THE NIAGARA FALLS GAZETTE
Wednesday, July 19, 1939
Aged Man Killed
in Auto Mishap
Charles H. Bacon, 71, Dies
in Tonawanda.
TONAWANDA, July 19-Charles
Henry Bacon, 71, of 303 Adam street,
was so badly injured in an automobile,
accident at 6 o'clock last
evening that he died in the DeGraff
Memorial hospital a few moments
after his arrival there.
Mr. Bacon was driving west in
Broad street when his car went over
the curb arid crashed into a tree,
causing the injuries that resulted
in his death. The police ambulance
removed him to the hospital.
It was found that his chest was
crushed, both legs broken and he
suffered numerous lacerations of the
head and face.
Coroner J. E. Helwlg investigated
the accident and expressed the belief
that Mr. Bacon was strickened with
a heart attack or some other ailment
that caused him to become
helpless, forcing him to lose control
of the car.
Mr. Bacon was a past president
of the Licensed Tugmen's Protective
association, and at the time of his
death, was employed as an engineer
at the Riviera theater in Webster
street. North Tonawanda. He was a
lifelong resident of Tonawanda and
worked as a tug engineer for many
years.
His wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Bacon,
three brothers, George and Morton,
of Tonawanda, and Benjamin, of
Buffalo, and one sister, Miss Eva
Bacon, of Tonawanda, survive.
The funeral will be held Friday at
3 p. m. from the home, with interment
in Wheatfield cemetery.
Wednesday, July 19, 1939
Aged Man Killed
in Auto Mishap
Charles H. Bacon, 71, Dies
in Tonawanda.
TONAWANDA, July 19-Charles
Henry Bacon, 71, of 303 Adam street,
was so badly injured in an automobile,
accident at 6 o'clock last
evening that he died in the DeGraff
Memorial hospital a few moments
after his arrival there.
Mr. Bacon was driving west in
Broad street when his car went over
the curb arid crashed into a tree,
causing the injuries that resulted
in his death. The police ambulance
removed him to the hospital.
It was found that his chest was
crushed, both legs broken and he
suffered numerous lacerations of the
head and face.
Coroner J. E. Helwlg investigated
the accident and expressed the belief
that Mr. Bacon was strickened with
a heart attack or some other ailment
that caused him to become
helpless, forcing him to lose control
of the car.
Mr. Bacon was a past president
of the Licensed Tugmen's Protective
association, and at the time of his
death, was employed as an engineer
at the Riviera theater in Webster
street. North Tonawanda. He was a
lifelong resident of Tonawanda and
worked as a tug engineer for many
years.
His wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Bacon,
three brothers, George and Morton,
of Tonawanda, and Benjamin, of
Buffalo, and one sister, Miss Eva
Bacon, of Tonawanda, survive.
The funeral will be held Friday at
3 p. m. from the home, with interment
in Wheatfield cemetery.
THE NIAGARA FALLS GAZETTE
Wednesday, July 19, 1939
Aged Man Killed
in Auto Mishap
Charles H. Bacon, 71, Dies
in Tonawanda.
TONAWANDA, July 19-Charles
Henry Bacon, 71, of 303 Adam street,
was so badly injured in an automobile,
accident at 6 o'clock last
evening that he died in the DeGraff
Memorial hospital a few moments
after his arrival there.
Mr. Bacon was driving west in
Broad street when his car went over
the curb arid crashed into a tree,
causing the injuries that resulted
in his death. The police ambulance
removed him to the hospital.
It was found that his chest was
crushed, both legs broken and he
suffered numerous lacerations of the
head and face.
Coroner J. E. Helwlg investigated
the accident and expressed the belief
that Mr. Bacon was strickened with
a heart attack or some other ailment
that caused him to become
helpless, forcing him to lose control
of the car.
Mr. Bacon was a past president
of the Licensed Tugmen's Protective
association, and at the time of his
death, was employed as an engineer
at the Riviera theater in Webster
street. North Tonawanda. He was a
lifelong resident of Tonawanda and
worked as a tug engineer for many
years.
His wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Bacon,
three brothers, George and Morton,
of Tonawanda, and Benjamin, of
Buffalo, and one sister, Miss Eva
Bacon, of Tonawanda, survive.
The funeral will be held Friday at
3 p. m. from the home, with interment
in Wheatfield cemetery.
Wednesday, July 19, 1939
Aged Man Killed
in Auto Mishap
Charles H. Bacon, 71, Dies
in Tonawanda.
TONAWANDA, July 19-Charles
Henry Bacon, 71, of 303 Adam street,
was so badly injured in an automobile,
accident at 6 o'clock last
evening that he died in the DeGraff
Memorial hospital a few moments
after his arrival there.
Mr. Bacon was driving west in
Broad street when his car went over
the curb arid crashed into a tree,
causing the injuries that resulted
in his death. The police ambulance
removed him to the hospital.
It was found that his chest was
crushed, both legs broken and he
suffered numerous lacerations of the
head and face.
Coroner J. E. Helwlg investigated
the accident and expressed the belief
that Mr. Bacon was strickened with
a heart attack or some other ailment
that caused him to become
helpless, forcing him to lose control
of the car.
Mr. Bacon was a past president
of the Licensed Tugmen's Protective
association, and at the time of his
death, was employed as an engineer
at the Riviera theater in Webster
street. North Tonawanda. He was a
lifelong resident of Tonawanda and
worked as a tug engineer for many
years.
His wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Bacon,
three brothers, George and Morton,
of Tonawanda, and Benjamin, of
Buffalo, and one sister, Miss Eva
Bacon, of Tonawanda, survive.
The funeral will be held Friday at
3 p. m. from the home, with interment
in Wheatfield cemetery.
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