High School Boy
Killed in Car
Andrew Roorda Loses Life in
Automobile Accident East
of Town Wednesday
Lost Control in Ruts
Andrew Roorda, the eighteen-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Roorda, whose home is a few miles west of Pella, was instantly killed shortly after one o'clock Wednesday afternoon in an automobile accident two miles northeast of town.
In company with Reuben Schakel, young Roorda had gone in his father's car to a farm house northeast of town to get a horn he had purchased. They went during the noon hour at school, expecting to be back at 1:30.
They were returning when the accident occurred, traveling, Schakel says, between 25 and 30 miles an hour.
After coming down a little hill, they came to a rutty place in the road, and Schakel noticed that Roorda did not have very good control of the car. Schakel attempted to get hold of the steering wheel, but the car went into a bank in spite of their efforts. Schakel was able to jump in time to save himself and was not injured, except for a few scratches. Roorda was thrown out, striking on his head. His neck was broken and the base of his skull crushed. Dr. Carpenter, who was called, says he probably died instantly.
The young man who lost his life was a popular young fellow among his classmates and other friends in Pella. He was a member of the Junior class of the high school and has two sisters in the same class. A third sister is in the junior high school.
Andrew was the eldest child in the family, having completed his eighteenth year about two months ago.
The sympathy of the community goes out to his parents and sisters in their grief.
-Obituary from The Pella Chronicle
(3/28/1918)
Killed in Car
Andrew Roorda Loses Life in
Automobile Accident East
of Town Wednesday
Lost Control in Ruts
Andrew Roorda, the eighteen-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Roorda, whose home is a few miles west of Pella, was instantly killed shortly after one o'clock Wednesday afternoon in an automobile accident two miles northeast of town.
In company with Reuben Schakel, young Roorda had gone in his father's car to a farm house northeast of town to get a horn he had purchased. They went during the noon hour at school, expecting to be back at 1:30.
They were returning when the accident occurred, traveling, Schakel says, between 25 and 30 miles an hour.
After coming down a little hill, they came to a rutty place in the road, and Schakel noticed that Roorda did not have very good control of the car. Schakel attempted to get hold of the steering wheel, but the car went into a bank in spite of their efforts. Schakel was able to jump in time to save himself and was not injured, except for a few scratches. Roorda was thrown out, striking on his head. His neck was broken and the base of his skull crushed. Dr. Carpenter, who was called, says he probably died instantly.
The young man who lost his life was a popular young fellow among his classmates and other friends in Pella. He was a member of the Junior class of the high school and has two sisters in the same class. A third sister is in the junior high school.
Andrew was the eldest child in the family, having completed his eighteenth year about two months ago.
The sympathy of the community goes out to his parents and sisters in their grief.
-Obituary from The Pella Chronicle
(3/28/1918)
High School Boy
Killed in Car
Andrew Roorda Loses Life in
Automobile Accident East
of Town Wednesday
Lost Control in Ruts
Andrew Roorda, the eighteen-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Roorda, whose home is a few miles west of Pella, was instantly killed shortly after one o'clock Wednesday afternoon in an automobile accident two miles northeast of town.
In company with Reuben Schakel, young Roorda had gone in his father's car to a farm house northeast of town to get a horn he had purchased. They went during the noon hour at school, expecting to be back at 1:30.
They were returning when the accident occurred, traveling, Schakel says, between 25 and 30 miles an hour.
After coming down a little hill, they came to a rutty place in the road, and Schakel noticed that Roorda did not have very good control of the car. Schakel attempted to get hold of the steering wheel, but the car went into a bank in spite of their efforts. Schakel was able to jump in time to save himself and was not injured, except for a few scratches. Roorda was thrown out, striking on his head. His neck was broken and the base of his skull crushed. Dr. Carpenter, who was called, says he probably died instantly.
The young man who lost his life was a popular young fellow among his classmates and other friends in Pella. He was a member of the Junior class of the high school and has two sisters in the same class. A third sister is in the junior high school.
Andrew was the eldest child in the family, having completed his eighteenth year about two months ago.
The sympathy of the community goes out to his parents and sisters in their grief.
-Obituary from The Pella Chronicle
(3/28/1918)
Killed in Car
Andrew Roorda Loses Life in
Automobile Accident East
of Town Wednesday
Lost Control in Ruts
Andrew Roorda, the eighteen-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Roorda, whose home is a few miles west of Pella, was instantly killed shortly after one o'clock Wednesday afternoon in an automobile accident two miles northeast of town.
In company with Reuben Schakel, young Roorda had gone in his father's car to a farm house northeast of town to get a horn he had purchased. They went during the noon hour at school, expecting to be back at 1:30.
They were returning when the accident occurred, traveling, Schakel says, between 25 and 30 miles an hour.
After coming down a little hill, they came to a rutty place in the road, and Schakel noticed that Roorda did not have very good control of the car. Schakel attempted to get hold of the steering wheel, but the car went into a bank in spite of their efforts. Schakel was able to jump in time to save himself and was not injured, except for a few scratches. Roorda was thrown out, striking on his head. His neck was broken and the base of his skull crushed. Dr. Carpenter, who was called, says he probably died instantly.
The young man who lost his life was a popular young fellow among his classmates and other friends in Pella. He was a member of the Junior class of the high school and has two sisters in the same class. A third sister is in the junior high school.
Andrew was the eldest child in the family, having completed his eighteenth year about two months ago.
The sympathy of the community goes out to his parents and sisters in their grief.
-Obituary from The Pella Chronicle
(3/28/1918)
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