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Door County Democrat
Saturday, March 3, 1906

                     CAPT. H. ELIASON KILLED.
                   
              A Well Known Lake Captain and Resident
               of Sawyer Meets Death By Falling Upon
                  a Saw, While Cutting Timber for
                           His Vessel.
                           
              One of the worst accidents that has
            ever occurred in this vicinity, happened
            at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning at Larson
            & Olson's portable sawmill at Hainesville,
            when CAPT. HANS ELIASON fell upon the cir-
            cular saw, cutting him from the toes of
            his right foot to a point several inches
            above the hip causing almost instant death.
              CAPT. ELIASON, who owns the schooner
            Industry, had been engaged in making some
            necessary repairs to the craft, and had
            purchased several logs at Hainesville to
            cut up into timber to use in the repair
            work on the vessel. The day on which the
            fatal accident occurred he went to Haines-
            ville to have the timber sawed at Larson 
            & Olson's portable mill. The logs had been
            cut into planks, and the planks were being
            edged, when MR. ELIASON went to move one
            of the boards away from the saw with his
            foot. The move was a fatal one for the
            gentleman and cost him his life. The saw
            caught the end of his life. The saw caught
            the end of his right foot, and having on
            a heavy overshoe, it threw him forward on-
            to the saw and instantly cut a deep and
            ragged gash the entire length of his leg,
            deep into his thigh and side. The accident
            occurred within a few seconds, and the men
            working with MR. ELIASON had no time to
            prevent it, and so horrible had been the
            nature of the accident that they could
            scarcely realize what had happened when
            they saw him lying alongside of the saw;
            mangled and covered with blood. He was
            supported upon the arms of his companions,
            and lived for a period of about five min-
            utes, uttering a few words before death
            claimed him. 
              The body was taken to the home of MIKE
            ELIASON, a brother of the deceased, who
            resides at Hainesville, and from whose
            home the funeral is to be held this Friday
            afternoon, Rev. HAGELAND conducting the
            services.
              HANS ELAISON was about 65 years of age,
            and had been a resident of Door county
            for twenty or more years, at one time own-
            ing a large farm at Hainesville. He came
            to Sawyer about six years ago, and having
            purchased the schooner Industry engaged
            in the lumber carrying traffic and miscel-
            laneous freighting between this city and
            Menominee and nearby ports. He was the
            owner of considerable property in the city,
            and had just recently erected a store build-
            ing on Maple Ave.
              He is survived by his wife, and three
            children, one son, ELIAS, and two daughters,
            MRS. ANNA HANSON and MISS ELLEN ELIASON,
            also by a number of step-children.
             
            
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