Services To Be Held For Race Track Victim
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday for Miss Allie Mae Sherrill,13, killed Wednesday night when the wheel of a racing car plunged into spectators at the Love Field Speedway. Burial will be in Oak Cliff Cemetery. The Rev. Edward M. Clardy will conduct the services.
Miss Madeline McMasters, 19, remained unconscious early Friday in St. Paul's Hospital from injuries received as she stood near Miss Sherrill. She is the daughter of Mrs. J. L. McMasters, 3903 Jamaica.
Miss Sherrill is survived by her parents and five brothers.
The owner and the director of the track on Lemmon Avenue where the accident happened appeared before the grand jury Thursday, as well as two spectators. District Attorney Robert L. Hurt said no charges will be filed.
Dallas News
08-04-1933
Transcribed by Carol Moore
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On Wednesday, 02 August 1933, at Love Field Speedway in Dallas, Texas, a wheel was thrown from a racing car and landed in a crowd of spectators. One, Ollie Mae Sherrill, 13-years-old, was killed on impact. Another spectator, Madeline McMaster, was seriously injured and died a week later.
The accident occurred on the 16th lap of the sweepstakes race when a car driven by Oscar Coleman lost a wheel, which struck the two girls. The winner of the race was Tex West.
The newspapers listed the young girl's given name as "Allie Mae". The Census reports, Texas Birth Index and Texas Death Index all showed her given name to be Ollie Mae Elizabeth Sherrill. From the Census reports, Ollie Mae was shown to be the daughter of John Cleveland Sherrill, Sr., and his wife, Marie. Her siblings included: Herbert Morris; Clarence E.; Barney L.; John C., Jr.; Glenn O.; and Paul V. Sherrill. The 1930 Census showed her father to be the proprietor of a garage. In 1917 and 1920 he had been employed as a leather worker.
Madeline McMasters was in critical condition until she passed away on 09 August. She was the daughter of the widow of Jesse P. McMasters, and had two brothers, Garth Harold McMasters and Paul H. McMasters. [Given names of the parents are illegible, or ambiguous.] Her father had died from unknown causes almost four years earlier on 23 September 1929. Her brother Garth named a daughter born on 24 November 1939 Madeline Elaine McMasters in honor of his late sister. Madeline McMasters was engaged to be married when she died. (Published in Motorsport Memorial)
Transcribed by Carol Moore
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Note: Ollie Mae and Clifford are both buried in Section Old 3 Lot 157.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday for Miss Allie Mae Sherrill,13, killed Wednesday night when the wheel of a racing car plunged into spectators at the Love Field Speedway. Burial will be in Oak Cliff Cemetery. The Rev. Edward M. Clardy will conduct the services.
Miss Madeline McMasters, 19, remained unconscious early Friday in St. Paul's Hospital from injuries received as she stood near Miss Sherrill. She is the daughter of Mrs. J. L. McMasters, 3903 Jamaica.
Miss Sherrill is survived by her parents and five brothers.
The owner and the director of the track on Lemmon Avenue where the accident happened appeared before the grand jury Thursday, as well as two spectators. District Attorney Robert L. Hurt said no charges will be filed.
Dallas News
08-04-1933
Transcribed by Carol Moore
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On Wednesday, 02 August 1933, at Love Field Speedway in Dallas, Texas, a wheel was thrown from a racing car and landed in a crowd of spectators. One, Ollie Mae Sherrill, 13-years-old, was killed on impact. Another spectator, Madeline McMaster, was seriously injured and died a week later.
The accident occurred on the 16th lap of the sweepstakes race when a car driven by Oscar Coleman lost a wheel, which struck the two girls. The winner of the race was Tex West.
The newspapers listed the young girl's given name as "Allie Mae". The Census reports, Texas Birth Index and Texas Death Index all showed her given name to be Ollie Mae Elizabeth Sherrill. From the Census reports, Ollie Mae was shown to be the daughter of John Cleveland Sherrill, Sr., and his wife, Marie. Her siblings included: Herbert Morris; Clarence E.; Barney L.; John C., Jr.; Glenn O.; and Paul V. Sherrill. The 1930 Census showed her father to be the proprietor of a garage. In 1917 and 1920 he had been employed as a leather worker.
Madeline McMasters was in critical condition until she passed away on 09 August. She was the daughter of the widow of Jesse P. McMasters, and had two brothers, Garth Harold McMasters and Paul H. McMasters. [Given names of the parents are illegible, or ambiguous.] Her father had died from unknown causes almost four years earlier on 23 September 1929. Her brother Garth named a daughter born on 24 November 1939 Madeline Elaine McMasters in honor of his late sister. Madeline McMasters was engaged to be married when she died. (Published in Motorsport Memorial)
Transcribed by Carol Moore
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Note: Ollie Mae and Clifford are both buried in Section Old 3 Lot 157.
