Albert Chelsvig (1862-1930)

CHELSVIG, ANDERSON

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 10/17/2020 at 16:49:28

From Nevada Evening Journal October 14, 1930 (page 1)

MAN KILLED AS CAR HIT WAGON

HUXLEY PAVING CUT-OFF PROVED JINX FOR CHELSVIG

Albert Chelsvig, age about 65, is death today, from injuries suffered when his head struck the paving, as he was thrown from a wagon struck by an automobile, on the Jefferson highway, just north of Huxley, Monday evening about 7:00 o'clock.

Death was due to a fractured skull and concussion, when he struck the paving, as he pitched from the wagon.

Chelsvig was driving southeast on the paving which crosses his farm diagonally, when his rig was struck from the rear by a motor car driven by E. J. Brouhard, former Story county man, now of Des Moines.

Brouhard, going the same direction as Chelsvig, was blinded by lights on cars coming from the opposite direction and did not see the horse-drawn vehicle ahead of him in time to stop his small sedan.

Brouhard immediately jumped from his car as soon as it was stopped and ran to Chelsvig, who raised up from the paving, but just as Brouhard reached him he sank back, and expired before medical assistance arrived.

Coroner Mills and Sheriff Hattery were called, but it was decided that an inquest was not necessary.

The body was taken to the Duckworth Funeral Home at Ames, where it was prepared for burial.

There were no bones broken in the body and the only injury appeared to be the fracture of the skull, which resulted in a fatal concussion of the brain.

Mr. Chelsvig, a bachelor farmer of the Huxley neighborhood, lives on a farm mile and a half west of Huxley, but also owns the land across which the new paving cut-off crosses.

He had been on the north side of the paving looking after some fence repairs and was starting down the paving and had reached the southeast curve, when the fatal accident occurred.

He was driving a farm team hitched to lumber wagon, on which he had some fencing material. One of the horses was so seriously injured it had to be killed.

The illfated man was a member of a pioneer family of that neighborhood. One sister, Mrs. A. C. Anderson, lives west of Huxley, while a brother, Oley Chelsvig, lives south of town. There is also a sister at Eagle Grove and a brother, Tom, who lives in the Dakotas.

The funeral will be held at Huxley, probably Thursday afternoon, but definite arrangements have not been made..

Chelsvig lost his life on the diagonal strip of paving that crosses his farm and over which he contested the amount of damages with the Iowa Highway commission, a year ago.

This is not the first serious accident that has occurred on the rounded curves at either end of this strip of paving across the Chelsvig farm north of Huxley.

From Nevada Evening Journal October 16, 1930 (page 5)

Chelsvig Funeral Friday Afternoon

Special to the Journal.
Huxley, Oct. 16--Funeral services for Albert Chelsvig, 62, Palestine township farmer who was killed when a wagon on which he was riding was struck by an automobile, early Monday evening will be held Friday afternoon at 2:00, at Lincoln church, with Rev. Pader Buland in charge. Chelsvig was single but leaves two brothers and two sisters.