MAX SADOWSKI KILLED BY AUTO EXHAUST FUMES
SUFFOCATED BY GAS FROM THE EXHAUST OF HIS AUTO THE BODY OF MAX SADOWSKI WAS FOUND IN HIS GARAGE BACK OF HIS HOME, 1303 E HICKORY STREET, ABOUT 5 OCLOCK FRIDAY MORNING.
ANTICIPATING WEATHER BELOW ZERO, MR. SADOWSKI WENT TO THE GARAGE THURSDAY NIGHT TO DRAIN HIS CAR. IT IS PRESUMED THAT HE ALLOWED THE ENGINE TO RACE FOR AWHILE TO WARM UP THE MOTOR AND THE GARAGE BEING TIGHTLY CLOSED THE AIR BECAME IMPREGNATED WITH GAS AND HE WAS SUFFOCATED. THERE WAS A COAL OIL STOVE IN THE GARAGE BUT WHETHER IT HAD BEEN BURNING IS NOT KNOWN.
MRS. SADOWSKI WENT TO BED AFTER HER HUSBAND WENT TO THE GARAGE AND SHE DID NOT AWAKEN UNTIL THE MORNING AND HER HUSBAND WAS NOT IN THE HOUSE WHEN SHE GOT UP. SHE WENT TO THE GARAGE AND FOUND HIS BODY. HIS HANDS AND FEET SEEM TO BE FROSTED BUT THE BODY WAS NOT YET COLD.
MR. SADOWSKI WOULD HAVE BEEN THIRTY SIX YEARS OLD IN FEBRUARY. HE WAS WELL KNOWN IN DECATUR AND HAD GREAT MANY FRIENDS. FOR A YEAR HE HAD BEEN EMPLOYED AS AN ELECTRIC WELDER AT THE WABASH LOCOMOTIVE SHOPS. HE HAD ALSO SERVED ABOUT FIVE YEARS AS A MEMBER OF THE CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT.
MR. SADOWSKI WAS BORN IN DECATUR FEB 9, 1888 AND HAD LIVED HERE ALL HIS LIFE. HE WAS A MEMBER OF ST. JOHANNES LUTHERAN CHURCH. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, HELEN M. SADOWSKI, AND TWO CHILDREN, IRENE AND ALMA SADOWSK. HE ALSO LEAVES HIS PARENTS, MR. AND MRS. HERMAN SADOWSKI AND THE FOLLOWING BROTHERS AND SISTERS: ALBERT, HERMAN JR, OTTO, OSCAR AND MRS. AMELIA VEECH AND MRS. ANNA SABLOTNY OF DECATUR.
THE BODY WAS REMOVED TO MORAN & SONS ESTABLISHMENT AND PREPARED FOR BURIAL.
Thanks, Janet Donner
MAX SADOWSKI KILLED BY AUTO EXHAUST FUMES
SUFFOCATED BY GAS FROM THE EXHAUST OF HIS AUTO THE BODY OF MAX SADOWSKI WAS FOUND IN HIS GARAGE BACK OF HIS HOME, 1303 E HICKORY STREET, ABOUT 5 OCLOCK FRIDAY MORNING.
ANTICIPATING WEATHER BELOW ZERO, MR. SADOWSKI WENT TO THE GARAGE THURSDAY NIGHT TO DRAIN HIS CAR. IT IS PRESUMED THAT HE ALLOWED THE ENGINE TO RACE FOR AWHILE TO WARM UP THE MOTOR AND THE GARAGE BEING TIGHTLY CLOSED THE AIR BECAME IMPREGNATED WITH GAS AND HE WAS SUFFOCATED. THERE WAS A COAL OIL STOVE IN THE GARAGE BUT WHETHER IT HAD BEEN BURNING IS NOT KNOWN.
MRS. SADOWSKI WENT TO BED AFTER HER HUSBAND WENT TO THE GARAGE AND SHE DID NOT AWAKEN UNTIL THE MORNING AND HER HUSBAND WAS NOT IN THE HOUSE WHEN SHE GOT UP. SHE WENT TO THE GARAGE AND FOUND HIS BODY. HIS HANDS AND FEET SEEM TO BE FROSTED BUT THE BODY WAS NOT YET COLD.
MR. SADOWSKI WOULD HAVE BEEN THIRTY SIX YEARS OLD IN FEBRUARY. HE WAS WELL KNOWN IN DECATUR AND HAD GREAT MANY FRIENDS. FOR A YEAR HE HAD BEEN EMPLOYED AS AN ELECTRIC WELDER AT THE WABASH LOCOMOTIVE SHOPS. HE HAD ALSO SERVED ABOUT FIVE YEARS AS A MEMBER OF THE CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT.
MR. SADOWSKI WAS BORN IN DECATUR FEB 9, 1888 AND HAD LIVED HERE ALL HIS LIFE. HE WAS A MEMBER OF ST. JOHANNES LUTHERAN CHURCH. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, HELEN M. SADOWSKI, AND TWO CHILDREN, IRENE AND ALMA SADOWSK. HE ALSO LEAVES HIS PARENTS, MR. AND MRS. HERMAN SADOWSKI AND THE FOLLOWING BROTHERS AND SISTERS: ALBERT, HERMAN JR, OTTO, OSCAR AND MRS. AMELIA VEECH AND MRS. ANNA SABLOTNY OF DECATUR.
THE BODY WAS REMOVED TO MORAN & SONS ESTABLISHMENT AND PREPARED FOR BURIAL.
Thanks, Janet Donner
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