Daniel Bertoch - Railroad Incident

I have already documented different accounts of the eye incident Fred received while working on the railroad, which Eda claimed included a back injury. I've wanted to investigate the incident more fully somehow, and the frequency and common types of railroad injuries.

Interestingly enough, I found an article where another family member was injured. This was Daniel Bertoch, Fred's son-in-law, who had married (and later divorced) his eldest daughter Marie. The marriage had only occurred 1.5 months prior, and no doubt Daniel being immediately out of work would have caused a strain on the relationship. The injury here appears to have been less devastating than Fred's, but I am sure was quite difficult. I do not know much about the wheel press, and how Daniel would have had to handle the wheels.

Document Type: Newspaper Article
Written by: Newspaper editor?
Written on: June 14, 1905
Periodical: Deseret Evening News
Originals: Yes
In Possession by: Multiple Venues

Content:

Pocatello, Idaho.

Injured in Car Shops.

Daniel H. Bertoch Has a Leg Broken by Falling Wheel

Special Correspondence.

Pocatello, Ida., June 22.--Daniel H. Bertoch, 37 years of age, an employe[e] of the Oregon Short Line shops here, was seriously injured this afternoon about 3:30 o'clock. He was engaged in rolling a car wheel away from the wheel press, a new work for him, when the wheel fell on him, breaking one leg. He was given medical attention at once.

Mr. Bertock was born in Salt Lake City, but came here from Magrath, Canada, last winter, and recently married Miss Marie Kohlhepp of this city.