HAGEN, Ole P. 1898-1924

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HAGEN, Ole P. 1898-1924

HAGEN, FRAMSTAD

Posted By: County Coordinator (kermit)
Date: 4/11/2012 at 22:04:04

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OLE HAGEN FALLS TO
DEATH IN AEROPLANE
Fell 100-feet with Plane at
Greenfield, Illinois -- Was
Veteran Flyer
Ole Hagen was instantly killed at Greenfield, Illinois, Sunday, November 23, 1924, when the plane in which he and two other men were riding crashed to the earth, the result it is believed, of an empty gasoline tank.
Ole is a twin brother of Iver Hagen, who formerly lived west of town and came here from Norway about eight years ago. He enlisted in the army and served to the end of the war. Last summer he spent some time here, as a member of the Jesse Baker Flying Circus. He was a veteran flyer.
Accounts of the accident from the St. Louis Globe Democrat and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch give the following accounts.
"Three men were killed when an airplane from Lambert-St. Louis Field fell into a backyard garden two blocks from the town square of Greenfield, Illinois, sixty miles north of St. Louis, at 4:00 p.m. yesterday. The accident occurred immediately after the occupants, two of them flyers from St. Louis, had bombarded Greenfield with circulars advertising a Jerseyville drygoods store. The dead are Hal G. Tilley, 32 years old, an amateur flyer; Ole Hagen, 24, a professional pilot, Bridgeton, St. Louis county. (He had been located there recently), and George Walker, 42, a newspaper printer of Jerseyville.
"The Plane was flying at an altitude of 100 feet, and the residents of Greenfield were watching the craft, noticing that the engine was missing badly, when it suddenly turned nose down and fell. Before it hit the ground, one of the St. Louis men jumped to the ground, only to be caught and crushed to the earth.
"An examination of the wreckage, immediately after the accident, disclosed that the gasoline tank was empty.
"The bodies of the three men were taken from the wreckage and later at the Greenfield morgue were identified by letters and papers found in their pockets, substantiating a report that Tilley and Hagen were the two Lambert field flyers who had been killed.
"The plane was a reconstructed Curtiss, the property of an aeronautical engineer, who had purchased it for pleasure flying, He had insisted that Hagen pilot the machine, as he had a reputation as a cautious, expert flyer, and Hagen was at the stick when the craft took off at Lambert field at 1:30 p.m. Hagen was a veteran of the Army Air Service, and until about three months ago had made his home in Iowa."
Relatives wired immediately for the body to be shipped here for burial, and it is expected to arrive today.
Surviving him are his brothers, a twin, Iver Hagen, who has been in the Dakotas working, but who arrived yesterday, and an older brother, who goes by the name of Larson, and who is here. The boys are nephews of A.N. Framstad, and guests of the Gilbert Framstads. All have worked at different times near Osage, Iver and Ole living in Rock Creek township for a number of years.
Funeral services will beheld from the Rock Creek church at 1 o'clock this afternoon, conducted by the Rev. O.C. Myhre, and burial made in the cemetery of that place.
MITCHELL COUNTY PRESS -- November 26, 1924
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#2:
The listing on IaGenWeb for Rock Creek Cemetery shows:
Hagen, Ole P. 1898 -- Nov 22, 1924

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Obituary: #1: OLE HAGEN FALLS TO DEATH IN AEROPLANE Fell 100-feet with Plane at Greenfield, Illinois -- Was Veteran Flyer Ole Hagen was instantly killed at Greenfield, Illinois, Sunday, November 23, 1924, when the plane in which he and two other men were riding crashed to the earth, the result it is believed, of an empty gasoline tank. Ole is a twin brother of Iver Hagen, who formerly lived west of town and came here from Norway about eight years ago. He enlisted in the army and served to the end of the war. Last summer he spent some time here, as a member of the Jesse Baker Flying Circus. He was a veteran flyer. Accounts of the accident from the St. Louis Globe Democrat and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch give the following accounts. "Three men were killed when an airplane from Lambert-St. Louis Field fell into a backyard garden two blocks from the town square of Greenfield, Illinois, sixty miles north of St. Louis, at 4:00 p.m. yesterday. The accident occurred immediately after the occupants, two of them flyers from St. Louis, had bombarded Greenfield with circulars advertising a Jerseyville drygoods store. The dead are Hal G. Tilley, 32 years old, an amateur flyer; Ole Hagen, 24, a professional pilot, Bridgeton, St. Louis county. (He had been located there recently), and George Walker, 42, a newspaper printer of Jerseyville. "The Plane was flying at an altitude of 100 feet, and the residents of Greenfield were watching the craft, noticing that the engine was missing badly, when it suddenly turned nose down and fell. Before it hit the ground, one of the St. Louis men jumped to the ground, only to be caught and crushed to the earth. "An examination of the wreckage, immediately after the accident, disclosed that the gasoline tank was empty. "The bodies of the three men were taken from the wreckage and later at the Greenfield morgue were identified by letters and papers found in their pockets, substantiating a report that Tilley and Hagen were the two Lambert field flyers who had been killed. "The plane was a reconstructed Curtiss, the property of an aeronautical engineer, who had purchased it for pleasure flying, He had insisted that Hagen pilot the machine, as he had a reputation as a cautious, expert flyer, and Hagen was at the stick when the craft took off at Lambert field at 1:30 p.m. Hagen was a veteran of the Army Air Service, and until about three months ago had made his home in Iowa." Relatives wired immediately for the body to be shipped here for burial, and it is expected to arrive today. Surviving him are his brothers, a twin, Iver Hagen, who has been in the Dakotas working, but who arrived yesterday, and an older brother, who goes by the name of Larson, and who is here. The boys are nephews of A.N. Framstad, and guests of the Gilbert Framstads. All have worked at different times near Osage, Iver and Ole living in Rock Creek township for a number of years. Funeral services will beheld from the Rock Creek church at 1 o'clock this afternoon, conducted by the Rev. O.C. Myhre, and burial made in the cemetery of that place. MITCHELL COUNTY PRESS -- November 26, 1924 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ #2: The listing on IaGenWeb for Rock Creek Cemetery shows: Hagen, Ole P. 1898 -- Nov 22, 1924
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