The Frederick Leader (Frederick, Oklahoma). Friday, July 22, 1910. Pg. 1.
LOST LIFE UNDER A FALLING POLE
During a brief windstorm Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock, T. O. Clay, an employee at the mill of the Cotton Oil and Manufacturing company, was struck and instantly killed by a falling telephone pole.
Clay had been in the office of the oil mill, talking but a few seconds before his death. He left the office to walk over to the mill. As he passed by the pole, it was broken off at the ground by the wind and fell upon Clay, striking him full on the head and chest, and bearing him to the ground, dead.
The men with whom Clay had just been talking heard the noise of the falling pole, looking out and were shocked to see Clay beneath the pole. The pole was along the full length of his body. When it was removed, it was found that the top of the pole had struck Clay on the right side of the head, crushing it on top and causing his brains to exude. The cross-bar of the pole crushed his chest.
As soon as he heard that Clay had been hurt, T. S. Diffey, superintendent of the milles, telephoned Dr. J. D. Osborn, who soon arrived on the scene. He made an examination of the body, and said that death had been instantaneous.
Justice Moore, in his capacity as coroner, also was summoned and after viewing the body, ordered it moved into a shed, where it lay until it was taken charge of by the Zumwalt-Sanders Furniture and Undertaking company.
Clay had been employed at the mill since its establishment three years ago. He was about 50 years old, and was an industrious, quiet man, well liked by his employers and associates. He was married but had recently been separated from his wife, with whom he had not for some time lived happily. He is survived by Mrs. Clay and four children.
Funeral services were held Wednesday evening at 10 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Mary Seward, a daughter of the deceased. Services were conducted by Rev. J. A. Crain, and burial was made in the city cemetery.
The Frederick Leader (Frederick, Oklahoma). Friday, April 30, 1915. Pg. 1.
CLAY CASE SENT BACK FOR RETRIAL
Mrs. S. C. Clay, who was awarded a judgement of $5,000 in the district court of Tillman county against the Frederick Cotton Oil and Manufacturing company for the death of her husband, T. O. Clay, has lost that judgement because of an opinion rendered by the supreme court commission.
The Oklahoma City Times says of the case: "Because the statutes were not complied with in drawing the petition in the case, the judgement of the Tillman county district court, allowong Mrs. S. C. Clay $5,000 for the death of her husband, was reversed in an opinion today of the commission. Mrs. Clay's husband was employed by the Frederick Cotton Oil and Manufacturing and was killed when a telephone pole on the company's property fell on him. Negligence on the part of the company was alleged in a suit for damages asking $10,000. The jury allowed $5,000. The case was appealed on the ground that the petition had not stated a cause of action according to the statutes. It failed to allege and prove that the deceased was a non-resident of the state, or if a resident of the state, no personal respresentative had been appointed. This is specifically required by the statutes in such cases, and the opinion of the high court says that a demurrer on the part of the defendant should have been sustained by the lower court. The case is remanded, though the merits of the judgement are not discussed.
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LOST LIFE UNDER A FALLING POLE
During a brief windstorm Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock, T. O. Clay, an employee at the mill of the Cotton Oil and Manufacturing company, was struck and instantly killed by a falling telephone pole.
Clay had been in the office of the oil mill, talking but a few seconds before his death. He left the office to walk over to the mill. As he passed by the pole, it was broken off at the ground by the wind and fell upon Clay, striking him full on the head and chest, and bearing him to the ground, dead.
The men with whom Clay had just been talking heard the noise of the falling pole, looking out and were shocked to see Clay beneath the pole. The pole was along the full length of his body. When it was removed, it was found that the top of the pole had struck Clay on the right side of the head, crushing it on top and causing his brains to exude. The cross-bar of the pole crushed his chest.
As soon as he heard that Clay had been hurt, T. S. Diffey, superintendent of the milles, telephoned Dr. J. D. Osborn, who soon arrived on the scene. He made an examination of the body, and said that death had been instantaneous.
Justice Moore, in his capacity as coroner, also was summoned and after viewing the body, ordered it moved into a shed, where it lay until it was taken charge of by the Zumwalt-Sanders Furniture and Undertaking company.
