Gust Andrews
| Date of Interment or Death | 08/31/1921 |
|---|---|
| Location | Old Fairview |
| Section | B |
| Block-Lot-Grave | 10-6-1s |
| Notes | No marker at recorded space |
Obituary
CAUSE OF DEATH OF LIGHT PLANT EMPLOYE MYSTERY CORONERS JURY VERDICT SAYS CAUSE OF DEATH UNKOWN NO EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT ELECTROCUTION THEORY Greek, Well-to-do, Laboring For Ottertail Power Co., Stricken Chipping Clinkers from Grates Gus Andrews, a Greek, who for years has been employed as a laborer by the Ottertail Power Co. here died while at work Sunday night, under peculiar circumstances which seem to leave the cause of his death shrouded in mystery.
Andrews was working inside the fire box of the big steam boilers at the local plant. He was chipping away clinkers which had formed around the grates, and which had to be removed for the efficient operation of the boiler. Jack London and Bert Beeson, other employees at the plant, heard an outcry from Andrews – a loud cry as if the man were in sudden severe pain. According to their story they rushed to the door and dragged Andrews out of the fire box; and when he was brought out he was unconscious. Medical aid was summoned at once and artificial respiration was resorted to in an attempt to bring him to consciousness, it is said, but without avail. Apparently he was killed or died instantly, the cry which he make while in the firebox evidently being his death cry.
The story which immediately gained circulation about the town was substantially that while Andrews was working in the firebox a live wire carrying a high voltage current had broken and fallen down across the boiler, thus electrocuting him; this story, however, was not brought out at the coroner’s inquest. The jury returned a verdict of death from a cause unknown.
Gus Andrews was about thirty-six years of age and had been in America about thirteen years. He was known as an industrious, hard working man, and though employed mostly at common labor during all the time he had been in this country he is said to have accumulated a small fortune in savings, it being reported that he had about ten thousand dollars to his credit in the banks of Breckenridge and Wahpeton. He had a wife and one child living in Greece, and was planning either to bring them to America or to return to them in his native land. A brother resides in Breckenridge, and this brother is in charge of the remains. Funeral service was held Wednesday afternoon at the Schmitt & Olson funeral parlor. A minister or priest of the Greek church was here from the twin cities to conduct the funeral service, which was in accordance with the customs of the church of the native land of the deceased and in the Greek language.
Burial was in Fairview cemetery, immediately following the service; reports that the remains would be shipped to Greece being unfounded.
Location
Old Fairview is located on the southern half of the cemetery grounds.