Mr. & Mrs. J. L. Grable parents.
Monday, December 26, 1938 St. Joseph paper:
TWO KILLED IN CRASH
Young Man and Young Woman Lose Lives Near Frazer.
Miss Edith Nadine Grable and Harvey E. Thomson Are Victims.
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Tragedy struck at two homes yesterday when a highway accident near Frazer claimed the lives of a young man and young woman. Miss Edith Nadine Grable, seventeen-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Grable of Agency, and Harvey Edward Thomson, twenty-year-old son of Mrs. Lena Thomson of Edgerton were killed shortly after midnight Saturday and the third passenger of the car, Leon Gulp, twenty, was injured In the accident.
Bodies Thrown From Car
Coroner B. W. Tadlock said that the wreck was one of the worst he had seen. The accident occurred on route SE about a mile south of Frazer. The motor car went off the gravel highway on a small culvert, hurtled over an embankment. struck a telephone pole and then careened about 200 feet into a pasture. According to the coroner, the pole was broken, the wire fence knocked down. and the top of the car sheared off.
The bodies of Miss Grable and young Thomson were thrown from the car. The accident was not discovered until three hours later when, Charles Giddens, on whose farm the car came to a stop. saw the burning tail-light and went to investigate.
Culp Found Dazed.
In the meantime, young Culp, suffering from head Injuries and dazed, wandered out on to the highway. There he was found by a passing motorist who took him home. He was unable to give any coherent story and when asked If anyone was with him gave a negative reply.
Relatives said that the three were on their way to Edgerton to deliver Christmas packages.
The bodies of the young man and woman were removed to Sullins' mortuary at Gower. A double service was held this afternoon at the Christian Church at Agency with interment in Agency Cemetery.
Miss Grable, a senior at the Agency High School, is survived, in addition to her parents, by five brothers, Lee G. Grable, Cameron, Mo.; George L., Billy, Jimmie and Joy Ellis, all of Agency, and three sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Wolfe and Misses Maude and Gloria Mae Grable, all of Agency.
Young Thomson is survived by his mother; a brother, Charles A. Thomson, St. Joseph, and a sister, Mrs. Martha Harmer, Edgerton.
Mr. & Mrs. J. L. Grable parents.
Monday, December 26, 1938 St. Joseph paper:
TWO KILLED IN CRASH
Young Man and Young Woman Lose Lives Near Frazer.
Miss Edith Nadine Grable and Harvey E. Thomson Are Victims.
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Tragedy struck at two homes yesterday when a highway accident near Frazer claimed the lives of a young man and young woman. Miss Edith Nadine Grable, seventeen-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Grable of Agency, and Harvey Edward Thomson, twenty-year-old son of Mrs. Lena Thomson of Edgerton were killed shortly after midnight Saturday and the third passenger of the car, Leon Gulp, twenty, was injured In the accident.
Bodies Thrown From Car
Coroner B. W. Tadlock said that the wreck was one of the worst he had seen. The accident occurred on route SE about a mile south of Frazer. The motor car went off the gravel highway on a small culvert, hurtled over an embankment. struck a telephone pole and then careened about 200 feet into a pasture. According to the coroner, the pole was broken, the wire fence knocked down. and the top of the car sheared off.
The bodies of Miss Grable and young Thomson were thrown from the car. The accident was not discovered until three hours later when, Charles Giddens, on whose farm the car came to a stop. saw the burning tail-light and went to investigate.
Culp Found Dazed.
In the meantime, young Culp, suffering from head Injuries and dazed, wandered out on to the highway. There he was found by a passing motorist who took him home. He was unable to give any coherent story and when asked If anyone was with him gave a negative reply.
Relatives said that the three were on their way to Edgerton to deliver Christmas packages.
The bodies of the young man and woman were removed to Sullins' mortuary at Gower. A double service was held this afternoon at the Christian Church at Agency with interment in Agency Cemetery.
Miss Grable, a senior at the Agency High School, is survived, in addition to her parents, by five brothers, Lee G. Grable, Cameron, Mo.; George L., Billy, Jimmie and Joy Ellis, all of Agency, and three sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Wolfe and Misses Maude and Gloria Mae Grable, all of Agency.
Young Thomson is survived by his mother; a brother, Charles A. Thomson, St. Joseph, and a sister, Mrs. Martha Harmer, Edgerton.
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