Turner - Nathan
Source: Crawfordsville Daily Journal, February 2, 1924
Nathan Turner, aged 28, well known young man of this city, was killed in a fall from a scaffold on which he was working at the new reformatory at Pendelton Friday afternoon about 4 o'clock, according to word received here soon after the accident by his father Wilson Turner who lives near the city on Indianapolis road. Turner, a skilled bricklayer, had been engaged in helping in the construction of the new reformatory for the past several weeks. He was a member of Bricklayers Union, no. 40, of this city. According to the report, Turner lost his footing on the scaffold while changing position and fell over thirty feet to the ground He sustained a fractured skull in the fall and expired within ten minutes. His father will leave for Pendleton early this morning to bring the body back to this city. Mr. Turner was born in this city August 18, 1895, and spent practically his entire life here. He attended the local schools and was a veteran of the world war, serving several months overseas with the infantry and saw service in the front line trenches. He is survived by his parents, Mrs. and Mrs. Wilson Turner; two brothers, Roy M. and Walter R. Turner of East St. Louis, and three sisters, Nancy Jane of Hinsdale, Ill., Mrs. Leland Hicks of this city and Gertrude, at home. The funeral services will be held from the home on east Elmore street Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock with the burial in Oak Hill cemetery. - thanks to Kim H