The Mt. Adams Sun, Bingen, WA., June 27, 1968, page 5

LOGGER METED SUDDEN DEATH

     Delbert Joe McClain, 62, was killed instantly at the headquarters of Buck Creek where he and his son Jim were logging together. The accident occurred at about 1 p.m., Monday, June 15. Word of Mr. McClain's death was telephoned to Gardner's Funeral home from the Ted Lehmann resident on Underwood Heights, but the accident had no connection with the Lehmann operation.
     The McClain's were dragging a log which looked onto a snag, the top of which snapped out and struck the older man above the left ear. Death from skull fractures and brain concussion was instantaneous.
     Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, June 26 at Gardner's Funeral chapel. Interment will be in the IOOF cemetery.

The Goldendale Sentinel, Goldendale, WA., June 25, 1953, page 6

MISHAP FATAL TO VETERAN LOGGER

     D.J. McClain was killed in the woods in an accident Monday at their logging operations on Buck Creek. The site is on Underwood Heights, over the mountain on a logging road, Sentinel correspondent Terry Brashears reported.
     The accident occurred when a drag log hooked on a snag which broke off and struck McClain behind the left ear, killing him instantly. He had worked in the woods for many years, and in the last few years operated an outfit with his son, who witnessed the accident.
     Survivors include his widow, four children, and several grandchildren.

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