LAKE ADA
Wisconsin - Langlade County - 33N-14E-4
April 29, 1931: "George Coplan, 45, fire ranger, is dead today, crushed and killed instantly when a sudden wind collapsed a 100-foot observation tower at the Eader Lake lookout station in Forest county.
Coplan was atop the tower when the wind hit and crumpled it Tuesday. He was married and lived at Wind Fall." (Capital Times)
Coplan was atop the tower when the wind hit and crumpled it Tuesday. He was married and lived at Wind Fall." (Capital Times)
May 8, 1931: "Fred Wilson, chief fire warden, said he was not qualified to state the cause of the collapse of the Lake Ada fire tower which killed one man. He said the lookout men were charged with maintenance of towers." (Oshkosh Daily Northwestern)