Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-10
H. F.LAMP FAILS
IN FIGHT TO LIVE
Injuries Received in Accident
Last Friday Cause His
Death.
EARLY HOPE OF RECOVERY
While He Never Regained Complete
Consciousness, He Showed Signs
of Improvement.

lao this morning at the fam
lily residence, 1929 Second avenue.
from injuries sustained when he was
thrown to the pavement from his
wagon. 1t was feared by the attend
ing physicians that Mr.. Lamp could
not survive, but since the day of the
accident he had become stronger and
until last night hopes were entertain
ed for his recovery. Mr.. Lamp did not
regain complete consciousness. The
accident which terminated fatally oc-
Cured last Friday morning after Mr..
Lamp had hitched team 10 his wagon
and had left the barn in the rel- of the
David Don residence at 1924 Second
avenue. AS far as can be learned, the
/ team bolted before Mr. Lamp had an
/ opportunity to grasp the lines. In
rounding the corner at Thirteenth
street and Second avenue, he was
thrown to the pavement and his skull
was fractured.
CAME HERE IN 1871.
Deceased was native of Sch'eswig,
Holstein, Germany, where he was
born Nov. %, 1853. He came to this
country and to Rock Island in 1871,
where he made his home continuously
since. Shortly after his arrival here
he embarked in the grocery business
and for years conducted a grocery
store on Second avenue between Six
teenth and Seventeenth streets. Lat
er he entered the cod. business. For
six years he served as foreman OF the
reservoir in Reservoi: park A year
Woodmen artesian water, and had built
up splendid business.
Mr.. Lamp and Miss Julia Gaul were
ur iIed in marriage in this city, Nov.
l, 1877. Mrs. Lamp and seven chill
dren survive The children are Henry
F., Arthur, Julian, Paul, George, Erie
da and Marguerite. Mr.. Lamp is also
survived by five sisters. He was a
member of camp No. 90, Modern
Woodmen of America.
FINE TYPE OF CITIZEN.
Mr.. Lamp was a type of sturdy and
useful citizenship whose passing is
loss to a community. His friends over
the entire city daily inquired of his
condition since the accident, and they
were silently applauding the brave bat
terrible odds. They hoped fervently
that he might live, and there was a
chance for him until the turn for the
worse that came yesterday. Mr.. Lamp
was a man who had faced life's re-
verses and had conquered them, and /
the pathetic circumstance of his death
is that he had just got himself estab- /
lished in a business that gave promise /
of the rewards that he had so many /
years striven for with a courage and |
an optimism that was the admiration .
of all who knew him. An inquest
over the body will be conducted at the
Lamp residence tomorrow morning ty
Coroner ]. F. Rose.
BASIL JOHN WINTER.
Basil John Winter, son of the late
Basilius Winter, died this morning at
1920 at the family residence. 536
seyeet, after an illness of
eight days of pleuro-pneumonia. This
is the second death in the Winter fam
lily within the past 10 days. Basilius
the young mans father having
died Dec. %.
Basil John Winter was born in this
city Dec. u. 1886, and received his
education at St Mary's and the pub
lie schools, and later at st. Bede's
college at Peru, Ill. He was a mem
Der of St. Mary's Catholic church and
of Davenport lodge, No 81, NJ. B. A.
He is survived by his mother, Mrs.
Johanna Winter. three sisters, Mrs.
Weinrich, Mrs. Walter Howe,
and Miss Florence Winter. and four
brothers, Louis, Robert, George and
Arthur, all of Rock Island.
The funeral will be held tomorrow
from the home, with services
conducted by Father Adolph Geyer at
St. Mary's church at 9 O'Clock. Inter
ment will be in the family lot in st.
Mary's cemetery.
MRS. LOUISA C. WIDEN.
Mrs. Louisa Charlotte Widen. who ,
for the past 8 years had resided IN I
this city, died last night at O'Clock /,
az her residence, 4OI9 Eighth ave- i
nue., after a lingering illness of !
dropsy. Deceased was born in Swe- I
den, Oct 2, 1895, and came to
America In 1869. She settled in
Mercer county. near Swedona, and
lived there for many years. Before .
1
I'd in Moline for five years Her &
husband, the late Andrew J. Widen, I
lied seven years ago. She is sur
rived by four children. Charles ].
Ind Almon of this city. Mrs. Selma
Carlson of Moline and Frank In
south Dakota. She is also survived
" a sister in Sweden. The funeral
will be held Thursday afternoon al :
, O'Clock from the late residence
md services will be conducted by >
Dr. L. A. Johnston. pastor OF the =
Srst Swedish Lutheran church OF =
doIine, OF which deceased was a 2
member Burial will be in River :
ide cemetery.
MISS EDNA J. JOHNSON. n
Miss Edna Johnson. 1913 Four D
zenith avenue, was buried this after d
nap in Rfv1rSfda cauar1rv Moline I q,