Union Cemetery

Steinbach, Emile


BORN IN: Switzerland
DIED: 4/18/1906
AGED: 46 abt
CAUSE OF DEATH: Shock and Injuries caused by being crush
DEATH LOCATION: Woodside

OCCUPATION: Gardener

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OBITUARY ---------------

EMILE STEINBACH

Times-Gazette

Redwood City, San Mateo County, California

Saturday, April 21, 1906 Vol. XXXXVIII No. 2

D.E. O’Keefe – Editor and Proprietor

KILLED BY FALLING CHIMNEY

Emile Steinbach, a native of Switzerland, aged 45 years, was killed at Jas. Josselyn’s place near Woodside from a falling chimney during the earthquake shock. The body was brought to Redwood City for burial.

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