Door County Wisconsin Obituaries

Door County Wisconsin Obituaries
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Mrs. William Bridenhagen
La Crosse Tribune and Leader Press (La Crosse, Wis.) 8 Feb. 1935; submitted by Diana Heser Morse

Sturgeon Bay Woman Dies After Accident
Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (AP) Mrs. William Bridenhagen, 33, of Sturgeon Bay, died here Thursday of injuries received when the toboggan on which she was riding, towed by her husband in his automobile, was struck by the car of Walter Haen, Sturgeon Bay. Henry Conlon, also of Sturgeon Bay, was injured seriously. Bridenhagen's car turned a corner and the toboggan swerved into the path of Haen's car. three others on the toboggan managed to roll out of the path of Haen's car.

Franklin Kiehnau
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, Wis.) Wednesday, 17 Jan. 1973; transcribed by Marla Zwakman

Egg Harbor Man Dies in Oil Tanker Blaze

ESCANABA , Mich. (A.P.) – Franklin Kiehnau, 60, rural Egg Harbor, was fatally injured in an explosion and fire on the 2,900-ton oil tanker Venus.

The Coast Guard said the blaze apparently broke out when one of the ship's two main engines blew up after the Venus left a terminal near Gladstone, where it had delivered 29,000 barrels of fuel oil.

Kiehnau, who worked on the ship for a little more than a year, was rushed to port aboard the Coast Guard cutter Raritan, which had been helping break a trail for the Venus through two to four feet of ice. He was dead on arrival at an Escanaba hospital.

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