he got tired stopped & built a fire & must of fell asleep clothing caught fired & was burned so badly & died. Elmer Matzenbacher & Emil Geodell found him called for doctor & took him to hospital.
Friday, Dec. 15, 1939
Filed Under: 1939, December, Tillie's News Diaries from the 1930s Tagged With: accidental_death, Brand, burned_alive, cause_of_death, Crook, death, died, Geodell, Goeddel, illness, Leo, Maeystown, Matzenbacher, McDermott, Orlet, rabbit_fever, Rosalia, Wetzler
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