Daughter of Julius Sutton and Cornelia Ann Price Cullipher.
SIX PERSONS DROWN
IN PLUNGE OF CAR
Speeding Car Passes Illfated
Machine Shortly Before Accident
Members of Connor and Cullipher
Families Of Conway Loose Lives
CONWAY - This morning a little after midnight, the touring car of Marvin Connor plunged into the open draw of the steel bridge over the Waccamaw River here. Of the seven passengers in the car, only one was left to tell the story. Besides Mr. Connor, who was driving, Mrs. Connor was in the car together with J. C. Cullipher and their three little children. Mr. Connor alone survives.
Yesterday afternoon, Mr. Connor, who is a hard working, highly respected farmer living in the outskirts of Conway and J. S. Cullipher, who is employed at the Conway Lumber Company, decided to take their families to Myrtle Beach for a little outing. Mrs. E. G. Norman and daughter went along with Mr. and Mrs. Connor and a brother of Mr. Cullipher. They had their little outing and late in the evening started for home.
Mr. Connor's car was not running well and he fell a little behind the Cullipher car. Just east of the veneer plant a touring car dashed by Mr. Cullipher's car and Willie Cullipher, who was driving, said at the inquest that this car struck the front wheel of Cullipher's car and threw them in the ditch, which at that point is probably ten feet wide and six or eight feet deep.
The car went on and Willie Cullipher discovered his brother was seriously hurt. He got Mr. and Mrs. Cullipher and the children out of the car and in a few minutes Mr. Connor drove up and without any loss of time Mr. and Mrs. Cullipher and the children were placed in Mr. Connor's car and Mrs. Norman, her daughter and young Cullipher were left to walk on into town while Mr. Connor hurried Mr. Cullipher to a doctor.
From the place of the accident it is less than a half mile to the river bridge and Mr. Connor lost little time in reaching that point. Heavy rain had been falling and it was still raining a little.
Just where the swamp bridge joins the river bridge is a curve and a slight rise of probably three feet up to the river bridge. When Mr. Connor rounded the curve and made the little grade he saw the bridge open but with less than 15 feet of level bridge before him, he was unable to check the speed of his car and plunged into 20 feet of water. He managed to swim to the surface and scrambled out.
The alarm was given in a few minutes and by 2 o'clock this morning the body of Mr. Cullipher had been recovered and by dawn the bodies of Mrs. Cullipher and the three children had been recovered. Mrs. Connor's body is still missing. A large number is searching the water for her body.
The mysterious feature of the fearful accident is how the bridge came to be open. According to the testimony of the bridge tender the last opening of the bridge was on Monday afternoon and the bridge was securely closed and chained at that time.
Various theories are advanced as to how the bridge came to be open. A severe rain and wind storm preceded the accident by some 15 or 20 minutes and some seemed to think the wind caused the chain to become loosened, letting the bridge go.
Many connect the opening of the bridge with the wrecking of the Cullipher car. At 9 o'clock this morning Coroner T. W. Cooper empaneled a jury of inquest over the bodies of the Cullipher family. A number of witnesses were sworn and they established the facts above related. It was brought out that the Connor car was passed near the Pate Lumber Company mill about one and a half miles from town by a Ford car driven at high speed. This car had only one light. Within a half mile Mr. Connor came upon the wreck of the Cullipher car and in that distance no other car had passed Mr. Connor. Willie Cullipher, who was driving the Cullipher car said that their car was struck by a Ford car with one light. J. A. Holt, night policeman, said that he saw a Ford car with one light come in town some 25 or 30 minutes before word of the accident came. The parties driving this car were questioned, but they professed to know nothing of the matter and proved at the inquest that they were ahead of the Connor and Cullipher cars by some 10 or 15 minutes. They found the bridge in apparently perfect condition when they crossed, they said.
The remains of Mr. Cullipher and his family were taken to Nichols this afternoon for interment. Mrs. Cullipher was a Miss Price of Nichols. Mr. Cullipher was a native of the Aynor section of Horry County.
