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- [S160] Montana, Lincoln, Libby - The Western News, Montana. Libby., Jan 1923; paper. (Reliability: 3).
PETER SPENCER DIES AT CAMP
Peter Spencer, 78 years old, passed away at the home of his sons at Camp One Monday morning, January 8. He had been a sufferer from paralysis for the last two years. He is survived by four sons and two daughters: Ernest Spencer, Levi Spencer Vernon Spencer and Mrs. Fred Decker of Libby, James Spencer of Goshen, Ind., and Mrs. Heath of Spo-kane.
Funeral services were held in the Gompf chapel Wednesday, Rev. Mat-ney of the Methodist church officiting.
1923.
- [S160] Montana, Lincoln, Libby - The Western News, Montana. Libby., Historical Society of Montana, Helena. Microfilmed from the Libby, Lincoln County Library, "Man Killed in Strange Accident - Levi Spencer crushed to Death - When Stump Falls on Him," 19 July 1923, p. 1; paper. (Reliability: 3).
Man Killed in Strange Accident - Levi Spencer crushed to Death - When Stump Falls on Him
Levi Spencer, a woods worker at Camp 2 of the J. Neils Lumber Company, was killed Tuesday morning while working in the woods
Man Killed in Strange Accident
Levi Spencer crushed to Death - When Stump Falls on Him
Levi Spencer, a woods worker at Camp 2 of the J. Neils Lumber Company, was killed Tuesday morning while working in the woods. He and two brothers, who are logging under contract, had started to cut a wind-fall into logs, the roots of which were lifted into the air when the tree went over. They had got the tree nearly cut from the stump when a heavy shower came up and they stopped work, Levi crawling under the stump and calling to his brothers to join him there as it was dry and cozy. They remained out however.
Levi was crouched under the stump in a stooping position when suddenly the tree snapped loose from the stump allowing it to fall back into its original position, catching Spencer beneath it. One brother ran for aid while the other brother started to dig the pinned man out. He talked for a few minutes requesting his brother to hurry as he was suffocating and in great pain, the weight of the stump shutting off his breath. The imprisoned man soon became unconscious.
It required the work of several men about three-quarters of an hour to remove the man, the great weight of the stump causing it to settle as rapidly as they dug beneath it. When the body was finally recovered it is believed that life was extinct. No bones were broken and death was due to suffocation and probably internal injuries.
The three brothers, Ernest, Vernon and Levi Spencer, have been working in the woods here for several years and are hard working, steady woodsmen. The deceased was 33 years old and unmarried.
Word has been received from Jim Spencer, brother of the deceased living in Indiana, that he left for Libby Wednesday night. Funeral services will be held Sunday morning at 10 o'clock from the Gompf undertaking parlors.
The Western News, Page 1, Volume XXII Thursday, July 19, 1923. Historical Society of Montana, Helena. Microfilmed from the Libby, Lincoln County Library.
- [S172] Montana - Death Certificate, Montana -Bureau of Vital Statistics, Death Certificates, 8 (1923), Levi Elden Spencer; <. (Reliability: 3).
Place Death: Near Libby, Lincoln, Montana
Levi Elden Spencer
Residence: 6 years, Male, White, Single
Date Birth: 22 Aug 1890 - 32 years, 10 months, 19 days
Woods Sawer - J. Neils Lumber Co.
Birth Place: Attica, Mich.
Peter Spencer - Mich. and Sally French -Mich.
Informant: Vern C. Spencer Libby, Montana
Death Date: July 17, 1923 - Was killed by windfall tree after being sawed into, sprang back crushing him. H. M. Gompf - Coroner
Burial: Libby, Montana 22 July 1923 Undertaker: H. M. Gompf
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Chris & Julie Petersen's Genealogy
1889 - 1923 (33 years)
