FATAL ACCIDENT
Walter L. Strode Killed and Three Companions
Injured When Auto Turns Turtle
Walter L. Strode, a prominent furniture dealer and undertaker of this city, was killed almost instantly last Sunday afternoon when his automobile slipped off an embankment eight miles north of Stillwater.
Three companions, all Stillwater residents, were injured very severely. The injured are John L. Bishop, clothing merchant, Dr. D. H. Selph and W. P. Ray, cement block manufacturer. All three are badly bruised, but it is believed no bones are broken and all are expected to recover.
Mr. Ray was able to extricate himself from under the machine and go to a farmhouse for help. The other men remained under the car for over twenty minutes. Strode was probably killed instantly.
The men were on their way to visit a new oil well being drilled. At the point where the accident occurred the road takes a dangerous turn, and none of them saw the danger in time to jump.
At the time of the accident Mrs. Strode was visiting in Oklahoma City at the home of her sister, Mrs. E. T. Leak. She was notified by telephone immediately after the accident and left for Stillwater at once.
Mr. Strode's funeral was held last Monday and the body taken to Illinois for interment.
(Published in The Stillwater Gazette, March 24, 1917)
Walter L. Strode Killed and Three Companions
Injured When Auto Turns Turtle
Walter L. Strode, a prominent furniture dealer and undertaker of this city, was killed almost instantly last Sunday afternoon when his automobile slipped off an embankment eight miles north of Stillwater.
Three companions, all Stillwater residents, were injured very severely. The injured are John L. Bishop, clothing merchant, Dr. D. H. Selph and W. P. Ray, cement block manufacturer. All three are badly bruised, but it is believed no bones are broken and all are expected to recover.
Mr. Ray was able to extricate himself from under the machine and go to a farmhouse for help. The other men remained under the car for over twenty minutes. Strode was probably killed instantly.
The men were on their way to visit a new oil well being drilled. At the point where the accident occurred the road takes a dangerous turn, and none of them saw the danger in time to jump.
At the time of the accident Mrs. Strode was visiting in Oklahoma City at the home of her sister, Mrs. E. T. Leak. She was notified by telephone immediately after the accident and left for Stillwater at once.
Mr. Strode's funeral was held last Monday and the body taken to Illinois for interment.
(Published in The Stillwater Gazette, March 24, 1917)
FATAL ACCIDENT
Walter L. Strode Killed and Three Companions
Injured When Auto Turns Turtle
Walter L. Strode, a prominent furniture dealer and undertaker of this city, was killed almost instantly last Sunday afternoon when his automobile slipped off an embankment eight miles north of Stillwater.
Three companions, all Stillwater residents, were injured very severely. The injured are John L. Bishop, clothing merchant, Dr. D. H. Selph and W. P. Ray, cement block manufacturer. All three are badly bruised, but it is believed no bones are broken and all are expected to recover.
Mr. Ray was able to extricate himself from under the machine and go to a farmhouse for help. The other men remained under the car for over twenty minutes. Strode was probably killed instantly.
The men were on their way to visit a new oil well being drilled. At the point where the accident occurred the road takes a dangerous turn, and none of them saw the danger in time to jump.
At the time of the accident Mrs. Strode was visiting in Oklahoma City at the home of her sister, Mrs. E. T. Leak. She was notified by telephone immediately after the accident and left for Stillwater at once.
Mr. Strode's funeral was held last Monday and the body taken to Illinois for interment.
(Published in The Stillwater Gazette, March 24, 1917)
Walter L. Strode Killed and Three Companions
Injured When Auto Turns Turtle
Walter L. Strode, a prominent furniture dealer and undertaker of this city, was killed almost instantly last Sunday afternoon when his automobile slipped off an embankment eight miles north of Stillwater.
Three companions, all Stillwater residents, were injured very severely. The injured are John L. Bishop, clothing merchant, Dr. D. H. Selph and W. P. Ray, cement block manufacturer. All three are badly bruised, but it is believed no bones are broken and all are expected to recover.
Mr. Ray was able to extricate himself from under the machine and go to a farmhouse for help. The other men remained under the car for over twenty minutes. Strode was probably killed instantly.
The men were on their way to visit a new oil well being drilled. At the point where the accident occurred the road takes a dangerous turn, and none of them saw the danger in time to jump.
At the time of the accident Mrs. Strode was visiting in Oklahoma City at the home of her sister, Mrs. E. T. Leak. She was notified by telephone immediately after the accident and left for Stillwater at once.
Mr. Strode's funeral was held last Monday and the body taken to Illinois for interment.
(Published in The Stillwater Gazette, March 24, 1917)
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