Linn County OR Archives News.....Fall Of Burning Limb August 3, 1904 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sheron Faynor nitwittwin@hotmail.com August 8, 2008, 6:02 pm Morning Oregonian August 3, 1904 Fatally Injures Man Fighting Forest Fire In Linn County Albany,Or.,Aug.3-(Special)- While fighting a forest fire in the foothills of Linn County near Lacomb today,D.S.Meyers was fatally injured. The fire was raging in the body of timber between LaComb and Cratree,and a number of men were engaged in the work of subduing it. A large limb from a burning tree fell,striking Meyers on the head.The injured man received immediate attention,but died in a few hours.He was 52 years of age and left a family. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/linn/newspapers/fallofbu318gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 1.1 Kb