Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2023 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 Cedar Rapids Republican Sunday, 3 July 1898 JOHN NELSON, the bridge carpenter, who was brought to St. Luke's hospital Thursday and who died a few hours later, was injured while working on a bridge near Tama and not near Marion as stated. He was engaged in sawing off some braces on a bridge that was being repaired. They fell in a different direction than he expected and he was caught and crushed fatally. ============================================================================