Published in The State, August 30, 1923
SIX PERSONS DROWN
IN PLUNGE OF CAR
Speeding Car Passes Illfated
Machine Shortly Before Accident
Members of Connor and Cullipher
Families Of Conway Loose Lives
CONWAY - This morning a little after midnight, the touring car of Marvin Connor plunged into the open draw of the steel bridge over the Waccamaw River here. Of the seven passengers in the car, only one was left to tell the story. Besides Mr. Connor, who was driving, Mrs. Connor was in the car together with J. C. Cullipher and their three little children. Mr. Connor alone survives.
Yesterday afternoon, Mr. Connor, who is a hard working, highly respected farmer living in the outskirts of Conway and J. S. Cullipher, who is employed at the Conway Lumber Company, decided to take their families to Myrtle Beach for a little outing. Mrs. E. G. Norman and daughter went along with Mr. and Mrs. Connor and a brother of Mr. Cullipher. They had their little outing and late in the evening started for home.
Mr. Connor's car was not running well and he fell a little behind the Cullipher car. Just east of the veneer plant a touring car dashed by Mr. Cullipher's car and Willie Cullipher, who was driving, said at the inquest that this car struck the front wheel of Cullipher's car and threw them in the ditch, which at that point is probably ten feet wide and six or eight feet deep.
The car went on and Willie Cullipher discovered his brother was seriously hurt. He got Mr. and Mrs. Cullipher and the children out of the car and in a few minutes Mr. Connor drove up and without any loss of time Mr. and Mrs. Cullipher and the children were placed in Mr. Connor's car and Mrs. Norman, her daughter and young Cullipher were left to walk on into town while Mr. Connor hurried Mr. Cullipher to a doctor.
From the place of the accident it is less than a half mile to the river bridge and Mr. Connor lost little time in reaching that point. Heavy rain had been falling and it was still raining a little.
Just where the swamp bridge joins the river bridge is a curve and a slight rise of probably three feet up to the river bridge. When Mr. Connor rounded the curve and made the little grade he saw the bridge open but with less than 15 feet of level bridge before him, he was unable to check the speed of his car and plunged into 20 feet of water. He managed to swim to the surface and scrambled out.
The alarm was given in a few minutes and by 2 o'clock this morning the body of Mr. Cullipher had been recovered and by dawn the bodies of Mrs. Cullipher and the three children had been recovered. Mrs. Connor's body is still missing. A large number is searching the water for her body.
The mysterious feature of the fearful accident is how the bridge came to be open. According to the testimony of the bridge tender the last opening of the bridge was on Monday afternoon and the bridge was securely closed and chained at that time.
Various theories are advanced as to how the bridge came to be open. A severe rain and wind storm preceded the accident by some 15 or 20 minutes and some seemed to think the wind caused the chain to become loosened, letting the bridge go.
Many connect the opening of the bridge with the wrecking of the Cullipher car. At 9 o'clock this morning Coroner T. W. Cooper empaneled a jury of inquest over the bodies of the Cullipher family. A number of witnesses were sworn and they established the facts above related. It was brought out that the Connor car was passed near the Pate Lumber Company mill about one and a half miles from town by a Ford car driven at high speed. This car had only one light. Within a half mile Mr. Connor came upon the wreck of the Cullipher car and in that distance no other car had passed Mr. Connor. Willie Cullipher, who was driving the Cullipher car said that their car was struck by a Ford car with one light. J. A. Holt, night policeman, said that he saw a Ford car with one light come in town some 25 or 30 minutes before word of the accident came. The parties driving this car were questioned, but they professed to know nothing of the matter and proved at the inquest that they were ahead of the Connor and Cullipher cars by some 10 or 15 minutes. They found the bridge in apparently perfect condition when they crossed, they said.
The remains of Mr. Cullipher and his family were taken to Nichols this afternoon for interment. Mrs. Cullipher was a Miss Price of Nichols. Mr. Cullipher was a native of the Aynor section of Horry County.
