Published as it appeared on June 15, 1923, in the Corvallis Gazette-Times, Page 1, Column 6.
CRUSHED BY TREE,
MAN NEAR DEATH
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Sol Weigle in Hospital with Big
Tear in Liver, Fractured
Shoulder and Jaw
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Crushed under a 26-inch log 16 feet log, Sol Weigle, 21, a logger at the Roberts mill northwest of Corvallis, lies in critical condition at the Anderson hospital today. The force of the heavy log tore his liver almost in two, and he is suffering also from a fractured shoulder and a crushed jaw.
Weigle was driving a team at the camp yesterday at 1:45 p.m., and was pulling a log along the side of a hill, holding it with one hand to keep it from rolling. It proved too heavy for him, however, and rolled across his body. His brother, Charley Weigle, and Bruce Nash, witnessed the accident, and said it happened simply because the young man couldn’t hold the log.
The victim was brought to Corvallis in the local ambulance, which dashed out to the mill at mile-a-minute speed. He never lost consciousness at any time during or after the accident.
Whether Weigle will live or not depends upon the developments in his condition in the next 36 or 48 hours, reports Dr. H.J. Anderson. The crushed condition of his body and the tear is the liver make his chances for life doubtful, the doctor reports.
Published as it appeared on June 16, 1923, in the Corvallis Gazette-Times, Page 1, Column 4.
LOG VICTIM DIES
OF HIS INJURIES
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Sol Weigle, Who Was Crushed
By Big Tree, Survived by
Bride of January
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Sol Weigle, 21 years of age, the young man who was crushed by a huge log at the Roberts lumber camp near Corvallis yesterday, died at 8:50 last night from his injuries. The young man’s liver was torn almost completely in two, and it was only one chance in a thousand that he would live.
Weigle, a logger at the mill, was driving a team pulling a log along the hillside near the camp and was attempting to steady the log with his hand when he lost control and it rolled across his body. He was rescued by his brother, Charles Weigle, and Bruce Nash, workmen at the mill, and brought to this city crushed from a fractured shoulder, crushed jaw and his whole body was generally crushed.
Funeral services will be held from Bovee’s parlors at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon. Rev. S.M. Wood will officiate and interment will be in the Newton cemetery. The victim is survived by his widow, a bridge of last January, a mother and seven brothers.
Published as it appeared on June 18, 1923, in the Corvallis Gazette-Times, Page 6, Column 5.
Editor’s note: Solomon Wigle’s name was misspelled in the preceding newspaper articles. The spelling was confirmed through available online records (including his death certificate), the Card of Thanks that appears below and his grave marker.
CARD OF THANKS
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We wish to thank our friends for their beautiful floral tributes, and their sympathy and assistance shown us at the death of our beloved husband and brother.
MRS. ELLA WIGLE,
THE WIGLE BROTHERS.