MRS. GEORGE CLARK, 55, GROVER HILL, OHIO, DIES AT HOME OF DAUGHTER, MRS DAVID FOUGHT,
A WEEK AFTER CRASH.
WHEN THE REPORT FIRST CAME TO DESHLER, MONDAY MORNING THAT MRS GEORGE CLARK HAD DIED AT THE HOME OF HER DAUGHTER, MRS. DAVID FOUGHT NEAR FARNHAM, ONE COULD SCARCELY GIVE IT CREDENCE. MRS CLARK WAS ONE OF A PARTY OF FIVE MEMBERS OF HER
FAMILY THAT WAS IN A FORD TOURING CAR IN THE CRASH, NORTH OF TOWN AT 5 O'CLOCK, ON SUNDAY EVENING, MAY 24TH.
THE CLARK CAR, OCCUPIED BY MR AND MRS GEORGE CLARK, THEIR SON-IN-LAW AND DAUGHTER,
MR AND MRS J D MILLER AND THEIR SON, FRED, WERE ON THEIR WAY HOME AFTER SPENDING THE DAY WITH THEIR DAUGHTER AND SISTER MRS DAVE FOUGHT AND FAMILY, WHO RESIDES NEAR FARNHAM. THE OTHER FORD TOURING CAR WAS OCCUPIED BY ELWOOD BROWN AND CARL WALDO, OF WESTON, WHO WERE HEADED SOUTH. THE BROWN CAR HIT THE CLARK MACHINE
SQUARELY IN THE CENTER, BOTH CARS TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. AS A RESULT OF THE CRASH, BOTH CARS TURNED AND LANDED IN THE DITCH. THAT ALL THE OCCUPANTS OF BOTH
CARS WERE NOT KILLED OR FATALLY INJURED WAS ALMOST A MIRACLE. ALL WERE BRUISED UP MORE OR LESS AND MRS GEORGE CLARK RECEIVED A CUT EXTENDING FROM HER FOREHHEAD TO
THE TOP OF HER HEAD. IT WAS NOT THOUGHT TO BE SERIOUS, BUT THE TERRIBLE SHOCK TO HER
NERVES MADE HER RESTLESS AND AFTER THE CLARK AUTO PARTY HAD RETURNED TO THE FOUGHT
HOME, MRS CLARK WAS NEVER ALONE FOR AN INSTANT, IN ORDER TO CALL THE PHYSICIAN SHOULD HER CONDITION DEMAND IT. AT ABOUT 10:30 LAST SUNDAY EVENING HER HUSBAND CALLED THE DAUGHTER, MRS FOUGHT, SAYING THAT HER MOTHER WAS WORSE AND TO CALL THE DOCTOR. DR WINFIELD GEHRETT BEING AWAY, DR NOBLE OF CUSTAR WAS CALLED, BUT WHEN HE ARRIVED SHE WAS BEYOND THE HELP OF ALL HUMAN AGENCIES AND HER SPIRIT TOOK ITS FLIGHT
TO ITS CREATOR AT 11 O'CLOCK. DEATH RESULTED FROM A HEMMORRHAGE OF THE BRAIN.
MR GEORGE CLARK, HUSBAND OF THE DECEASED IS SUFFERING FROM THREE FRACTURED RIBS
AND THE RIGHT ARM IS TEMPORARILY PARALYSED AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT. THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CLARK CAR RECEIVED ONLY SLIGHT BRUISES AND SCRATCHES.
THE REMAINS WERE TAKE TO THE CLARK HOME, FIVE MILES EAST AND TWO MILES SOUTH OF
GROVER HILL, IN PAULDING CO. THUESDAY AND SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED THIS THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AT 2 O'CLOCK FROM THE MIDDLE CREEK CHURCH NEAR BY, INTERMENT BEING MADE IN THE MIDDLE CREEK CEMETERY.
MRS LAURA (REIGLE) CLARK, WIFE OF GEORGE CLARK WAS AGED FIFTY-FIVE YEARS AT THE TIME OF HER DEATH, JUST IN THE PRIME OF HER LIFE, IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE ACCIDENT, MRS CLARK WAS ONCONSCIOUS FOR THREE HOURS, BUT ON REGAINING HER MENTAL FACULTIES
WHILE SHE WAS VERY NERVOUS FROM THE SHOCK, NO SERIOUS RESULTS WERE APPREHENDED
AND UP TO 10:30 SUNDAY EVENING, SHE APPERED TO BE WELL ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY.