Henry Burman (Burmann) Obituaries

              HENRY BURMAN
COUPE IN CRASH
WITH 3 TRUCKS
1 Victim at Memorial Hos-
j    pital   With   Multiple
|   «    $one Fractures
Howard Everett of Clyde
Driver of One Commer¬
cial Car, Hurt
Henry Burman, about 60, of El¬
more,  prominent    highway    con¬
tractor and funeral director, was
injured, critically, in a crash be¬
tween three trucks and the Bur-
man  automobile  on  V,  S.  High¬
way  20,  six miles    west oi Fre¬��mont at 2 a. m,- Wednesday.
Burman,   a  member  of  the  con¬
tracting firm of Weis Brothers and
Burman,   Elmore,   is   a   patient,  at
Memorial  hospital,  where  his  con¬
dition  was  reported,  critical. He  is
suffering  from  numerous  fractures
and possible internal injuries.
Are Reticent
Burman is suffering from a com-
I pound   fracture   of   the  left   elbow
1 and the left forearm and a fracture
of the right wrist, with accompany¬
ing lacerations.   He also has a frac¬
ture of the left leg below the knee,
both bones being broken,   His fore¬
head is badly cut and severe injur¬
ies to the chest were inflicted.   He
may have internal injuries. He was
reported   resting easier  at 2 p. m.
Wednesday.    He  is  attended  by a
loca! physician.
Howard Everett, 23, of Clyde, a
driver for a truck owned by Wil¬
liam Oswald, of Clyde, was also in¬
jured in the crash, and spent the
night at Memorial hospital where
he was treated for lacerations on
the scalp and body bruises. He was
discharged later  in the day.
According   to     Sheriff    Tom    H.
Pask, who investigated "the crash,
Burman   was     driving    his    coupe
west on the federal highway, about
opposite   the  Brindley  farm.
Three  Trucks
Three     trucks,     under     contract
with   the   Michigan   Motor  Freight
j Company, were traveling east. The
! first truck was owned 4jy   George
j Sennett,  of Bellevue. This wac ful-
i lowed  ijr the  Oswald  truck    oper-
! ated by Everett, and third in line
; was a truck owned hy G. Bowman,
| of Mansfield.
| Sheriff Pask said that apparently
j the Sennett truck and Burman's
S coupe sideswiped first, and that
j the Burman car then crashed into
| the Oswald truck, striking it ©n,,
! the left side, just behind the front
' wheel.
The    Oswald    truck    was    then
struck from the rear by the Bow¬
man truck. The Oswald transport
turned sideways In the highway
and rolled over on its side, the
front end of the truck coming to
rest almost on the Lake Shore
[Electric tracks.