Clackamas-Multnomah County OR Archives Obituaries.....Bogan, Herbert October 26, 1930 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sheron Faynor nitwittwin@hotmail.com August 28, 2007, 7:05 am Canby herald October 30,1930 Hunter Is Kiled Bu His Own Guun A fatal accident occurred west of Canby late Sunday afternoon when a Portland man,Herbert Bogan,lost his life by the accidentla dischsrge of his gun as he attempted to lift it from the bottom of the car.The injured man was hurried to the Oregon City hospiatl but passed away a few minutes after arrival at that institution.No inquest was held. Bogan was accompanied b his nephew,Robert Colvin,and his niece,Roberta Colvin.They were driving along the Wislnoville road when Bogan saw a pheasna tin the field.He stopped the car and reached for his gun which was in the bottom of his car. In removing it by the barrel it was accidentally discharged,the shot nearly severing his right arm from the shoulder. Cecil Anderson of Bsrlow happened to be driving on the road near the scene of the accident,and upon hearing the explosion he hurried to the unfortunate man.he was first taken to Aurora for treatemnet and physicians at that place sent him to Oreogn City.It was said he died from loss of blood File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/clackamas/obits/b/bogan3275gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb