Mahoning-Trumbull County OhArchives Obituaries.....Borts, Howard August 19, 1923 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Jennifer L. Neff ffen@zoominternet.net May 20, 2006, 5:07 pm Warren Tribune Chronicle, Mon, 20 Aug 1923 p. 1:1 BORTS, Howard 14 Feb 1886 to 19 Aug 1923 37y 6m 5d Warren Man Lost His Life in A ------ Thigh was penetrated by board Howard Borts Thrown From Auto Sustained Injuries Which Caused Death NEPHEW ESCAPES INJURY Truck Left Road and Crashed Through Fence Near Niles Yesterday Howard Borts, aged 36 years and a resident of Warren for the past twenty five years, is dead as a result of an accident which occurred on the River Road a mile west of Niles, near St. Stephen’s cemetery on Sunday morning at 11:30. Borts was returning from Niles with his nephew, Thomas Finch, who was driving the car, when it struck a rut in the road, a tire was torn from the left front wheel, and the car was pitched forward crashing through a fence. Borts was thrown from the car with a terrible force. In the fall a piece of fence board penetrated his right leg, tearing the leg in a frightful manner, and passing through the thigh. His left leg was also crushed below the knee, when he landed under the front part of the truck. Finch was thrown clear of the wreck and escaped any serious injury, but was completely overcome by the shock and was taken to his home on Homewood avenue in Warren by men who came by just after the accident occurred. Borts was rushed to the Warren City Hospital in Holloway’s ambulance and he was immediately taken to the operating room where the leg was amputated. He died before he could be removed from the operating room. Death was due to the loss of blood which he suffered when the leg was torn by the piece of fence board. The body was removed to the undertaking rooms of W.J. White, on North Park avenue, where it will remain until Tuesday evening when it will be taken to the home of his sister, Mrs. George Foos, 808 Terra Alta avenue. Funeral services will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Foos, Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock, when Captain Rickard, of the Salvation Army will officiate. Burial will be made in Oakwood cemetery. Mr. Borts was born in Ohltown, on February 14, 1886, and received his education in the Ohltown school. He came to Warren when a boy, and has been well known to many friends here, who regret very much to learn of his tragic death. For the past year he had been employed by the Frank George Construction Co. on the Red Run sewer, and resided with his niece and nephew, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Finch, 613 South Homewood avenue. He was a member of the Salvation Army, and of the Eagles Lodge, and is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Katherine Harlan, Mrs. George Foos, and two brothers, Charles and Seymour Borts, all of Warren This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ohfiles/ File size: 3.2 Kb