The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-03-19
LOCAL
ELECTRICIAN WAS
KILLED IN WEST
POLE WHICH HE HAD CLIMBED
TIPPED OVER THROWING
HIM IN LAKE.

A telegram was received by Ell
wood Rockefeller to the effect that
Bert Luck had been accidentally
killed while at work at his job of
electrician at Cushman, Oregon, one
day recently. Bert Luck was for
mer resident of this city, being a son
Of Frank j. Luck, former publisher
of the News of this place and he had
been in the west for a number of
years. He was about 80 or 40 years
of age and while he lived in this city
he held positions in the mills here
and started in to learn the electrician
trade while here. 1t is supposed
that he happened to get hold of a live
wire in some way and thus came to
his sudden and accidental death. No
further particulars have been received
as to the exact cause, but this is the
assumption that local friends hold as
to his death.
Later-A marked copy of "The
West" weekly paper published at
Florence, Oregon, has the following
facts connected with Mr.. Luick's
death:
Bert Luck, line repairer for the
Southern Pacific at Cushman was
killed Saturday afternoon near Booth
Station, about IL miles south of Cush-
man.
He had gone out Saturday morning
to make repairs on the line and was
alone when the accident occurred.
Conditions indicate that he had
climbed a pole on the railroad trestle,
when the pole fell over, throwing
Luck on some drift in the lake and
killing him instantly.
The body was found about o'clock
Sunday morning by Mr.. Medley, the
section foreman who was making his
daily trip over the road between
Reedsport and Lane. Medley at
once reported the matter to j. s.
Gray, Justice of the peace at Gardiner
who came up to Booth to investigate.
The justice decided that an inquest
was not necessary and the body was
conveyed to Lane station where it was
placed on a train and taken to the
late home of the deceased.
The funeral was held Monday and
the remains inferred in the Masonic
cemetery at Acme.
Ritter. came in from Roseburg Mon
day and held an inquest at Cushman
station. Two witnesses were exam
ined, Mr.. Medley, who found the body
and Pearl Roberts, Southern Pacific
lineman at Eugene.
After hearing the testimony the
jury returned the following verdict,
Death was due to a falling pole i'm
properly set by inexperienced men.
Direct cause of death was drowning"
We are told that the pole first set
there had been taken out to permit a
scow to be taken through, and when
the pole was replaced it was not prop
erly secured.
Besides his mother, Mr.. Luck
leaves his wife and seven children,
the eldest about Is years of age. The
family have the sympathy of the en-
tire community Mr.. Luck was well
liked by all his associates and was
respected by all with whom he came
in contact.
Mr.. Luck was born at Lowell, Mich.
ON Dec. %, 1881 and came to Califor-
MIA with his parents when six months
old. He remained in that state till
ten years old then returned to Mich
igan and resided there until grown.
In December, 1901, Mr.. Luck was
married to Miss Edith Simmons and
afterward moved to California. They
made their home there till 1915 when
they came to Oregon and took up
their residence at Acme.
A liner in our Business section on
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