Services To Be Held For Race Track Victim
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday for Miss Allie Mae Sherrill,13, killed Wednesday night when the wheel of a racing car plunged into spectators at the Love Field Speedway. Burial will be in Oak Cliff Cemetery. The Rev. Edward M. Clardy will conduct the services.
Miss Madeline McMasters, 19, remained unconscious early Friday in St. Paul's Hospital from injuries received as she stood near Miss Sherrill. She is the daughter of Mrs. J. L. McMasters, 3903 Jamaica.
Miss Sherrill is survived by her parents and five brothers.
The owner and the director of the track on Lemmon Avenue where the accident happened appeared before the grand jury Thursday, as well as two spectators. District Attorney Robert L. Hurt said no charges will be filed.
Dallas News
08-04-1933
Transcribed by Carol Moore
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On Wednesday, 02 August 1933, at Love Field Speedway in Dallas, Texas, a wheel was thrown from a racing car and landed in a crowd of spectators. One, Ollie Mae Sherrill, 13-years-old, was killed on impact. Another spectator, Madeline McMaster, was seriously injured and died a week later.
The accident occurred on the 16th lap of the sweepstakes race when a car driven by Oscar Coleman lost a wheel, which struck the two girls. The winner of the race was Tex West.
The newspapers listed the young girl's given name as "Allie Mae". The Census reports, Texas Birth Index and Texas Death Index all showed her given name to be Ollie Mae Elizabeth Sherrill. From the Census reports, Ollie Mae was shown to be the daughter of John Cleveland Sherrill, Sr., and his wife, Marie. Her siblings included: Herbert Morris; Clarence E.; Barney L.; John C., Jr.; Glenn O.; and Paul V. Sherrill. The 1930 Census showed her father to be the proprietor of a garage. In 1917 and 1920 he had been employed as a leather worker.
Madeline McMasters was in critical condition until she passed away on 09 August. She was the daughter of the widow of Jesse P. McMasters, and had two brothers, Garth Harold McMasters and Paul H. McMasters. [Given names of the parents are illegible, or ambiguous.] Her father had died from unknown causes almost four years earlier on 23 September 1929. Her brother Garth named a daughter born on 24 November 1939 Madeline Elaine McMasters in honor of his late sister. Madeline McMasters was engaged to be married when she died. (Published in Motorsport Memorial)
Transcribed by Carol Moore
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Note: Ollie Mae and Clifford are both buried in Section Old 3 Lot 157.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday for Miss Allie Mae Sherrill,13, killed Wednesday night when the wheel of a racing car plunged into spectators at the Love Field Speedway. Burial will be in Oak Cliff Cemetery. The Rev. Edward M. Clardy will conduct the services.
Miss Madeline McMasters, 19, remained unconscious early Friday in St. Paul's Hospital from injuries received as she stood near Miss Sherrill. She is the daughter of Mrs. J. L. McMasters, 3903 Jamaica.
Miss Sherrill is survived by her parents and five brothers.
The owner and the director of the track on Lemmon Avenue where the accident happened appeared before the grand jury Thursday, as well as two spectators. District Attorney Robert L. Hurt said no charges will be filed.
Dallas News
08-04-1933
Transcribed by Carol Moore
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On Wednesday, 02 August 1933, at Love Field Speedway in Dallas, Texas, a wheel was thrown from a racing car and landed in a crowd of spectators. One, Ollie Mae Sherrill, 13-years-old, was killed on impact. Another spectator, Madeline McMaster, was seriously injured and died a week later.
The accident occurred on the 16th lap of the sweepstakes race when a car driven by Oscar Coleman lost a wheel, which struck the two girls. The winner of the race was Tex West.
The newspapers listed the young girl's given name as "Allie Mae". The Census reports, Texas Birth Index and Texas Death Index all showed her given name to be Ollie Mae Elizabeth Sherrill. From the Census reports, Ollie Mae was shown to be the daughter of John Cleveland Sherrill, Sr., and his wife, Marie. Her siblings included: Herbert Morris; Clarence E.; Barney L.; John C., Jr.; Glenn O.; and Paul V. Sherrill. The 1930 Census showed her father to be the proprietor of a garage. In 1917 and 1920 he had been employed as a leather worker.
Madeline McMasters was in critical condition until she passed away on 09 August. She was the daughter of the widow of Jesse P. McMasters, and had two brothers, Garth Harold McMasters and Paul H. McMasters. [Given names of the parents are illegible, or ambiguous.] Her father had died from unknown causes almost four years earlier on 23 September 1929. Her brother Garth named a daughter born on 24 November 1939 Madeline Elaine McMasters in honor of his late sister. Madeline McMasters was engaged to be married when she died. (Published in Motorsport Memorial)
Transcribed by Carol Moore
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Note: Ollie Mae and Clifford are both buried in Section Old 3 Lot 157.
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