MRS. BAILEY IS KILLED IN FALL
Marshville Woman Dies After Falling Down Steps of Home Here; Funeral Today.
A fall down a flight of cellar steps through a door she mistook for one leading to a bedroom was fatal to Mrs. W. E. Bailey of Marshville at 2125 Kenilworth avenue here yesterday morning.
Mrs. Bailey's head was crushed and she suffered other injuries that caused her death two hours later at a Charlotte hospital. She was the fourth of her family to die by accident, three of her brothers having been killed in railroad wrecks in three successive years.
Mrs. Bailey, who was 50 years old, was visiting at the home of her brother-in-law, Thomas Bailey. She was talking to members of the family and it is thought that she opened the door while her head was turned and tripped on the top step of the cellar stairs. R. F. Hunnicutt, father of Mrs Thomas Bailey, who was attending the furnace in the basement, heard a scream, "I'm falling!" and tried to catch her but failed to do so. He carried the injured woman up the steps and accompanied her to the Charlotte Sanatorium.
FUNERAL TODAY.
Funeral services will be held at Marshville Methodist church at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon by the pastor, Rev. G. W. Williams. burial will be in the Marshville cemetery. Pallbearers will be L. E. Nevins, Dr. H. M. Guin, W. G. Herron, Henry Marsh, R. J. Hildreth, and C. W. Sturdivant.
Mrs. Bailey was visiting a number of relatives here, including a brother, L. J. Freeland, conductor for the Seaboard railroad. No hope was held for her recovery a the hospitals, where she died at 11:10 o'clock, almost two hours after the accident.
One of her brothers, Ed Freeland, was killed near Salisbury in a railroad wreck in 1905. In 1906 a second brother, T. N. Freeland was killed in a similar wreck near Spartanburg, and in 1907 a third brother, John Freeland, died in a railroad wreck between Asheville and Spartanburg. They were all employes of the Southern railway.
Mrs. Bailey who was formerly Miss Blanche Freeland is survived by her husband, five children: Mrs. Clayton Penegar and Miss Sarah Bailey of Marshville; Mrs. Worth Taylor of Pageland; and Mrs. Vann Ben Schoten; and Herbert Bailey of Clifron, N. J.; two brothers, J. L. Freeland of Charlotte and A. P. Freeland of New York City; and a sister, Mrs. E. P. Burhardt of Clifton, N. J.
The Charlotte Observer
Charlotte, NC
December 30, 1932
Marshville Woman Dies After Falling Down Steps of Home Here; Funeral Today.
A fall down a flight of cellar steps through a door she mistook for one leading to a bedroom was fatal to Mrs. W. E. Bailey of Marshville at 2125 Kenilworth avenue here yesterday morning.
Mrs. Bailey's head was crushed and she suffered other injuries that caused her death two hours later at a Charlotte hospital. She was the fourth of her family to die by accident, three of her brothers having been killed in railroad wrecks in three successive years.
Mrs. Bailey, who was 50 years old, was visiting at the home of her brother-in-law, Thomas Bailey. She was talking to members of the family and it is thought that she opened the door while her head was turned and tripped on the top step of the cellar stairs. R. F. Hunnicutt, father of Mrs Thomas Bailey, who was attending the furnace in the basement, heard a scream, "I'm falling!" and tried to catch her but failed to do so. He carried the injured woman up the steps and accompanied her to the Charlotte Sanatorium.
FUNERAL TODAY.
Funeral services will be held at Marshville Methodist church at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon by the pastor, Rev. G. W. Williams. burial will be in the Marshville cemetery. Pallbearers will be L. E. Nevins, Dr. H. M. Guin, W. G. Herron, Henry Marsh, R. J. Hildreth, and C. W. Sturdivant.
Mrs. Bailey was visiting a number of relatives here, including a brother, L. J. Freeland, conductor for the Seaboard railroad. No hope was held for her recovery a the hospitals, where she died at 11:10 o'clock, almost two hours after the accident.
One of her brothers, Ed Freeland, was killed near Salisbury in a railroad wreck in 1905. In 1906 a second brother, T. N. Freeland was killed in a similar wreck near Spartanburg, and in 1907 a third brother, John Freeland, died in a railroad wreck between Asheville and Spartanburg. They were all employes of the Southern railway.
Mrs. Bailey who was formerly Miss Blanche Freeland is survived by her husband, five children: Mrs. Clayton Penegar and Miss Sarah Bailey of Marshville; Mrs. Worth Taylor of Pageland; and Mrs. Vann Ben Schoten; and Herbert Bailey of Clifron, N. J.; two brothers, J. L. Freeland of Charlotte and A. P. Freeland of New York City; and a sister, Mrs. E. P. Burhardt of Clifton, N. J.
