Conrad Hansen Jr.
1911-July 4, 1933
Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, July 5, 1933, page 1, col. 5-6, microfilm Niles District Library
Conrad Hansen Falls Off
Railroad Car, is Killed
Niles Youth Misjudges Distance on Top of Car; Was En Route With Two Companions to Search for Work in California.
Conrad Hansen, Jr., 21, 710 Ferry street, was fatally injured early Tuesday morning when he fell from the top of a railroad box car under a moving train on the Rock Island railroad, at Bureau, Ill. Bureau is 125 miles southwest of Chicago.
Young Hansen left Niles Monday accompanied by Jacob Webber and Earl Machow, youths of about his age, for California where Hansen had been advised he could probably obtain employment. The youths left South Bend at noon Monday catching a train from there. At Bureau, according to the story told by his companions, Hansen mounted to the top of a box car,and seeing his companions a few cars away started toward them, but in the darkness misjudged the distance and fell. His companions notified the railroad authorities. An inquest was held and a verdict of accidental death was returned.
Young Hansen was born in New Salem, N. Dak. His parents came to Niles 18 years years ago. He attended the Niles public schools. After he entered the Senior High school he discontinued his studies but last fall reentered the high school expecting to be graduated with the class of 1933. However, he secured employment and again discontinued his studies.
Previous to last year he was a football and track star of the Niles High school. He was a member of Niles chapter of DeMolay until he retired on reaching the age limit of membership.
Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Hansen, a brother, Edward, and the following sisters: Mrs. Charles Fandre, Mrs. Kenneth Morris, Misses Marie, Olive Louise, Muriel Jane and Annabelle, all of Niles.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Troost and Turner Funeral home. The Rev. Theo Eisen, pastor of St. John's Evangelical church, will officiate. Burial will be at Silverbrook cemetery.
Niles Daily Star, Thursday, July 6, 1933, page 3, col. 1, cont. page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library
HOLD HANSEN FUNERAL
Funeral services for Conrad Hansen, jr., accidentally killed July 4 at Bureau, Ill., were held this afternoon in the Troost and Turner Funeral chapel. The Rev. Theo. Eisen, pastor of St. John's Evangelical church, officiated. Mr. and Mrs. Rex Leach sang. The following were pallbearers: Jacob Webber, Jo Hand, Theodore Weinke, Lawrence Mantke, John Truesdale and Eugene Ham. Burial was in Silverbrook cemetery. Young Hansen, accompanied by Jacob Webber and Earl Manchow, also of Niles, was on is way to California when the accident occurred. Hansen fell from a box car and under a moving train at Bureau, Ill.