Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2016 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ =========================================================================== Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== The Chicago Sunday Tribune Friday, March 26, 1926 CAPTAIN KILLED BY ENGINE ON BOAT IN LAKE CAPT. OSCAR OSMONDSON of the fishing vessel Uncle Sam was killed when caught in the shaft of his boat's propeller far out in the lake yesterday morning. With his body pinioned in the machinery, the craft was unmanageable and it drift- ed four hours until sighted by the coast guard. CAPT. OSMONDSON, who lived at 2131 Oakdale avenue, with a crew of two men, was fishing for perch and chubs, as was his daily custom. The boat was about five miles out when at about 9 o'clock CAPT. OSMONDSON went to oil the propeller shaft. Soon a cry was heard and the crew found the body half twisted about the flywheel, the clothing tangled on the shaft. Their combined efforts were in- sufficient to release the captain. The crew set the flag at half mast and drifted, unable to do anything for their skipper, who undoubtedly was dead then. Finally the vessel was dis- covered through the glass of one of the men of CAPT. JOHN C. ANDERSON of the life saving station. Simultaneously a call came from the tender of the four mile crib off Jackson boulevard, tell- ing of the distress signal. CAPT. ANDERSON's cutter, the Sea Warrior, went to the rescue and towed the fishing boat ashore. There a fire department squad was called to extri- cate the body. DR. B. J. FEINSTEIN said the captain's head and ribs were crushed. ===========================================================================