The Charlotte Observer
Charlotte, NC
December 30, 1932
MRS. BAILEY IS KILLED IN FALL
Marshville Woman Dies After Falling Down Steps of Home Here; Funeral Today.
A fall down a flight of cellar steps through a door she mistook for one leading to a bedroom was fatal to Mrs. W. E. Bailey of Marshville at 2125 Kenilworth avenue here yesterday morning.
Mrs. Bailey's head was crushed and she suffered other injuries that caused her death two hours later at a Charlotte hospital. She was the fourth of her family to die by accident, three of her brothers having been killed in railroad wrecks in three successive years.
Mrs. Bailey, who was 50 years old, was visiting at the home of her brother-in-law, Thomas Bailey. She was talking to members of the family and it is thought that she opened the door while her head was turned and tripped on the top step of the cellar stairs. R. F. Hunnicutt, father of Mrs Thomas Bailey, who was attending the furnace in the basement, heard a scream, "I'm falling!" and tried to catch her but failed to do so. He carried the injured woman up the steps and accompanied her to the Charlotte Sanatorium.
FUNERAL TODAY.
Funeral services will be held at Marshville Methodist church at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon by the pastor, Rev. G. W. Williams. burial will be in the Marshville cemetery. Pallbearers will be L. E. Nevins, Dr. H. M. Guin, W. G. Herron, Henry Marsh, R. J. Hildreth, and C. W. Sturdivant.
Mrs. Bailey was visiting a number of relatives here, including a brother, L. J. Freeland, conductor for the Seaboard railroad. No hope was held for her recovery a the hospitals, where she died at 11:10 o'clock, almost two hours after the accident.
One of her brothers, Ed Freeland, was killed near Salisbury in a railroad wreck in 1905. In 1906 a second brother, T. N. Freeland was killed in a similar wreck near Spartanburg, and in 1907 a third brother, John Freeland, died in a railroad wreck between Asheville and Spartanburg. They were all employes of the Southern railway.
Mrs. Bailey who was formerly Miss Blanche Freeland is survived by her husband, five children: Mrs. Clayton Penegar and Miss Sarah Bailey of Marshville; Mrs. Worth Taylor of Pageland; and Mrs. Vann Ben Schoten; and Herbert Bailey of Clifron, N. J.; two brothers, J. L. Freeland of Charlotte and A. P. Freeland of New York City; and a sister, Mrs. E. P. Burhardt of Clifton, N. J.
The Charlotte Observer
Charlotte, NC
December 30, 1932
Marshville Woman Dies After Falling Down Steps of Home Here; Funeral Today.
A fall down a flight of cellar steps through a door she mistook for one leading to a bedroom was fatal to Mrs. W. E. Bailey of Marshville at 2125 Kenilworth avenue here yesterday morning.
Mrs. Bailey's head was crushed and she suffered other injuries that caused her death two hours later at a Charlotte hospital. She was the fourth of her family to die by accident, three of her brothers having been killed in railroad wrecks in three successive years.
Mrs. Bailey, who was 50 years old, was visiting at the home of her brother-in-law, Thomas Bailey. She was talking to members of the family and it is thought that she opened the door while her head was turned and tripped on the top step of the cellar stairs. R. F. Hunnicutt, father of Mrs Thomas Bailey, who was attending the furnace in the basement, heard a scream, "I'm falling!" and tried to catch her but failed to do so. He carried the injured woman up the steps and accompanied her to the Charlotte Sanatorium.
FUNERAL TODAY.
Funeral services will be held at Marshville Methodist church at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon by the pastor, Rev. G. W. Williams. burial will be in the Marshville cemetery. Pallbearers will be L. E. Nevins, Dr. H. M. Guin, W. G. Herron, Henry Marsh, R. J. Hildreth, and C. W. Sturdivant.
Mrs. Bailey was visiting a number of relatives here, including a brother, L. J. Freeland, conductor for the Seaboard railroad. No hope was held for her recovery a the hospitals, where she died at 11:10 o'clock, almost two hours after the accident.
One of her brothers, Ed Freeland, was killed near Salisbury in a railroad wreck in 1905. In 1906 a second brother, T. N. Freeland was killed in a similar wreck near Spartanburg, and in 1907 a third brother, John Freeland, died in a railroad wreck between Asheville and Spartanburg. They were all employes of the Southern railway.
Mrs. Bailey who was formerly Miss Blanche Freeland is survived by her husband, five children: Mrs. Clayton Penegar and Miss Sarah Bailey of Marshville; Mrs. Worth Taylor of Pageland; and Mrs. Vann Ben Schoten; and Herbert Bailey of Clifron, N. J.; two brothers, J. L. Freeland of Charlotte and A. P. Freeland of New York City; and a sister, Mrs. E. P. Burhardt of Clifton, N. J.
The Charlotte Observer
Charlotte, NC
December 30, 1932
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