Goffard, William Norbert

1903 - 1927  (24 years)    Has 4 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Goffard, William Norbert
  Born	28 Sep 1903
  Gender	Male
  Died	6 Oct 1927
  Obituary	12 Oct 1927
  Appleton Post Crescent
  Kimberly Mill Casualties THE DEAD OTTO KRUEGER, 116 JOHN-ST., KIMBERLY, 29, MAR RIED, 3 CHILDREN. EMPLOYED BY C. R. MEYER AND SONS, CONSTRUCTION CO. PETER VAN LANGVELDT, LITTLE CHUTE, EMPLOYED BY KIMBERLY-CLARK CO. NORBERT GOFFARD, KIMBERLY, EMPLOYED BY KIMBERLY-CLARK CO. JOHN FRIES, KIMBERLY, MEYER CONSTRUCTION CO. HERMAN SPRANGERS, DARBOY, EMPLOYED BY KIMBERLY- CLARK CO. THE INJURED Employed by Kimberly-Clark Co. Constant Wagner, 46, Kimberly, leg badly crushed, widower. Matt Valentine, 26, Kimberly, single, Theodore Lamers, 26, Little Chute, married. Injuries undetermined. Nicholas Fox, 23, Kimberly, single. Injuries serious. John Vander Zanden, 25, Little Chute, married. Arthur Brockman, 40, Kimberly, two broken legs, broken arm and fractured skull. Fear he will die. Is married and his four children. Harry Wynn, Flushing, N. Y., skull injured. He is 18 and unmarried. Wynn lives at the Y. M. C. A. in Appleton. Employed by C. R, Meyer Sons Co. Myron White, Mattoon, 20, Single. August Gauthier, 43, East DePere. Joseph Vanden Heuvel, Kimberly, 24, single. Martin. VerKuilen, 23, Medina, married. George Stroker, 21, Kaukauna, single. Frank Van Amstel, Kimberly, 43, serious face and scalp wounds. Appleton Post-Crescent | Appleton, Wisconsin | Friday, October 07, 1927 | Page 1 Begin Preparations for Resuming Operations as Manders' Body Is Found "With removal of the body of J. Mandels, DePere, from the wreckage of the collapsed portion of the Kimberly- Clark Paper Co. mill at Kimberly rescue work was completed and removal of debris from the wrecked seater room was temporarily halted Manders' body was found at 7:15 Tuesday night near the bottom of the debris, about ten feet from the west wall of the ruined section. His body was paitly immersed in water for several days after the collapse but the pit -was nearly dry when the body removed. It had been, buried in the moist pulp since about 10 last Friday morning. After the body was found the rescue squads were taken out of the pits and the men sent to their home-, to prepare for the work of resuming operations in the mill. With the finding of Slander's body the number of dead in the disaster was increased to nine. The dead are: Otto Krueger. Arthur Brockman. Norbert Goffard. J. Despins. Herman Sprangers. T. Manders. Peter Van Langveldt. Frank. "W. Johnson John Fiers. Eighteen men were more or less severely injured in the wreck but al are rapidly recovering. Some have been discharged from St. Elizabetl hospiital. Employes of the mill reported for work Wednesday morning and-began cleaning up the mill and making re pairs. It was stated by mill officials that operations on some of the ma chines probably will be resumed on Thursday morning. It also was said that shipment of paper from the mil probably will be .started in a day o tuo- During the time the rescue worl was in progress all other activitie, about the mill were completely sus pended and not a wheel was turned nor a nictn employed for any othe purpose than that of removing debris from the wrecked portion. Officials of the Kimberly-Clark Co "Wednesday expressed their sympathj for the sufferers in the accident an>~ their gratitude for and appreciatio; of the "limitless spirit of helpfullnes that has manifested itself on ever hand." "While still under the full weight o the disaster and sorrow which has be fallen our company and its employe of the Kimberly mill we would mak this public expression of our deep ap preciation of the limitless spirit o helpfullness that iias manifested itsel on every hand." the statement said. First in our thoughts of apprecia tion and admiration arc those cm ploycc-- of Kimberly-Clark Company and C. K. Meyer & Sons Company risked their own lives in the worst of rescue immediately following the disaster when danger was greatest. "Hundreds of men of both companies toiled without ceasing in the debri until the last body was recovered. Appleton Post-Crescent | Appleton, Wisconsin | Wednesday, October 12, 1927 | Page 1
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  Last Modified	12 Oct 2015

  
  

  Father	Goffard, Henry Joseph,   b. 14 Jan 1861, Sidney, Fremont, Iowa, USA ,   d. 6 Oct 1941, De Pere, Brown, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Mathy, Desiree,   b. 6 Apr 1866, De Pere, Brown, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 9 May 1904, De Pere, Brown, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 38 years)
  Family ID	F36832	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart