Dear Listers! The Stavanger Aftenblad Journal of Sep. 28, 1916 included a news item which I have read with great interest. It says as follows: ~~~~~ "Skandinaven" writes: A young Stavanger man named Nils Jorpeland, who worked for the Great Lake Dredge Co. out by Indiana Harbor, recently fell over board and drowned, noone knowing, how the accident could happen. Only three hours later he was found - dead. He was supposed to return home for Christmas. His father wanted to see him, so also his mother and his brothers and sisters - and now instead this sad message. Jorpeland was only 26 years old. ~~~~~ Can someone help me locate the original article from "Skandinaven"? I am interested in learning the following details ablut this man who emigrated in 1911 heading them for Norway, Dickey Co., ND: * The exact date of this incident? * And what would I write as the place of this accident (town in Indiana?)? * What kind of work should we say Nils was doing? Thanks a million for your assistance in this matter! Very sincerely yours, Lars E. Oyane

I couldn't find anything on Nils Jorpeland, but here is a link to an article about Indiana Harbor: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Harbor_and_Ship_Canal I did find an article on Chronicling America about a 24 year old Edward Jorpeland who was run over by a streetcar in Marshalltown Iowa on or about 17 March 1897. That was the only Jorpeland story I could find on either Chronicling America or Genealogybank. > Date: Sun, 17 May 2015 04:59:44 -0500 > To: norway@rootsweb.com > Subject: [NOR] Nils Jorpeland - accident reported in Skandinaven 1916 - more details available? > From: norway@rootsweb.com > > Dear Listers! > > The Stavanger Aftenblad Journal of Sep. 28, 1916 included a news item which I have read with great interest. It says as follows: > > ~~~~~ > > "Skandinaven" writes: A young Stavanger man named Nils Jorpeland, who worked for the Great Lake Dredge Co. out by Indiana Harbor, recently fell over board and drowned, noone knowing, how the accident could happen. Only three hours later he was found - dead. > > He was supposed to return home for Christmas. His father wanted to see him, so also his mother and his brothers and sisters - and now instead this sad message. > > Jorpeland was only 26 years old. > > ~~~~~ > > Can someone help me locate the original article from "Skandinaven"? > > I am interested in learning the following details ablut this man who emigrated in 1911 heading them for Norway, Dickey Co., ND: > > * The exact date of this incident? > > * And what would I write as the place of this accident (town in Indiana?)? > > * What kind of work should we say Nils was doing? > > Thanks a million for your assistance in this matter! > > Very sincerely yours, > > Lars E. Oyane > > > > > Norwaylist Archiveshttp://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=norway > > RESUBSCRIBE UNSUB > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/NOR/NORWAY.html > > guidelines http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~norway/guidelines.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message