Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1902 — DIED FROM HIS INJURIES. [ARTICLE]

DIED FROM HIS INJURIES.

Gus Wartena Falls From Telephone Pole and Death Results. Gus Wartena, a former Rensselaer boy, but for several years a resident of Hammond, died Sunday morning from injuries received by falling from a telephone pole the previous Wednesday at Chicago Heights. He was working for the Bell Telephone Company as linesman. The bones of both legs were broken and the skull at the base of the brain was fractured. The superintendent happened to be present at the time of his death and had him removed to a hospital in Chioago. When he was first picked up he was conscious and requested that the seriousness of his injuries be kept from his family. After being removed to the lioßpital he became unconscious and remained in that condition until death came to relieve his sufferings. His age was twenty-eight years and he leaves a wife, formerly Miss Emma Rob.nson, daughter of W. D. Robinsou, formerly of Rensselaer, but now oi Hammond. The funeral was held at Hammond yesterday. A number of relatives and friends from Rensselaer were in attendance.