Clay had been employed at the mill since its establishment three years ago. He was about 50 years old, and was an industrious, quiet man, well liked by his employers and associates. He was married but had recently been separated from his wife, with whom he had not for some time lived happily. He is survived by Mrs. Clay and four children.
Funeral services were held Wednesday evening at 10 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Mary Seward, a daughter of the deceased. Services were conducted by Rev. J. A. Crain, and burial was made in the city cemetery.
The Frederick Leader (Frederick, Oklahoma). Friday, April 30, 1915. Pg. 1.
CLAY CASE SENT BACK FOR RETRIAL
Mrs. S. C. Clay, who was awarded a judgement of $5,000 in the district court of Tillman county against the Frederick Cotton Oil and Manufacturing company for the death of her husband, T. O. Clay, has lost that judgement because of an opinion rendered by the supreme court commission.
The Oklahoma City Times says of the case: "Because the statutes were not complied with in drawing the petition in the case, the judgement of the Tillman county district court, allowong Mrs. S. C. Clay $5,000 for the death of her husband, was reversed in an opinion today of the commission. Mrs. Clay's husband was employed by the Frederick Cotton Oil and Manufacturing and was killed when a telephone pole on the company's property fell on him. Negligence on the part of the company was alleged in a suit for damages asking $10,000. The jury allowed $5,000. The case was appealed on the ground that the petition had not stated a cause of action according to the statutes. It failed to allege and prove that the deceased was a non-resident of the state, or if a resident of the state, no personal respresentative had been appointed. This is specifically required by the statutes in such cases, and the opinion of the high court says that a demurrer on the part of the defendant should have been sustained by the lower court. The case is remanded, though the merits of the judgement are not discussed.
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Tasso had 12 siblings but so far I have only located these graves. 5 of his siblings didn't make it to school age.
Contributor: Alethea Farber (48152953)
The Frederick Leader (Frederick, Oklahoma). Friday, July 22, 1910. Pg. 1.
LOST LIFE UNDER A FALLING POLE
During a brief windstorm Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock, T. O. Clay, an employee at the mill of the Cotton Oil and Manufacturing company, was struck and instantly killed by a falling telephone pole.
Clay had been in the office of the oil mill, talking but a few seconds before his death. He left the office to walk over to the mill. As he passed by the pole, it was broken off at the ground by the wind and fell upon Clay, striking him full on the head and chest, and bearing him to the ground, dead.
The men with whom Clay had just been talking heard the noise of the falling pole, looking out and were shocked to see Clay beneath the pole. The pole was along the full length of his body. When it was removed, it was found that the top of the pole had struck Clay on the right side of the head, crushing it on top and causing his brains to exude. The cross-bar of the pole crushed his chest.
As soon as he heard that Clay had been hurt, T. S. Diffey, superintendent of the milles, telephoned Dr. J. D. Osborn, who soon arrived on the scene. He made an examination of the body, and said that death had been instantaneous.
Justice Moore, in his capacity as coroner, also was summoned and after viewing the body, ordered it moved into a shed, where it lay until it was taken charge of by the Zumwalt-Sanders Furniture and Undertaking company.
Clay had been employed at the mill since its establishment three years ago. He was about 50 years old, and was an industrious, quiet man, well liked by his employers and associates. He was married but had recently been separated from his wife, with whom he had not for some time lived happily. He is survived by Mrs. Clay and four children.
Funeral services were held Wednesday evening at 10 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Mary Seward, a daughter of the deceased. Services were conducted by Rev. J. A. Crain, and burial was made in the city cemetery.
The Frederick Leader (Frederick, Oklahoma). Friday, April 30, 1915. Pg. 1.
CLAY CASE SENT BACK FOR RETRIAL
Mrs. S. C. Clay, who was awarded a judgement of $5,000 in the district court of Tillman county against the Frederick Cotton Oil and Manufacturing company for the death of her husband, T. O. Clay, has lost that judgement because of an opinion rendered by the supreme court commission.
