William Edward Oller was born June 5, 1895 to Walter William Oller and Ella McKee Oller in Oakford, Illinois. William died April 18, 1911 about 11 a.m. at the age of 16 years, 1 month and 14 days. The death was due to suffocation in an oat bin in which he was working. He was buried in the Oakford Cemetery on April 20, 1911 at 2 p.m.
William Edward Oller, son of Walter W. and Ella McKee Oller, Accidental Death April 18, 1911 as reported in the Petersburg Observer weekly Newspaper in April, 1911 Vol. 37, No.16:
Boy Suffocated In An Oats Bin
William Edward Oller Loses Life in the McFadden Elevator, Oakford
Accident Occurred Tuesday Morning
Coroner's Inquest Was Convened on Tuesday Afternoon. Verdict of "Death by Suffocation."
William Edward Oller, a lad about fifteen years old, lost his life in the McFadden Elevator, conducted by John Armstrong, at Oakford, Tuesday afternoon, April 18. The story of the accident is best told by Hobert Williams, as related under oath before Coroner Wilkins, as follows:
Testimony of Hobert Williams.
"I am working for Ed Ray at Oakford. My home is at Athens. About 10 o'clock Tuesday morning, I went to the elevator to get a load of oats with Mr. Ray. Engine was running too fast or something was wrong. We had cleaned out under the boxes that carry the grain when Mr. John Armstrong turned around, and I supposed he was talking to Ed Oller, and he said: 'Go up and see why the wheat is coming down instead of the oats.' Ed Ray was standing close to us boys."
"Then Oller turned to me and said, 'Come and go up with me,' and I went. He went first and stepped into the bin of oats, off the ladder. The bin was about half full of oats. He sat down in the suction of the oats, said he knew all about it. I was on the ladder. I noticed he was sinking and I jokingly said: 'Watch out or you will get sucked under.' A little while after he started to get up and couldn't. He asked me to give him my hand. I jumped off and caught hold under his arms and found I could not lift him and then I found it was sucking me under too, so I said; 'Do you think you can hold?' He said he thought he could. Then I pushed his shoulders over toward an iron that was fixed in the wall for a ladder and he grabbed hold. Then I climbed as fast as I could up to the top of the bin and started down stairs, and I heard him holler; 'O, God! I am gone!'
"Then I ran down stairs and told John Armstrong to shut it off that it was sucking Ed Oller under. It was then shut off."
Note: The article was on the front page and continued to the second page. However, the second page of the microfilm was very blurred and was not readable. The death certificate for Ed read that he died about 11 o'clock in the morning of April 18, 1911 due to suffocation. He was buried April 20th in the Oakford Cemetery.
William Edward Oller, son of Walter W. and Ella McKee Oller, Accidental Death April 18, 1911 as reported in the Petersburg Observer weekly Newspaper in April, 1911 Vol. 37, No.16:
Boy Suffocated In An Oats Bin
William Edward Oller Loses Life in the McFadden Elevator, Oakford
Accident Occurred Tuesday Morning
Coroner's Inquest Was Convened on Tuesday Afternoon. Verdict of "Death by Suffocation."
William Edward Oller, a lad about fifteen years old, lost his life in the McFadden Elevator, conducted by John Armstrong, at Oakford, Tuesday afternoon, April 18. The story of the accident is best told by Hobert Williams, as related under oath before Coroner Wilkins, as follows:
Testimony of Hobert Williams.
"I am working for Ed Ray at Oakford. My home is at Athens. About 10 o'clock Tuesday morning, I went to the elevator to get a load of oats with Mr. Ray. Engine was running too fast or something was wrong. We had cleaned out under the boxes that carry the grain when Mr. John Armstrong turned around, and I supposed he was talking to Ed Oller, and he said: 'Go up and see why the wheat is coming down instead of the oats.' Ed Ray was standing close to us boys."
"Then Oller turned to me and said, 'Come and go up with me,' and I went. He went first and stepped into the bin of oats, off the ladder. The bin was about half full of oats. He sat down in the suction of the oats, said he knew all about it. I was on the ladder. I noticed he was sinking and I jokingly said: 'Watch out or you will get sucked under.' A little while after he started to get up and couldn't. He asked me to give him my hand. I jumped off and caught hold under his arms and found I could not lift him and then I found it was sucking me under too, so I said; 'Do you think you can hold?' He said he thought he could. Then I pushed his shoulders over toward an iron that was fixed in the wall for a ladder and he grabbed hold. Then I climbed as fast as I could up to the top of the bin and started down stairs, and I heard him holler; 'O, God! I am gone!'
"Then I ran down stairs and told John Armstrong to shut it off that it was sucking Ed Oller under. It was then shut off."
Note: The article was on the front page and continued to the second page. However, the second page of the microfilm was very blurred and was not readable. The death certificate for Ed read that he died about 11 o'clock in the morning of April 18, 1911 due to suffocation. He was buried April 20th in the Oakford Cemetery.
