ELLINGSON LUMBER COMPANY
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Klamath County - West of Keno
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July 13, 1939: "Lorin Storch, 24, employed by the Ellingson Lumber company at the mill on the Klamath river, is in Klamath Valley hospital suffering a painful injury to his right ankle received early Thursday morning as Storch was taking a load of lumber to Ashland.
The accident occurred shortly before 4 a. m. it is understood. Details of the accident were not learned." (The Evening Herald)
The accident occurred shortly before 4 a. m. it is understood. Details of the accident were not learned." (The Evening Herald)
November 25, 1940: "Earl Davis, 33, a former resident of Ashland and now living near Keno and employed by the Ellingson Lumber company, is a patient in Klamath Valley hospital with a painfully injured hip. X-rays were taken to determine whether or not Davis had suffered a fracture.
The young man fell late Sunday morning striking his hip on a rock, according to hospital attendants." (The Evening Herald)
The young man fell late Sunday morning striking his hip on a rock, according to hospital attendants." (The Evening Herald)
March 15, 1941: "A $9000 Copco extension project into the Ellingson Lumber company mill on the Greensprings highway is now under way, power company officials disclosed Saturday, and will probably be completed by April 1.
The job includes nearly a mile of 66,000-volt line and a step-down transformer which will service a 150-horsepower electric motor for the mill's head rig, provide lighting for a night operation and power to approximately 40 residences surrounding the plant. The Hotchkiss general store will also be served by the new extension." (The Evening Herald)
The job includes nearly a mile of 66,000-volt line and a step-down transformer which will service a 150-horsepower electric motor for the mill's head rig, provide lighting for a night operation and power to approximately 40 residences surrounding the plant. The Hotchkiss general store will also be served by the new extension." (The Evening Herald)
June 28, 1941: "Percy Taylor, about 40, a colored timber faller, was crushed to death Saturday morning in an industrial accident in the Pokegama country 15 miles from the Ellingson Lumber Company mill on the Klamath river.
According to Sheriff Lloyd Low who investigated the accident, Taylor and his partner, John Patterson, also colored, had felled a large pine which lodged in two other trees as it crashed earthward. The impact at the top sent the butt end hurtling off the stump and into Taylor, who was standing nearby, he died within a few moments.
Taylor was a member of a Ross crew falling timber for the Ellingson firm. He was from McNary, Ariz., and leaves a wife and family there." (The Evening Herald)
According to Sheriff Lloyd Low who investigated the accident, Taylor and his partner, John Patterson, also colored, had felled a large pine which lodged in two other trees as it crashed earthward. The impact at the top sent the butt end hurtling off the stump and into Taylor, who was standing nearby, he died within a few moments.
Taylor was a member of a Ross crew falling timber for the Ellingson firm. He was from McNary, Ariz., and leaves a wife and family there." (The Evening Herald)