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- Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 1/12/1967
One workman was killed and
another injured about 2 p.m.
Wednesday afternoon in a flash
fire at the Birds Eye Division
Plant of General Foods Corp.,
in the Village of Medina, Orleans
County.
Melvin F. Schilling, 57, of 500
S. Academy St., Medina, died of
massive burns, Dr. James Sterling,
Orleans County Coroner,
said.
Harry Daniels, 57, of 251 Caroline
St., Village of Albion, who
suffered smoke inhalation and
shock, was listed in satisfactory
condition today in Medina Me-
mortal Hospital.
Medina Fire Chief Ralph
Whiting said the cause of the
fire had not been determined.
He said he planned to obtain a
statement from Mr. Daniels today.
Mr. Daniels was under heavy
sedation Wednesday night at the
hospital and unable to be questioned.
Chief Whiting said the two
men were working in a small
frame building on Olney Street
housing a hot - water and water
storage tank.
He said the equipment supplied
water for a nearby dormitory
used by migrant workers
during seasonal work periods at
the Birds Eye Plant. He said
no workers were in the dormitory
at the time.
Chief Whiting said Mr. Schilling
and Mr. Daniels, both main
tenance men. were in the processs
of shutting off the equipment
and winterizing it. He added
that both men performed the
same operation last year.
He said that the structure is a
10 In in foot building and that
Mr. Daniels made several unsuccessful
attempts to rescue
Mr. Schilling but was driven
back by the flames which separated
the two men.
The fire charred the interior
of the structure which is about
200 feet from the main processing
plant, Chief Whiting said.
There were indications an explosion
preceded the blaze, but
Chief Whiting said today he did
not think there was an explosion.
Mr. Schilling had worked for
28 years in the maintenance department
of the food processing
plant.
He was born in the Town of
Royalton May 11, 1911. He was
a member of Trinity Lutheran
Church, Medina, and the Loyal
Order of Moose, in Medina.
He is survived by his widow,
the former Mary Bloom, one
son, Lee W. Schilling of Rochesr
ter; one daughter, Miss Mury
Lynn Schilling, also of Rochester;
his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Elmer Schilling, of Medina;
one sister, Mrs. Leslie Waterson,
of Medina, and one aunt,
Mrs. Carl Reimer, of Akron.
Friends may call at Barnes
and Tuttle Funeral Home, 226
Pearl St., Medina, where funeral
services will be held Saturday
at 2 p.m.
The Rev. Wilbur P. Lottes of
Trinity Lutheran Church, Medina,
will officiate. Burial will be
in the Bates Road Cemetery.
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1911 - 1967 (55 years)