Published in The State, August 30, 1923
Daughter of Julius Sutton and Cornelia Ann Price Cullipher.
SIX PERSONS DROWN
IN PLUNGE OF CAR
Speeding Car Passes Illfated
Machine Shortly Before Accident
Members of Connor and Cullipher
Families Of Conway Loose Lives
CONWAY - This morning a little after midnight, the touring car of Marvin Connor plunged into the open draw of the steel bridge over the Waccamaw River here. Of the seven passengers in the car, only one was left to tell the story. Besides Mr. Connor, who was driving, Mrs. Connor was in the car together with J. C. Cullipher and their three little children. Mr. Connor alone survives.
Yesterday afternoon, Mr. Connor, who is a hard working, highly respected farmer living in the outskirts of Conway and J. S. Cullipher, who is employed at the Conway Lumber Company, decided to take their families to Myrtle Beach for a little outing. Mrs. E. G. Norman and daughter went along with Mr. and Mrs. Connor and a brother of Mr. Cullipher. They had their little outing and late in the evening started for home.
Mr. Connor's car was not running well and he fell a little behind the Cullipher car. Just east of the veneer plant a touring car dashed by Mr. Cullipher's car and Willie Cullipher, who was driving, said at the inquest that this car struck the front wheel of Cullipher's car and threw them in the ditch, which at that point is probably ten feet wide and six or eight feet deep.
The car went on and Willie Cullipher discovered his brother was seriously hurt. He got Mr. and Mrs. Cullipher and the children out of the car and in a few minutes Mr. Connor drove up and without any loss of time Mr. and Mrs. Cullipher and the children were placed in Mr. Connor's car and Mrs. Norman, her daughter and young Cullipher were left to walk on into town while Mr. Connor hurried Mr. Cullipher to a doctor.
From the place of the accident it is less than a half mile to the river bridge and Mr. Connor lost little time in reaching that point. Heavy rain had been falling and it was still raining a little.
Just where the swamp bridge joins the river bridge is a curve and a slight rise of probably three feet up to the river bridge. When Mr. Connor rounded the curve and made the little grade he saw the bridge open but with less than 15 feet of level bridge before him, he was unable to check the speed of his car and plunged into 20 feet of water. He managed to swim to the surface and scrambled out.
The alarm was given in a few minutes and by 2 o'clock this morning the body of Mr. Cullipher had been recovered and by dawn the bodies of Mrs. Cullipher and the three children had been recovered. Mrs. Connor's body is still missing. A large number is searching the water for her body.
The mysterious feature of the fearful accident is how the bridge came to be open. According to the testimony of the bridge tender the last opening of the bridge was on Monday afternoon and the bridge was securely closed and chained at that time.
Various theories are advanced as to how the bridge came to be open. A severe rain and wind storm preceded the accident by some 15 or 20 minutes and some seemed to think the wind caused the chain to become loosened, letting the bridge go.
Many connect the opening of the bridge with the wrecking of the Cullipher car. At 9 o'clock this morning Coroner T. W. Cooper empaneled a jury of inquest over the bodies of the Cullipher family. A number of witnesses were sworn and they established the facts above related. It was brought out that the Connor car was passed near the Pate Lumber Company mill about one and a half miles from town by a Ford car driven at high speed. This car had only one light. Within a half mile Mr. Connor came upon the wreck of the Cullipher car and in that distance no other car had passed Mr. Connor. Willie Cullipher, who was driving the Cullipher car said that their car was struck by a Ford car with one light. J. A. Holt, night policeman, said that he saw a Ford car with one light come in town some 25 or 30 minutes before word of the accident came. The parties driving this car were questioned, but they professed to know nothing of the matter and proved at the inquest that they were ahead of the Connor and Cullipher cars by some 10 or 15 minutes. They found the bridge in apparently perfect condition when they crossed, they said.
The remains of Mr. Cullipher and his family were taken to Nichols this afternoon for interment. Mrs. Cullipher was a Miss Price of Nichols. Mr. Cullipher was a native of the Aynor section of Horry County.
