"Pro. E. Vosburgh, feeding orphan fawn found after Bay Pond Fire, May 1934"
. From an album kept by warden Carl Prue. Gift of Jack and Phyliss Drury.
Historic Saranac Lake Collection, 2022.144.173.55Born: c. 1894
Died: February 6, 1959
Married: Agnes Maloney
Children: Mrs. David Anderson
Earl Vosburgh was a game warden.
Adirondack Daily Enterprise, February 7, 1959
Earl Vosburgh, 65, Dies In Crash At State Bridge on Tupper Road
Car Collides With Malone Truck
A two-car accident yesterday at 2:30 p.m. on Route 3 near the State Bridge, about three miles west of Saranac Lake, resulted in the death of Earl Vosburgh, 65, a resident of this village.
Mr. Vosburgh's 1953 sedan was ascending a hill east of the State Bridge, when it collided with a truck owned by the Chapin Co. of Malone. The truck collided with the left rear of the Vosburgh car dragging it some distance downhill on the icy pavement, before the truck stopped in a snowbank on the north side of the highway.
A State Police patrol car, which was proceeding towards Duso's, was stopped by an unidentified motorist who told them there was a man lying injured in the road. The patrol car radioed back to the substation at Ray Brook and also called the Saranac Lake Police Department.
Police Chief William Wallace was out in the police car, and Judge Gordon Vosburgh was taking any calls that came in. He was informed of the accident and called the ambulance, and also State Police. He later learned it was his, own brother who was killed.
Earl Vosburgh was taken to the Saranac Lake General Hospital by ambulance where he died at 3:17 p.m. of a fractured skull.
Rolland Brown, 35, of Bangor, operator of the truck, was also taken to the hospital, where he was treated for contusions of the ribs and chest and was later discharged.
Mr. Vosburgh was a retired game warden and at the time of his death was employed as gate watchman at Whitney Park.
Besides his brother, Judge Vosburgh, he is survived by his wife, the former Agnes Maloney; a daughter, Mrs. David Anderson of Tupper Lake; a sister, Mrs. Albert G. Homburger of Saranac Lake; two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Tupper Lake Free Press and Herald, February 12, 1959
[Excerpt from a story of the crash]
...He was born at Saranac Lake Sept 2, 1887, the son of Jason and Harriet Duquette Vosburgh, and married Miss Agnes Maloney of that village Sept. 6, 1905. Mr. Vosburgh saw army service in the Mexican border hostilities at the outbreak of World War I, and was a member of Saranac Lake Post, American Legion.
The family moved to Tupper Lake in 1917. Mr. Vosburgh served for more than 24 years as a game protector here, retiring in 1942. He had been employed recently as a gate watchman at Whitney Park. [remainder illegible]
