AUTO ACCIDENT KILLS COLFAX MAN
Adds To List of Fatalities in Whitman County During Season
CAR RUNNING AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED
Skids on Frosty Bridge-Body Hurled Through Air and Falls into River
Three Others Are Injured
Another has been added to the list of fatal automobile accidents to occur in Whitman County during the present season.
Thurston Morley, 23 years old, and a member of a prominent Colfax family, was killed instantly in an accident which occurred at Colfax at 12:30 o'clock Monday morning. Bert Snyder of LaCrosse, who was with Morely, suffered a broken leg, Ed Smithpeter, LaCrosse, a broken arm, and Dan Lankard, also of LaCrosse, was rendered unconscious and badly bruised.
The accident occurred at the Min Street bridge at Colfax, the car, which was going 40 miles an hour, crashing into the bridge.
The men had just left Colfax for LaCrosse. A heavy frost had fallen and when the car, which is light, struck the bridge, it skidded into the side of the bridge, completely demolishing the car. Morley was sitting in the front seat beside the driver. When the struck he was hurled from the car, struck an iron brace on the bridge, and fell into the river.
None of the occupants of the car knew where Morley had fallen, but after a few minutes of search, the body was found in the river, completely covered with water. The man's neck was broken and a deep gash was cut across the side of his head. It is believed that his neck was broken when he struck the iron rod on the bridge and that he was instantly killed. The two injured men were taken to the hospital.
Morley was the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Morley, pioneers of Colfax and vicinity, and was a graduate of Colfax High School. He was 23 years of age and married.
His wife, who is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Lee, also pioneers of Colfax, and with her parents, was visiting Spokane at the time of the accident. They were notified by phone and returned to Colfax.
The young wife is prostrated by grief and had to be carried from the train to a waiting automobile when the family arrived here.
For the last year, Mr. Morley has been the agent at LaCrosse for the M. H. Houser Grain Company and was on his way to that place when the accident occurred.
Snyder is a member of the firm of Snyder & Shove, real estate dealers, of LaCrosse, and the other two members of the car were residents of LaCrosse.
The Palouse Gazette, Palouse, Whitman County, Wash. Friday, Oct. 11, 1912
The Palouse Republic, Palouse, Whitman County, Wash. OCt. 11, 1912
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Adds To List of Fatalities in Whitman County During Season
CAR RUNNING AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED
Skids on Frosty Bridge-Body Hurled Through Air and Falls into River
Three Others Are Injured
Another has been added to the list of fatal automobile accidents to occur in Whitman County during the present season.
Thurston Morley, 23 years old, and a member of a prominent Colfax family, was killed instantly in an accident which occurred at Colfax at 12:30 o'clock Monday morning. Bert Snyder of LaCrosse, who was with Morely, suffered a broken leg, Ed Smithpeter, LaCrosse, a broken arm, and Dan Lankard, also of LaCrosse, was rendered unconscious and badly bruised.
The accident occurred at the Min Street bridge at Colfax, the car, which was going 40 miles an hour, crashing into the bridge.
The men had just left Colfax for LaCrosse. A heavy frost had fallen and when the car, which is light, struck the bridge, it skidded into the side of the bridge, completely demolishing the car. Morley was sitting in the front seat beside the driver. When the struck he was hurled from the car, struck an iron brace on the bridge, and fell into the river.
None of the occupants of the car knew where Morley had fallen, but after a few minutes of search, the body was found in the river, completely covered with water. The man's neck was broken and a deep gash was cut across the side of his head. It is believed that his neck was broken when he struck the iron rod on the bridge and that he was instantly killed. The two injured men were taken to the hospital.
Morley was the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Morley, pioneers of Colfax and vicinity, and was a graduate of Colfax High School. He was 23 years of age and married.
His wife, who is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Lee, also pioneers of Colfax, and with her parents, was visiting Spokane at the time of the accident. They were notified by phone and returned to Colfax.
The young wife is prostrated by grief and had to be carried from the train to a waiting automobile when the family arrived here.
For the last year, Mr. Morley has been the agent at LaCrosse for the M. H. Houser Grain Company and was on his way to that place when the accident occurred.
Snyder is a member of the firm of Snyder & Shove, real estate dealers, of LaCrosse, and the other two members of the car were residents of LaCrosse.
