(September 1908 issue of "Packages" newsletter, Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
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Workman Falls Into Vat of Boiling Water, but Lives Fortnight in Awful Pain.
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Scalded from head to foot when he fell into a vat of boiling water at the Oettle basket factory, West Park, Leonard Meyers, twenty-five, stop 2, Elyria-rd., lingered in agony for over two weeks before death relieved his suffering yesterday. His whole body was almost cooked by the plunge into the steaming water.
Meyers was working beside the large vat into which the logs are put before being made into baskets. His foot slipped and he fell head first into the midst if the floating timber. Workmen heard his screams and he was pulled out unconscious.
Dr. Charles Wood of Lakewood found that Meyers' whole body was terribly burned. He was taken to his home there the pain he suffered almost drove him insane. He was conscious until a few hours before his death. The body was taken to F. G. Nunn's morgue.
(Cleveland Plain Dealer; Ohio; 9 Aug 1908 page 10)
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**A. Oettle was the proprietor of the West Park Basket Factory.
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West Park Man Met An Awful death While Working in Basket Factory -- His Foot Slipped.
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Cleveland, August 10 - Scalded from head to foot when he fell into a vat of boiling water at the Oettle basket factory, West Park, Leonard Meyers, twenty-five, stop 2, Elyria-rd., lingered in agony for over two weeks before death relieved his suffering Saturday. His whole body was almost cooked by the plunge into the steaming water.
Meyers was working beside the large vat into which the logs are put before being made into baskets. His foot slipped and he fell head first into the midst if the floating timber. Workmen heard his screams and he was pulled out unconscious.
Dr. Charles Wood of Lakewood found that Meyers' whole body was terribly burned. He was taken to his home there the pain he suffered almost drove him insane. He was conscious until a few hours before his death. The body was taken to F. G. Nunn's morgue.
(Evening Telegram; Elyria, Ohio; 10 Aug 1908, page 5)