Burn Victim Dies In Chicago

Injuries and burns, coupled with complications, caused the death today 
in Presbyterian Hospital, Chicago, of Robert AURAND, 34, of 749 Navajo 
Dr., Carpentersville, who was injured March 27 in the collapse and fire 
of a catwalk and gravel hopper at the Arcole Midwest Corp. pit on 
Algonquin-Carpentersville blacktop road.

AURAND was pinned under debris which was ignited by an overturned 
kerosene salamander and he suffered first and second degree burns over 
approximately 60 percent of his body.

AURAND was transferred to Chicago nine days after the accident and was 
making satisfactory progress from skein grafting operations until two 
weeks ago, when he suffered a heart attack.

Surgeons opened up the chest and massaged his heart until it resumed 
beating, but AURAND failed to rally from the ordeal and died early 
today.

Anthony (Tony) PACE, 48, of East Dundee, was killed in the accident and 
Carl DIDLINGER of Dundee Route 2, escaped with leg bruises and minor 
burns.

The three men were on a catwalk about the hopper when a truck pulled in 
to be loaded.  The hopper collapsed, wrecking the catwalk and dropping 
the men and the lighted salamander into the debris.  PACE was crushed 
between two heavy timbers and was dead when extricated three hours 
later.

AURAND's foot was pinned by another timber and he was severely burned 
before being rescued.

AURAND was born in Dundee August 19, 1923 and resided in this area all 
his life except for four years in Naval service abroad a submarine 
chaser during W.W.II.  He was a member of the Elgin Moose lodge.

In addition to the widow, the former Ella Mae WILKE, he is survived by 
three children, Sandra, 18 months old, Nancy, 9, and Robert Jr., 11; his 
parents, George and Stella AURAND,; three brothers, Theron, Roy James 
and George Donald AURAND, and two sisters, Mrs. Donna FOLEY and Mrs. Carol COULSON, all of Elgin.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 Tuesday at the Sout Funeral Home.  
Rev. Robert Bush, pastor of the Open Bible Church, Carpentersville, will 
officiate and burial will be in Lake Street Memorial Park cemetery.


This was transcribed from an unknown source.

Contributed by: Gretchen Johnson - gretcher@earthlink.net - on 27 Jul 2000


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