The Seattle Times, January 17, 1936
Bellingham Crash Victim Near Death
BELLINGHAM. Friday, Jan. 17.
-(AP)- Slight hope was held today for the recovery of George Adams, 32 years old, bartender, who suffered a fractured neck in an automobile wreck last night. He lost control of his machine and crashed into a power pole on the Pacific Highway north of Bellingham. Ruth Carmichael, his companion, escaped with minor injuries.
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The Bellingham News Herald, January 17, 1936
AUTOMOBILE CRASH VICTIM EXPECTED TO DIE –
George Adams, 32, Employee of Blue Moon Inn, Fractures Neck – Companion escapes
With his neck broken and very little chance of living, George Adams, 32, employee in the Blue Moon beer parlor on State Street, is lying in St. Luke’s hospital, following an auto accident which occurred Thursday night five and one-half miles north of the city on the Pacific Highway. Dr. S.R. Boynton, attending physician, expresses the belief that the man’s spinal cord is severed but says there is no way of definitely ascertaining this condition. He gives the victim of the wreck only a slight chance of recovery.
Dr. Boynton stated he had exhibited the X-ray pictures of the fractured neck to other physicians and the consensus of opinion was that it is one of the most complete fractures ever seen here. Adams is not unconscious, the doctor said, but his body is paralyzed from the neck down. Adams also received a bad cut from broken glass on one side of his head.
The accident occurred shortly after 10 p.m. Thursday, according to sheriff’s officers and highway patrolmen who investigated. Headed north on the Ferndale Highway, the automobile driven by Adams, a resident of Columbia Hotel, apparently went out of control, swerved onto the grass on the shoulder of the toad, hit a power pole with such force that it splintered near the top, and turned upside down in the ditch at the edge of the highway.
Adams, with Miss Ruth A. Carmichael, his companion in the machine, were brought to St. Luke’s General hospital by Paul L. Montgomery, a passing motorist, who volunteered to bring the wreck victims to the city while summoned ambulances were still on their way to the scene of the accident.
Miss Carmichael, after being treated at the hospital for minor cuts and bruises, was discharged.
Thursday was Adams’ regular night of duty at the Blue Moon.
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Bellingham Herald, January 18, 1936
ADAMS STILL LIVES –
Victim, In Almost Hopeless Fight, Smiles Gamely
George Adams, his neck broken and his body paralyzed, continued an apparently hopeless fight for life Saturday. The former Blue Moon café employee, crushed in a highway mishap on Thursday night, was fully conscious, smiled gamely and took a little nourishment.
Dr. S.R. Boynton, asked if Adams had even a 100 to 1 chance to recover, said: “We put the broken neck back in place last night and he is resting more comfortably now. The spinal cord is terribly injured or cut across, the X-ray pictures show. We can put bones back in place and we are always looking for a better way but there are some things we cannot do.” Dr. Boynton added that he did not see how Adams, in view of his back injuries, can live.
Dr. Boynton, with Dr. E.K. Stimpson, clinging to the thin thread of chance, manipulated the broken vertebrae, attempting to put them more in their natural line. The adjustment, however, failed to change the numbness that holds his entire body from the neck down.
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The Seattle Daily times, January 20, 1936
Auto Crashes In Northwest Take 3 Lives
Three person were killed nine were injured seriously in week-end traffic accidents in Washington, Oregon and Idaho.
George Adams, 32-year-old bartender of Bellingham, died today from injuries suffered when his automobile ran off the pacific highway and hit a pole near Bellingham, the Associated Press reported.
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The Bellingham News Herald, January 21, 1936
ADAMS - George S. Adams, aged 33 years, beloved husband of Alta M. Adams, passed away at as local hospital Sunday morning, January 19, as a result of an accident. Mr. Adams had been a resident of Bellingham for the past fifteen years, and was a member of the Church of the Assumption. He was also a member of the Catholic Order of Foresters, and the Culinary & Beverage Workers Union Local No. 529. He was an employee of the Blue Moon Café. He leaves to survive besides his widow, four sisters, Mrs. Floyd Aldrich, Hewitt, Minnesota; Mrs. Conrad Carlson and Mrs. Rose Adams, both of St. Paul, Minn.; Mrs. Adolph Bethke, city; one brother, Alfred Adams, Wadena, Minn.; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Anton Adams, Wadena, Minn. The body rests at the Homer mark mortuary and Requiem Mass will be said at the Church of the Assumption Wednesday morning, January 22, at 9 o’clock, with the Rev. Monsignor J.G. Stafford, pastor, officiating. Interment will be made in the family plot in Greenacres memorial Park. Active casketbearers will be Max Ouitte, William Trezise, Jr., Albert Esterbrook, Perry Easterbrook, Paul Montgomery and Herold Emerson. Rosary will be said in the Cathedral chapel of the Homer Mark mortuary Tuesday evening, January 21, at 8 o’clock.
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The Bellingham News herald January 21, 1936
ADAMS FUNERAL DATE CHANGED TO SATURDAY
Requiem mass for George S. Adams, victim of an automobile accident last Thursday, will be conducted at the Church of the Assumption at 9 a.m. Saturday, instead of on Wednesday at that hour, as at first arranged. The change was made to enable some relatives to reach here in time for the services. The Right Rev. Monsignor J.G. Stafford will officiate. Burial will follow in Greenacres Memorial park under the direction of the Homer Mark mortuary. The body will lie in state until Friday evening. At 8 p.m. on that date Rosary will be said at the mortuary chapel.

*NOTE - When the Adams family went to Washington for the funeral, they brought George's body back to Minnesota and buried him here.