Dwight married 1st, Opal Loretta Faulkner Aug 30, 1918 in Marion Co., IN. They had the following children:
1. Dwight Lewis Bilbee, Jr. b. Feb 26, 1919.
2. Agnes Pauline Bilbee b. Jan 27, 1920.
3. Francis Marion Bilbee b. Jul 2, 1922.
4/5. (twins) Bilbee b/d. 1923-24.
He married 2nd, Mary Dorotha West in 1938 at Yuma Co., AZ. They had 2 children:
1. Patricia Ann Bilbee b. Nov 10, 1936.
2. Kenneth Grant Bilbee b. Jun 29, 1940.
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Dwight was one of the casualties in the following newspaper item:
Headline: 7 die, 17 hurt in pileup on California freeway-dated: Tuesday 11/11/80
San Bernardino, Calif. (AP)--A fiery chain-reaction pileup of cars and trucks on a fog-shrouded freeway Monday morning killed at least seven persons and injured 17 others, the California Highway Patrol said.
One and perhaps two of the victims were believed to have died while trying to flag down traffic on Interstate 15 as motorists blinded by the fog kept slaming into a growing pile of wreckage.
Drivers said they could hear the repeated sounds of cars crashing but could see nothing in the fog.
A snowplow was used to clear the wreckage, which forced closing of southbound lanes of the highway.
As many as two dozen vehicles, eight of them semitrailer trucks, were believed to have been involved in the accident, which spread over 500 yards of the freeway.
"I couldn't believe what I was seeing," said truck driver Charles Moyer of Gustine. "All I could see was a bunch of people out waving, trying to slow people down."
"Cars started slamming into each other. You couldn't see them; you could only hear them," said Jim Stewart of Phelan.
"You couldn't see. Visibility was zero. You could hear the impact," said John Fledz of Devore. "You could hear it. You could hear the screeching and collisions."
"I'm pretty sure two guys were run over (while) waving traffic," said Jeff Maxson of Bellflower, who described the scene as "a mess."
"All of them were instant deaths," he said.
Two victims were burned severely said Chief Deputy County Coroner Leo Reyes, adding, "...You can't make ID's by just looking at them."
Five men and two women died. Their names were not released immediately.
The highway patrol was trying to determine the cause of the accident and exactly how many vehicles were involved.
It apparently began as motorists descended a long fog-free grade from Cajon Pass and suddenly encountered a dense fog bank.
A furniture truck carrying new kitchen ranges caught fire, and a sports car that plowed in it was incinerated, witnesses said, Vehicle parts, blood and clothing littered the pavement.
It took officials two hours to get the last body from the wreckage.
For several hours, 12 miles of the southbound lanes of the freeway were shut down at the northern end of San Bernardino, 60 miles east of Los Angeles.
Four fire engines, seven ambulances, 12 tow trucks and seven highway patrol units and two highway patrol supervisors were called to the scene.
It was the second fog-related accident in three days. On Saturday, a woman was injured in a nine-car pileup in nearby Ontario at the junction of I-15 and I-10.
Obituary in Nov. 1980 Indianapolis newspaper:
BILBEE
Dwight L. Bilbee Sr., 82 Los Angeles, Cal., formerly of Speedway, Ind. suddenly passed away (Mon.) Nov. 10 due to a severe wreck in fog on I-15 in San Bernadino Valley, Cal. Father of Dwight L. Jr., Brownsburg, Francis Marion and Agnes Pauline of Indpls., Patty and Kenneth of Cal., brother of Catherine Starkey of Clermont, Floyd and Cleo Delong of Speedway and William of Indpls. Services Friday in California.
1. Dwight Lewis Bilbee, Jr. b. Feb 26, 1919.
2. Agnes Pauline Bilbee b. Jan 27, 1920.
3. Francis Marion Bilbee b. Jul 2, 1922.
4/5. (twins) Bilbee b/d. 1923-24.
He married 2nd, Mary Dorotha West in 1938 at Yuma Co., AZ. They had 2 children:
1. Patricia Ann Bilbee b. Nov 10, 1936.
2. Kenneth Grant Bilbee b. Jun 29, 1940.
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Dwight was one of the casualties in the following newspaper item:
Headline: 7 die, 17 hurt in pileup on California freeway-dated: Tuesday 11/11/80
San Bernardino, Calif. (AP)--A fiery chain-reaction pileup of cars and trucks on a fog-shrouded freeway Monday morning killed at least seven persons and injured 17 others, the California Highway Patrol said.
One and perhaps two of the victims were believed to have died while trying to flag down traffic on Interstate 15 as motorists blinded by the fog kept slaming into a growing pile of wreckage.
Drivers said they could hear the repeated sounds of cars crashing but could see nothing in the fog.
