The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-01-29
Nephew Of Raymond
Lady Has Neck Broken
In Automobile Wreck

The following letter was receiv-
ed by Mrs. Theo Thorstvedt of
Raymond from her sister and tells
of a strang accident which hap
pened to her nephew Fritz, who is
known in the Raymond country,
having worked on the Melvin Ev-
enson threshing rig during the
fall Of 1880:
Taylor, Wis, Jan. Is, 1882
Dear Sister Lena and ALI:
Will send you few lines. /
don't suppose you have heard
about the accident Fritz had New
Years Eve. You know he has
been playing with the Vikings
orchestra from Albert Lea, Mimi,
after he quit Skarning in July, and
they have been broadcasting over
the radio from Waterloo, Ia, ev-
cry Thursday night and from La
Crosse, Wis, every Friday night.
Fritz has also been singing Nor
wegian and Swedish songs at the
same time. The night of the ac-
cident they were enroute to Water
loo, Ia. 1t was a bad night, mist
ing and foggy. They We're on the
pavement 8 miles this side of Ced-
ar Falls when they met car that
blinded them. Their car slidded
and tipped over and Fritz broke
his neck, so they took him to the
hospital at Cedar Falls and theirs
| he is still lying on his back strap
ped to the bed with a 13-pounC
!, weight on his neck, and l hope tt
God he will get over it. The doc
tors say they have good hopes fol
him. New Years eve right aftel
supper we got the call from tn,
hospital. We sure were shocked
Sverrie and Wagner went dow
the next morning, stayed with hin
two days and then brother Albert
Wilfred, Mable and Gladys cam
! down and they went to Northwoo
with them.
Fritz did not get unconscious at
ter the accident. Three of tn
other boys held him up when h
walked about three blocks he wa
afraid he would pass out so h
tried to handle his feet, his hea
hanging down and his arms owe
! his head. The doctors said the
had never seen a man that coul
Z walk with his neck broken. The
? said if he had not kept up lik
= that he would have passed out an
: then they said he never woul
have come to again, so it sure we
l. a blessing he had such nerve.
n The doctors there took four ,
/ rasy of his neck and found
u broken, and they called up sp
is cialist from Iowa City and
y said he could not believe it. b
le when he saw the X-ray he sa
al it was a case out of ten thousan
n. He said that it helped because
N was so timber. He can move h
" hands and feet but has to Il
Y strapped flat on his back for sui
IS long time which is not so goo
al He got a nice bouquet of flowe
h. from the radio fans at Waterh
ID and one from the Union and
nice one from the Vikings Mot
e. ers from Albert Lea. 1t was a
n nounced on the radio the next d
an and he has so many that come
x see him, and gets such a lar
Of number of letters. That helps
d. pass the time away. His sist
n, Margaret had a letter from hi
nd today. Can't write himself b
of has a girl do that for him. l h
he a letter yesterday and then
I'd said he thought probably it wol
tn not be long before he could see !
er but today he says he has to
he two more weeks on his back w
N 10 ID. weight now on his ne
and then he perhaps can CO.
lu- home for a few days, but then
sse will have to have his head a
is neck in a cast.
srs He has not been home since
en-, 9Th of July. It seems so lo
The since we seen him We'll it's G
ers ting late so win close with love
viii all.
the From your sister,
MRS. HANS RYGH