William Edward Oller was born June 5, 1895 to Walter William Oller and Ella McKee Oller in Oakford, Illinois. William died April 18, 1911 about 11 a.m. at the age of 16 years, 1 month and 14 days. The death was due to suffocation in an oat bin in which he was working. He was buried in the Oakford Cemetery on April 20, 1911 at 2 p.m.
William Edward Oller, son of Walter W. and Ella McKee Oller, Accidental Death April 18, 1911 as reported in the Petersburg Observer weekly Newspaper in April, 1911 Vol. 37, No.16:
Boy Suffocated In An Oats Bin
William Edward Oller Loses Life in the McFadden Elevator, Oakford
Accident Occurred Tuesday Morning
Coroner's Inquest Was Convened on Tuesday Afternoon. Verdict of "Death by Suffocation."
William Edward Oller, a lad about fifteen years old, lost his life in the McFadden Elevator, conducted by John Armstrong, at Oakford, Tuesday afternoon, April 18. The story of the accident is best told by Hobert Williams, as related under oath before Coroner Wilkins, as follows:
Testimony of Hobert Williams.
"I am working for Ed Ray at Oakford. My home is at Athens. About 10 o'clock Tuesday morning, I went to the elevator to get a load of oats with Mr. Ray. Engine was running too fast or something was wrong. We had cleaned out under the boxes that carry the grain when Mr. John Armstrong turned around, and I supposed he was talking to Ed Oller, and he said: 'Go up and see why the wheat is coming down instead of the oats.' Ed Ray was standing close to us boys."
"Then Oller turned to me and said, 'Come and go up with me,' and I went. He went first and stepped into the bin of oats, off the ladder. The bin was about half full of oats. He sat down in the suction of the oats, said he knew all about it. I was on the ladder. I noticed he was sinking and I jokingly said: 'Watch out or you will get sucked under.' A little while after he started to get up and couldn't. He asked me to give him my hand. I jumped off and caught hold under his arms and found I could not lift him and then I found it was sucking me under too, so I said; 'Do you think you can hold?' He said he thought he could. Then I pushed his shoulders over toward an iron that was fixed in the wall for a ladder and he grabbed hold. Then I climbed as fast as I could up to the top of the bin and started down stairs, and I heard him holler; 'O, God! I am gone!'
"Then I ran down stairs and told John Armstrong to shut it off that it was sucking Ed Oller under. It was then shut off."
Note: The article was on the front page and continued to the second page. However, the second page of the microfilm was very blurred and was not readable. The death certificate for Ed read that he died about 11 o'clock in the morning of April 18, 1911 due to suffocation. He was buried April 20th in the Oakford Cemetery.
William Edward Oller, son of Walter W. and Ella McKee Oller, Accidental Death April 18, 1911 as reported in the Petersburg Observer weekly Newspaper in April, 1911 Vol. 37, No.16:
Boy Suffocated In An Oats Bin
William Edward Oller Loses Life in the McFadden Elevator, Oakford
Accident Occurred Tuesday Morning
Coroner's Inquest Was Convened on Tuesday Afternoon. Verdict of "Death by Suffocation."
William Edward Oller, a lad about fifteen years old, lost his life in the McFadden Elevator, conducted by John Armstrong, at Oakford, Tuesday afternoon, April 18. The story of the accident is best told by Hobert Williams, as related under oath before Coroner Wilkins, as follows:
Testimony of Hobert Williams.
"I am working for Ed Ray at Oakford. My home is at Athens. About 10 o'clock Tuesday morning, I went to the elevator to get a load of oats with Mr. Ray. Engine was running too fast or something was wrong. We had cleaned out under the boxes that carry the grain when Mr. John Armstrong turned around, and I supposed he was talking to Ed Oller, and he said: 'Go up and see why the wheat is coming down instead of the oats.' Ed Ray was standing close to us boys."
"Then Oller turned to me and said, 'Come and go up with me,' and I went. He went first and stepped into the bin of oats, off the ladder. The bin was about half full of oats. He sat down in the suction of the oats, said he knew all about it. I was on the ladder. I noticed he was sinking and I jokingly said: 'Watch out or you will get sucked under.' A little while after he started to get up and couldn't. He asked me to give him my hand. I jumped off and caught hold under his arms and found I could not lift him and then I found it was sucking me under too, so I said; 'Do you think you can hold?' He said he thought he could. Then I pushed his shoulders over toward an iron that was fixed in the wall for a ladder and he grabbed hold. Then I climbed as fast as I could up to the top of the bin and started down stairs, and I heard him holler; 'O, God! I am gone!'
"Then I ran down stairs and told John Armstrong to shut it off that it was sucking Ed Oller under. It was then shut off."
Note: The article was on the front page and continued to the second page. However, the second page of the microfilm was very blurred and was not readable. The death certificate for Ed read that he died about 11 o'clock in the morning of April 18, 1911 due to suffocation. He was buried April 20th in the Oakford Cemetery.
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