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- Victim of Tractor Mishap Succumbs
NORTH TONAWANDA, June 28. - Albert Weyers, seventeen years old, son of Otto. Weyers, residing on Lockport avenue in the Martinsville section of North Tonawanda, died at the DeGraff Memorial hospital last midnight from injuries sustained while operating a tractor employed to haul dirt excavated from Kohler street in preparation for the paving of the roadway. Young Weyers was injured early Tuesday afternoon. He was caught between the chain drive of the tractor and one of the wheels when the dump box upended. Death was due to internal injuries. The victim was employed by the Louis H. Gipp Construction company of Buffalo. Coroner W. L. Draper of Niagara Falls, took charge of the case in the absence of Coroner J. E. Helwig from the city.
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