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Harry Isidor Jacobson

Birth
Sweden
Death
22 Apr 1914 (aged 26)
Hastings, Dakota County, Minnesota, USA
Burial
Hastings, Dakota County, Minnesota, USA Add to Map
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Age 26 Years Potters Field Railroad, cut by cars
The Minneapolis morning tribune. Pub. Date April 23, 1914
Falls From Bumpers, Loses Legs.
Hastings, Minn., April 23.—(Special.) —Harry Jacobson, a native of Sweden, aged 26 years, had both legs cut off below the knee yesterday afternoon by falling from the bumpers of an extra cast-bound freight train in charge of Conductor W. B. Jones, opposite the freight depot, and is in a critical condition. Jacobson was removed to the
Latto hospital, where he was attended by the company's local surgeon, Dr. L. 0. Peck and Dr. A. M. Adsit. It is reported that he boarded the train in St. Paul and worked recently at Stanton.

Parents: Jacob Julius Jakobsson
BIRTH 17 MAR 1849 • Nybygget, Kättorp, Dragsmark, Västra Götaland, Sverige
DEATH 5 JAN 1931 • Göteborg, Gamlestads, Göteborg, Västra Götaland, Sverige
Sofia Charlotta Mynt Johansdotter
BIRTH 14 APR 1850 • Dragsmark, Munkeby, Västra Götaland, Sverige
DEATH 24 DEC 1924 • Gamlestad, Göteborg, Västra Götaland, Sverige
Age 26 Years Potters Field Railroad, cut by cars
The Minneapolis morning tribune. Pub. Date April 23, 1914
Falls From Bumpers, Loses Legs.
Hastings, Minn., April 23.—(Special.) —Harry Jacobson, a native of Sweden, aged 26 years, had both legs cut off below the knee yesterday afternoon by falling from the bumpers of an extra cast-bound freight train in charge of Conductor W. B. Jones, opposite the freight depot, and is in a critical condition. Jacobson was removed to the
Latto hospital, where he was attended by the company's local surgeon, Dr. L. 0. Peck and Dr. A. M. Adsit. It is reported that he boarded the train in St. Paul and worked recently at Stanton.

Parents: Jacob Julius Jakobsson
BIRTH 17 MAR 1849 • Nybygget, Kättorp, Dragsmark, Västra Götaland, Sverige
DEATH 5 JAN 1931 • Göteborg, Gamlestads, Göteborg, Västra Götaland, Sverige
Sofia Charlotta Mynt Johansdotter
BIRTH 14 APR 1850 • Dragsmark, Munkeby, Västra Götaland, Sverige
DEATH 24 DEC 1924 • Gamlestad, Göteborg, Västra Götaland, Sverige

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