A snowplow was used to clear the wreckage, which forced closing of southbound lanes of the highway.
As many as two dozen vehicles, eight of them semitrailer trucks, were believed to have been involved in the accident, which spread over 500 yards of the freeway.
"I couldn't believe what I was seeing," said truck driver Charles Moyer of Gustine. "All I could see was a bunch of people out waving, trying to slow people down."
"Cars started slamming into each other. You couldn't see them; you could only hear them," said Jim Stewart of Phelan.
"You couldn't see. Visibility was zero. You could hear the impact," said John Fledz of Devore. "You could hear it. You could hear the screeching and collisions."
"I'm pretty sure two guys were run over (while) waving traffic," said Jeff Maxson of Bellflower, who described the scene as "a mess."
"All of them were instant deaths," he said.
Two victims were burned severely said Chief Deputy County Coroner Leo Reyes, adding, "...You can't make ID's by just looking at them."
Five men and two women died. Their names were not released immediately.
The highway patrol was trying to determine the cause of the accident and exactly how many vehicles were involved.
It apparently began as motorists descended a long fog-free grade from Cajon Pass and suddenly encountered a dense fog bank.
A furniture truck carrying new kitchen ranges caught fire, and a sports car that plowed in it was incinerated, witnesses said, Vehicle parts, blood and clothing littered the pavement.
It took officials two hours to get the last body from the wreckage.
For several hours, 12 miles of the southbound lanes of the freeway were shut down at the northern end of San Bernardino, 60 miles east of Los Angeles.
Four fire engines, seven ambulances, 12 tow trucks and seven highway patrol units and two highway patrol supervisors were called to the scene.
It was the second fog-related accident in three days. On Saturday, a woman was injured in a nine-car pileup in nearby Ontario at the junction of I-15 and I-10.
Obituary in Nov. 1980 Indianapolis newspaper:
BILBEE
Dwight L. Bilbee Sr., 82 Los Angeles, Cal., formerly of Speedway, Ind. suddenly passed away (Mon.) Nov. 10 due to a severe wreck in fog on I-15 in San Bernadino Valley, Cal. Father of Dwight L. Jr., Brownsburg, Francis Marion and Agnes Pauline of Indpls., Patty and Kenneth of Cal., brother of Catherine Starkey of Clermont, Floyd and Cleo Delong of Speedway and William of Indpls. Services Friday in California.
Dwight married 1st, Opal Loretta Faulkner Aug 30, 1918 in Marion Co., IN. They had the following children:
1. Dwight Lewis Bilbee, Jr. b. Feb 26, 1919.
2. Agnes Pauline Bilbee b. Jan 27, 1920.
3. Francis Marion Bilbee b. Jul 2, 1922.
4/5. (twins) Bilbee b/d. 1923-24.
He married 2nd, Mary Dorotha West in 1938 at Yuma Co., AZ. They had 2 children:
1. Patricia Ann Bilbee b. Nov 10, 1936.
2. Kenneth Grant Bilbee b. Jun 29, 1940.
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Dwight was one of the casualties in the following newspaper item:
Headline: 7 die, 17 hurt in pileup on California freeway-dated: Tuesday 11/11/80
San Bernardino, Calif. (AP)--A fiery chain-reaction pileup of cars and trucks on a fog-shrouded freeway Monday morning killed at least seven persons and injured 17 others, the California Highway Patrol said.
One and perhaps two of the victims were believed to have died while trying to flag down traffic on Interstate 15 as motorists blinded by the fog kept slaming into a growing pile of wreckage.
Drivers said they could hear the repeated sounds of cars crashing but could see nothing in the fog.
A snowplow was used to clear the wreckage, which forced closing of southbound lanes of the highway.
As many as two dozen vehicles, eight of them semitrailer trucks, were believed to have been involved in the accident, which spread over 500 yards of the freeway.
"I couldn't believe what I was seeing," said truck driver Charles Moyer of Gustine. "All I could see was a bunch of people out waving, trying to slow people down."
"Cars started slamming into each other. You couldn't see them; you could only hear them," said Jim Stewart of Phelan.
"You couldn't see. Visibility was zero. You could hear the impact," said John Fledz of Devore. "You could hear it. You could hear the screeching and collisions."
"I'm pretty sure two guys were run over (while) waving traffic," said Jeff Maxson of Bellflower, who described the scene as "a mess."
"All of them were instant deaths," he said.
Two victims were burned severely said Chief Deputy County Coroner Leo Reyes, adding, "...You can't make ID's by just looking at them."
Five men and two women died. Their names were not released immediately.
The highway patrol was trying to determine the cause of the accident and exactly how many vehicles were involved.
It apparently began as motorists descended a long fog-free grade from Cajon Pass and suddenly encountered a dense fog bank.