The Oklahoma City Times says of the case: "Because the statutes were not complied with in drawing the petition in the case, the judgement of the Tillman county district court, allowong Mrs. S. C. Clay $5,000 for the death of her husband, was reversed in an opinion today of the commission. Mrs. Clay's husband was employed by the Frederick Cotton Oil and Manufacturing and was killed when a telephone pole on the company's property fell on him. Negligence on the part of the company was alleged in a suit for damages asking $10,000. The jury allowed $5,000. The case was appealed on the ground that the petition had not stated a cause of action according to the statutes. It failed to allege and prove that the deceased was a non-resident of the state, or if a resident of the state, no personal respresentative had been appointed. This is specifically required by the statutes in such cases, and the opinion of the high court says that a demurrer on the part of the defendant should have been sustained by the lower court. The case is remanded, though the merits of the judgement are not discussed.
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Tasso had 12 siblings but so far I have only located these graves. 5 of his siblings didn't make it to school age.
Contributor: Alethea Farber (48152953)
LOST LIFE UNDER A FALLING POLE
During a brief windstorm Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock, T. O. Clay, an employee at the mill of the Cotton Oil and Manufacturing company, was struck and instantly killed by a falling telephone pole.
Clay had been in the office of the oil mill, talking but a few seconds before his death. He left the office to walk over to the mill. As he passed by the pole, it was broken off at the ground by the wind and fell upon Clay, striking him full on the head and chest, and bearing him to the ground, dead.
The men with whom Clay had just been talking heard the noise of the falling pole, looking out and were shocked to see Clay beneath the pole. The pole was along the full length of his body. When it was removed, it was found that the top of the pole had struck Clay on the right side of the head, crushing it on top and causing his brains to exude. The cross-bar of the pole crushed his chest.
As soon as he heard that Clay had been hurt, T. S. Diffey, superintendent of the milles, telephoned Dr. J. D. Osborn, who soon arrived on the scene. He made an examination of the body, and said that death had been instantaneous.
Justice Moore, in his capacity as coroner, also was summoned and after viewing the body, ordered it moved into a shed, where it lay until it was taken charge of by the Zumwalt-Sanders Furniture and Undertaking company.
Clay had been employed at the mill since its establishment three years ago. He was about 50 years old, and was an industrious, quiet man, well liked by his employers and associates. He was married but had recently been separated from his wife, with whom he had not for some time lived happily. He is survived by Mrs. Clay and four children.
Funeral services were held Wednesday evening at 10 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Mary Seward, a daughter of the deceased. Services were conducted by Rev. J. A. Crain, and burial was made in the city cemetery.
The Frederick Leader (Frederick, Oklahoma). Friday, April 30, 1915. Pg. 1.
CLAY CASE SENT BACK FOR RETRIAL
Mrs. S. C. Clay, who was awarded a judgement of $5,000 in the district court of Tillman county against the Frederick Cotton Oil and Manufacturing company for the death of her husband, T. O. Clay, has lost that judgement because of an opinion rendered by the supreme court commission.
The Oklahoma City Times says of the case: "Because the statutes were not complied with in drawing the petition in the case, the judgement of the Tillman county district court, allowong Mrs. S. C. Clay $5,000 for the death of her husband, was reversed in an opinion today of the commission. Mrs. Clay's husband was employed by the Frederick Cotton Oil and Manufacturing and was killed when a telephone pole on the company's property fell on him. Negligence on the part of the company was alleged in a suit for damages asking $10,000. The jury allowed $5,000. The case was appealed on the ground that the petition had not stated a cause of action according to the statutes. It failed to allege and prove that the deceased was a non-resident of the state, or if a resident of the state, no personal respresentative had been appointed. This is specifically required by the statutes in such cases, and the opinion of the high court says that a demurrer on the part of the defendant should have been sustained by the lower court. The case is remanded, though the merits of the judgement are not discussed.
Suggested edit: Siblings 33293336
33724624
62857736
Tasso had 12 siblings but so far I have only located these graves. 5 of his siblings didn't make it to school age.
Contributor: Alethea Farber (48152953)
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