The Palouse Gazette, Palouse, Whitman County, Wash. Friday, Oct. 11, 1912
The Palouse Republic, Palouse, Whitman County, Wash. OCt. 11, 1912
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AUTO ACCIDENT KILLS COLFAX MAN
Adds To List of Fatalities in Whitman County During Season
CAR RUNNING AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED
Skids on Frosty Bridge-Body Hurled Through Air and Falls into River
Three Others Are Injured
Another has been added to the list of fatal automobile accidents to occur in Whitman County during the present season.
Thurston Morley, 23 years old, and a member of a prominent Colfax family, was killed instantly in an accident which occurred at Colfax at 12:30 o'clock Monday morning. Bert Snyder of LaCrosse, who was with Morely, suffered a broken leg, Ed Smithpeter, LaCrosse, a broken arm, and Dan Lankard, also of LaCrosse, was rendered unconscious and badly bruised.
The accident occurred at the Min Street bridge at Colfax, the car, which was going 40 miles an hour, crashing into the bridge.
The men had just left Colfax for LaCrosse. A heavy frost had fallen and when the car, which is light, struck the bridge, it skidded into the side of the bridge, completely demolishing the car. Morley was sitting in the front seat beside the driver. When the struck he was hurled from the car, struck an iron brace on the bridge, and fell into the river.
None of the occupants of the car knew where Morley had fallen, but after a few minutes of search, the body was found in the river, completely covered with water. The man's neck was broken and a deep gash was cut across the side of his head. It is believed that his neck was broken when he struck the iron rod on the bridge and that he was instantly killed. The two injured men were taken to the hospital.
Morley was the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Morley, pioneers of Colfax and vicinity, and was a graduate of Colfax High School. He was 23 years of age and married.
His wife, who is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Lee, also pioneers of Colfax, and with her parents, was visiting Spokane at the time of the accident. They were notified by phone and returned to Colfax.
The young wife is prostrated by grief and had to be carried from the train to a waiting automobile when the family arrived here.
For the last year, Mr. Morley has been the agent at LaCrosse for the M. H. Houser Grain Company and was on his way to that place when the accident occurred.
Snyder is a member of the firm of Snyder & Shove, real estate dealers, of LaCrosse, and the other two members of the car were residents of LaCrosse.
The Palouse Gazette, Palouse, Whitman County, Wash. Friday, Oct. 11, 1912
The Palouse Republic, Palouse, Whitman County, Wash. OCt. 11, 1912
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Newport miner., October 17, 1912, Image 7
provided by Mary 47501125
Adds To List of Fatalities in Whitman County During Season
CAR RUNNING AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED
Skids on Frosty Bridge-Body Hurled Through Air and Falls into River
Three Others Are Injured
Another has been added to the list of fatal automobile accidents to occur in Whitman County during the present season.
Thurston Morley, 23 years old, and a member of a prominent Colfax family, was killed instantly in an accident which occurred at Colfax at 12:30 o'clock Monday morning. Bert Snyder of LaCrosse, who was with Morely, suffered a broken leg, Ed Smithpeter, LaCrosse, a broken arm, and Dan Lankard, also of LaCrosse, was rendered unconscious and badly bruised.
The accident occurred at the Min Street bridge at Colfax, the car, which was going 40 miles an hour, crashing into the bridge.
The men had just left Colfax for LaCrosse. A heavy frost had fallen and when the car, which is light, struck the bridge, it skidded into the side of the bridge, completely demolishing the car. Morley was sitting in the front seat beside the driver. When the struck he was hurled from the car, struck an iron brace on the bridge, and fell into the river.
None of the occupants of the car knew where Morley had fallen, but after a few minutes of search, the body was found in the river, completely covered with water. The man's neck was broken and a deep gash was cut across the side of his head. It is believed that his neck was broken when he struck the iron rod on the bridge and that he was instantly killed. The two injured men were taken to the hospital.
Morley was the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Morley, pioneers of Colfax and vicinity, and was a graduate of Colfax High School. He was 23 years of age and married.
His wife, who is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Lee, also pioneers of Colfax, and with her parents, was visiting Spokane at the time of the accident. They were notified by phone and returned to Colfax.
The young wife is prostrated by grief and had to be carried from the train to a waiting automobile when the family arrived here.
For the last year, Mr. Morley has been the agent at LaCrosse for the M. H. Houser Grain Company and was on his way to that place when the accident occurred.
Snyder is a member of the firm of Snyder & Shove, real estate dealers, of LaCrosse, and the other two members of the car were residents of LaCrosse.
The Palouse Gazette, Palouse, Whitman County, Wash. Friday, Oct. 11, 1912
The Palouse Republic, Palouse, Whitman County, Wash. OCt. 11, 1912
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