A furniture truck carrying new kitchen ranges caught fire, and a sports car that plowed in it was incinerated, witnesses said, Vehicle parts, blood and clothing littered the pavement.
It took officials two hours to get the last body from the wreckage.
For several hours, 12 miles of the southbound lanes of the freeway were shut down at the northern end of San Bernardino, 60 miles east of Los Angeles.
Four fire engines, seven ambulances, 12 tow trucks and seven highway patrol units and two highway patrol supervisors were called to the scene.
It was the second fog-related accident in three days. On Saturday, a woman was injured in a nine-car pileup in nearby Ontario at the junction of I-15 and I-10.
Obituary in Nov. 1980 Indianapolis newspaper:
BILBEE
Dwight L. Bilbee Sr., 82 Los Angeles, Cal., formerly of Speedway, Ind. suddenly passed away (Mon.) Nov. 10 due to a severe wreck in fog on I-15 in San Bernadino Valley, Cal. Father of Dwight L. Jr., Brownsburg, Francis Marion and Agnes Pauline of Indpls., Patty and Kenneth of Cal., brother of Catherine Starkey of Clermont, Floyd and Cleo Delong of Speedway and William of Indpls. Services Friday in California.
1. Dwight Lewis Bilbee, Jr. b. Feb 26, 1919.
2. Agnes Pauline Bilbee b. Jan 27, 1920.
3. Francis Marion Bilbee b. Jul 2, 1922.
4/5. (twins) Bilbee b/d. 1923-24.
He married 2nd, Mary Dorotha West in 1938 at Yuma Co., AZ. They had 2 children:
1. Patricia Ann Bilbee b. Nov 10, 1936.
2. Kenneth Grant Bilbee b. Jun 29, 1940.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dwight was one of the casualties in the following newspaper item:
Headline: 7 die, 17 hurt in pileup on California freeway-dated: Tuesday 11/11/80
San Bernardino, Calif. (AP)--A fiery chain-reaction pileup of cars and trucks on a fog-shrouded freeway Monday morning killed at least seven persons and injured 17 others, the California Highway Patrol said.
One and perhaps two of the victims were believed to have died while trying to flag down traffic on Interstate 15 as motorists blinded by the fog kept slaming into a growing pile of wreckage.
Drivers said they could hear the repeated sounds of cars crashing but could see nothing in the fog.
A snowplow was used to clear the wreckage, which forced closing of southbound lanes of the highway.
As many as two dozen vehicles, eight of them semitrailer trucks, were believed to have been involved in the accident, which spread over 500 yards of the freeway.
"I couldn't believe what I was seeing," said truck driver Charles Moyer of Gustine. "All I could see was a bunch of people out waving, trying to slow people down."
"Cars started slamming into each other. You couldn't see them; you could only hear them," said Jim Stewart of Phelan.
"You couldn't see. Visibility was zero. You could hear the impact," said John Fledz of Devore. "You could hear it. You could hear the screeching and collisions."
"I'm pretty sure two guys were run over (while) waving traffic," said Jeff Maxson of Bellflower, who described the scene as "a mess."
"All of them were instant deaths," he said.
Two victims were burned severely said Chief Deputy County Coroner Leo Reyes, adding, "...You can't make ID's by just looking at them."
Five men and two women died. Their names were not released immediately.
The highway patrol was trying to determine the cause of the accident and exactly how many vehicles were involved.
It apparently began as motorists descended a long fog-free grade from Cajon Pass and suddenly encountered a dense fog bank.
A furniture truck carrying new kitchen ranges caught fire, and a sports car that plowed in it was incinerated, witnesses said, Vehicle parts, blood and clothing littered the pavement.
It took officials two hours to get the last body from the wreckage.
For several hours, 12 miles of the southbound lanes of the freeway were shut down at the northern end of San Bernardino, 60 miles east of Los Angeles.
Four fire engines, seven ambulances, 12 tow trucks and seven highway patrol units and two highway patrol supervisors were called to the scene.
It was the second fog-related accident in three days. On Saturday, a woman was injured in a nine-car pileup in nearby Ontario at the junction of I-15 and I-10.
Obituary in Nov. 1980 Indianapolis newspaper:
BILBEE
Dwight L. Bilbee Sr., 82 Los Angeles, Cal., formerly of Speedway, Ind. suddenly passed away (Mon.) Nov. 10 due to a severe wreck in fog on I-15 in San Bernadino Valley, Cal. Father of Dwight L. Jr., Brownsburg, Francis Marion and Agnes Pauline of Indpls., Patty and Kenneth of Cal., brother of Catherine Starkey of Clermont, Floyd and Cleo Delong of Speedway and William of Indpls. Services Friday in California.
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