Truckee River Fire Hit by Rock Fatality 1924

Karl Rosel, a Canadian citizen working as a superintendent at a paper mill in Floriston, California, was killed by a falling rock while directing firefighting forces on a fire along the Truckee River. The unnamed fire ultimately burned 15,000 acres in California and an unknown area in Nevada, as the fire burned directly adjacent to the state border. Rosel was struck on the head by a large rock and his skull was fractured. He succumbed to his injuries at the scene soon after.

Hit by Rock, Fatality, Hand Crews