The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-21
CHRISTMAS SLED is
DEATHS INSTRUMENT
AT MUSKEGON, mich,
Boy OF Seven Sinks With Toy in
Lake, Others Attempt to
Rescue Him
PARENTS AMONG VICTIMS
Uncle and Cousins Also Suc-
cumb as Thin Crust of Ice
on Lake Breaks

Twenty-one persons were dead
Monday in pre- Christmas tragedies
in the northwest.
Foremost in the list of fatal mis-
haps was an incident near Muskegon
Mich, where boy. coasting on sled
broke through the ice of a lake. He
was drowned and six other persons,
including his father. mother and
brother, died In trying to effect his
rescue.
In the nearer northwest a variety
Of causes, mostly drownings, shoot
ings and traffic accidents, swelled the
total.
The Michigan tragedy occurred at
Dalton. in northern Muskegon county.
The victims were Orville Oman, seven,
whose anxiety to try his Christmas
sled began the fatal circles of mis-
haps
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Oman, each 80;
Oliver Oman, IL, another son; Harry
Ergang, an uncle of the boys, and
James and Theodore Morgan, II,
and IA, respectively, nephews Of
Ergang.
Broke Through Ice
Anxious to try out his new sled,
Orville coasted down a hill and out
onto the Ice of Ergang Lake Sunday
afternoon. A minute later the ice
broke, throwing him into the water.
James Morgan, who had gone down
to the lake to skate, attempted to &c
to the boys rescue but went through
the ice. Orvill's older broher, Oliver,
and Theodore Morgan set out to res
cue their brothers. They too went in
to the water.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oman and Ergang
launched boat and rowed out to
where the boys were floundering In
the water. The four boys were picked
up. A moment later the overloaded
boat capsized, sending both rescuers
and rescued to their deaths.
Victims of other accidents In the
Northwest and the manner OF their
deaths follow, In brief:
william Linner, s, and Philip
Schwab, 7. both Of saltwater. Mlnn.,
drowned when they broke through
ice in the st. Croix river.
Norman Peterson, IL, Eau Claire,
Wis, drowned in pond when thin
ice gave way.
Auto Breaks Through
Edward Erickson, IS, Lake CITY,
Mimi, drowned when automobile
plunged through ice on Big Stone
Lake, 10 miles northwest of Orton-
vile, while on q fishing trip.
Mrs. Margaret Michaelson, Sleepy
Eye, Minn., killed when her car over
turned as she attempted to stop to
aid a motorist near Belle Plaine.
e. D. Boyce, Mankato abstractor
whose car skidded into ditch, killed
when Mrs. Michaelson's car struck
him as she applied brakes on icy
pavement.
Louis Restratter, 4S, Minneapolis,
killed by auto while crossing street.
Edward Lee, IS, shot and killed by
another negro, Leon ]. Craven in st.
Paul, as he entered chicken shack
and, flourishing a revolver, threaten
ed the lives of 10 persons.
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shot and killed himself.
Ed Wallace, SO, transient, died Of
acute alcoholism in Siuox Falls, 8. q.
Run Down by Truck
John Marks, IS, TWO Harbors
Mimi, injured fatally when run down
by a truck at q street intersection
there.
Oscar Korhonen. 80, died IN a
Cloquet hospital from injuries re-
ceived in automobile accident.
ADD-CHRIST SLED 10 p
Dodge Bingham, 13, st. Paul,
drowned in gravel pit when an
overhanging edge, weakened by warm
weather gave way.
Harry Lambertson. 81, Beresford, 8.
D., choked to death on a chicken
bone.