ELMER TIMM, 76, FORMER RESIDENT, DIES AT APPLETON "Services will be held tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. from the Taylor-Mannel Funeral Home for Elmer Timm, 76, a former long-time resident of the community, who died at his home at Appleton on Monday. Mr. Timm was born in Chippewa Falls on January 30, 1888, and after coming here, was married to Hermina Gerstberger. He was employed by the RLLC for many years, and in the fall of 1939, lost a leg as a result of an accident on the tramway. He had been retired since then, and moved to Appleton.
Source Rib Lake Herald 11/24/1939 RLLC ELMER TIMM SERIOUSLY INJURED IN ACCIDENT. Elmer Timm, a teamster employed by the RLLC for many years, had his right leg amputated in St. Joseph's Hospital, Marshfield, as a result of an accident last Friday. Mr. Timm had the team he was driving hooked to a yard car loaded with lumber in the hardwood yard, near the Soo Line depot. He was going toward the depot and was walking between the rails when he tripped and fell, the wheel of the car passing over his right leg and badly pinching his left leg. The accident
occurred at 12:30 o'clock noon and Ed Thums, Fred Vlach, and Walter Winkler, lumber pilers who were just climbing onto the lumber piles to go to work, heard his cries for help and went to his aid. The men got a stretcher and then he was placed on the lumber company's truck and taken to Dr. Lapham's office. He was given first aid treatment and taken to the hospital in Taylor's ambulance. Accompanying him were Mrs. Lapham and William Berfield, the Company Safety Director, and Elmer Taylor. Mr. Timm's legs were injured about 4" above his knees, and his right leg was amputated that same afternoon. His daughter, Florence, who is employed at Sheffield, Pennsylvania, arrived at the hospital Wednesday."
Source Rib Lake Herald 11/24/1939 RLLC ELMER TIMM SERIOUSLY INJURED IN ACCIDENT. Elmer Timm, a teamster employed by the RLLC for many years, had his right leg amputated in St. Joseph's Hospital, Marshfield, as a result of an accident last Friday. Mr. Timm had the team he was driving hooked to a yard car loaded with lumber in the hardwood yard, near the Soo Line depot. He was going toward the depot and was walking between the rails when he tripped and fell, the wheel of the car passing over his right leg and badly pinching his left leg. The accident
occurred at 12:30 o'clock noon and Ed Thums, Fred Vlach, and Walter Winkler, lumber pilers who were just climbing onto the lumber piles to go to work, heard his cries for help and went to his aid. The men got a stretcher and then he was placed on the lumber company's truck and taken to Dr. Lapham's office. He was given first aid treatment and taken to the hospital in Taylor's ambulance. Accompanying him were Mrs. Lapham and William Berfield, the Company Safety Director, and Elmer Taylor. Mr. Timm's legs were injured about 4" above his knees, and his right leg was amputated that same afternoon. His daughter, Florence, who is employed at Sheffield, Pennsylvania, arrived at the hospital Wednesday."
ELMER TIMM, 76, FORMER RESIDENT, DIES AT APPLETON "Services will be held tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. from the Taylor-Mannel Funeral Home for Elmer Timm, 76, a former long-time resident of the community, who died at his home at Appleton on Monday. Mr. Timm was born in Chippewa Falls on January 30, 1888, and after coming here, was married to Hermina Gerstberger. He was employed by the RLLC for many years, and in the fall of 1939, lost a leg as a result of an accident on the tramway. He had been retired since then, and moved to Appleton.
Source Rib Lake Herald 11/24/1939 RLLC ELMER TIMM SERIOUSLY INJURED IN ACCIDENT. Elmer Timm, a teamster employed by the RLLC for many years, had his right leg amputated in St. Joseph's Hospital, Marshfield, as a result of an accident last Friday. Mr. Timm had the team he was driving hooked to a yard car loaded with lumber in the hardwood yard, near the Soo Line depot. He was going toward the depot and was walking between the rails when he tripped and fell, the wheel of the car passing over his right leg and badly pinching his left leg. The accident
occurred at 12:30 o'clock noon and Ed Thums, Fred Vlach, and Walter Winkler, lumber pilers who were just climbing onto the lumber piles to go to work, heard his cries for help and went to his aid. The men got a stretcher and then he was placed on the lumber company's truck and taken to Dr. Lapham's office. He was given first aid treatment and taken to the hospital in Taylor's ambulance. Accompanying him were Mrs. Lapham and William Berfield, the Company Safety Director, and Elmer Taylor. Mr. Timm's legs were injured about 4" above his knees, and his right leg was amputated that same afternoon. His daughter, Florence, who is employed at Sheffield, Pennsylvania, arrived at the hospital Wednesday."
Source Rib Lake Herald 11/24/1939 RLLC ELMER TIMM SERIOUSLY INJURED IN ACCIDENT. Elmer Timm, a teamster employed by the RLLC for many years, had his right leg amputated in St. Joseph's Hospital, Marshfield, as a result of an accident last Friday. Mr. Timm had the team he was driving hooked to a yard car loaded with lumber in the hardwood yard, near the Soo Line depot. He was going toward the depot and was walking between the rails when he tripped and fell, the wheel of the car passing over his right leg and badly pinching his left leg. The accident
occurred at 12:30 o'clock noon and Ed Thums, Fred Vlach, and Walter Winkler, lumber pilers who were just climbing onto the lumber piles to go to work, heard his cries for help and went to his aid. The men got a stretcher and then he was placed on the lumber company's truck and taken to Dr. Lapham's office. He was given first aid treatment and taken to the hospital in Taylor's ambulance. Accompanying him were Mrs. Lapham and William Berfield, the Company Safety Director, and Elmer Taylor. Mr. Timm's legs were injured about 4" above his knees, and his right leg was amputated that same afternoon. His daughter, Florence, who is employed at Sheffield, Pennsylvania, arrived at the hospital Wednesday."
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