Published in The State, August 30, 1923
SIX PERSONS DROWN
IN PLUNGE OF CAR
Speeding Car Passes Illfated
Machine Shortly Before Accident
Members of Connor and Cullipher
Families Of Conway Loose Lives
CONWAY - This morning a little after midnight, the touring car of Marvin Connor plunged into the open draw of the steel bridge over the Waccamaw River here. Of the seven passengers in the car, only one was left to tell the story. Besides Mr. Connor, who was driving, Mrs. Connor was in the car together with J. C. Cullipher and their three little children. Mr. Connor alone survives.
Yesterday afternoon, Mr. Connor, who is a hard working, highly respected farmer living in the outskirts of Conway and J. S. Cullipher, who is employed at the Conway Lumber Company, decided to take their families to Myrtle Beach for a little outing. Mrs. E. G. Norman and daughter went along with Mr. and Mrs. Connor and a brother of Mr. Cullipher. They had their little outing and late in the evening started for home.
Mr. Connor's car was not running well and he fell a little behind the Cullipher car. Just east of the veneer plant a touring car dashed by Mr. Cullipher's car and Willie Cullipher, who was driving, said at the inquest that this car struck the front wheel of Cullipher's car and threw them in the ditch, which at that point is probably ten feet wide and six or eight feet deep.
The car went on and Willie Cullipher discovered his brother was seriously hurt. He got Mr. and Mrs. Cullipher and the children out of the car and in a few minutes Mr. Connor drove up and without any loss of time Mr. and Mrs. Cullipher and the children were placed in Mr. Connor's car and Mrs. Norman, her daughter and young Cullipher were left to walk on into town while Mr. Connor hurried Mr. Cullipher to a doctor.
From the place of the accident it is less than a half mile to the river bridge and Mr. Connor lost little time in reaching that point. Heavy rain had been falling and it was still raining a little.
Just where the swamp bridge joins the river bridge is a curve and a slight rise of probably three feet up to the river bridge. When Mr. Connor rounded the curve and made the little grade he saw the bridge open but with less than 15 feet of level bridge before him, he was unable to check the speed of his car and plunged into 20 feet of water. He managed to swim to the surface and scrambled out.
The alarm was given in a few minutes and by 2 o'clock this morning the body of Mr. Cullipher had been recovered and by dawn the bodies of Mrs. Cullipher and the three children had been recovered. Mrs. Connor's body is still missing. A large number is searching the water for her body.
The mysterious feature of the fearful accident is how the bridge came to be open. According to the testimony of the bridge tender the last opening of the bridge was on Monday afternoon and the bridge was securely closed and chained at that time.
Various theories are advanced as to how the bridge came to be open. A severe rain and wind storm preceded the accident by some 15 or 20 minutes and some seemed to think the wind caused the chain to become loosened, letting the bridge go.
Many connect the opening of the bridge with the wrecking of the Cullipher car. At 9 o'clock this morning Coroner T. W. Cooper empaneled a jury of inquest over the bodies of the Cullipher family. A number of witnesses were sworn and they established the facts above related. It was brought out that the Connor car was passed near the Pate Lumber Company mill about one and a half miles from town by a Ford car driven at high speed. This car had only one light. Within a half mile Mr. Connor came upon the wreck of the Cullipher car and in that distance no other car had passed Mr. Connor. Willie Cullipher, who was driving the Cullipher car said that their car was struck by a Ford car with one light. J. A. Holt, night policeman, said that he saw a Ford car with one light come in town some 25 or 30 minutes before word of the accident came. The parties driving this car were questioned, but they professed to know nothing of the matter and proved at the inquest that they were ahead of the Connor and Cullipher cars by some 10 or 15 minutes. They found the bridge in apparently perfect condition when they crossed, they said.
The remains of Mr. Cullipher and his family were taken to Nichols this afternoon for interment. Mrs. Cullipher was a Miss Price of Nichols. Mr. Cullipher was a native of the Aynor section of Horry County.
Published in The State, August 30, 1923
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