Falling Tree Kills Torkel Hagen, Lumberjack (1913)
Torkel T. Hagen, a lumberjack employed in one of the Crookston camps at Island Lake, was instantly killed last week by being hit by a falling tree. Hagen was one of a gang that was swamping and becoming excited at the cry of “Timber” ran directly under the tree. His skull was crushed and one leg broken. A nephew worked in the same camp but other relatives in this country are not known. He will be buried tomorrow form Coroner Ibertson’s rooms. (Jan 23, 1913)