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Niagara Gazette - 10/29/1915

Injuries Fatal to
Walter C. Voelker

Walter C. Voelker, aged 20, son of Mr.
and Mrs. William Voelker of the Saun-
ders Settlement road, died last evening
shortly after 8 o'clock at Memorial hos-
pital, from injuries received in a col-
lision between the motorcycle he was
riding and a wagon driven by Chief Wil-
liams of the Tuscarora reservation. The
accident occurred Wednesday evening,
October 10, and Voelker ran head-on into
the read of Williams' rig, on which there
were no lights. He sustained a broken
right leg and a fractured skull, and was
taken to Memorial hospital. He never
recovered consciousness except partially.
The body has been removed to the fam-
ily home and the funeral will be held
Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock, the Rev.
Herman Brezing officiating. Interment
will be made in Riverdale cemetery.