Martha Regina "Reggie" KIRBY
1898–1935
When Martha Regina "Reggie" Kirby was born in September 1898 in Lonaconing, Maryland, her father, William Maurice Kirby 1866-1941), was 31, and her mother, Sarah Elizabeth Mansfield (1869-1934), was 29.
She married James Wallace Davis, a son of Thomas Bradley Davis (1853-1908) and Eliza Catherine Bray (1858-1905) on September 22, 1914, in Kitzmiller, Garrett County, Maryland.
They had three children during their marriage:
Lotus Pearl Davis (1915-2004)
Thomas William Davis (1917-1961)
Gladys Davis (abt 1923-?)
She died of injuries sustained in an automobile explosion on January 6, 1935, in Hopemont Sanitarium, Terra Alta, West Virginia, at the age of 36, and was buried in Kalbaugh Cemetery, Elk Garden, Mineral County, West Virginia.
FUNERAL TOMORROW FOR BLAST VICTIMS
Further Activities Of Md. And W. Va. Authorities To Await Burial Of Two
Oakland, Md., Jan. 8 (AP).
Preparations for burying the two Victims of a baffling automobile explosion went forward today while officers pursued a theory the blast was not accidental.
Funeral services for Carl Trickett and his housekeeper, Mrs. Martha Davis, who died as the explosion wrecked Trickett's automobile Sunday, will be held tomorrow.
Sheriff Clarence Spear, who predicted "startling development' soon, returned late last night after he and his deputies had made a trip to Shallmar, a small mining town, but had nothing official to announce.
The trip was made in and effort to check on the theory an enemy of Trickett had hidden dynamite in his automobile while he was working in a power plant there. It was indicated any further disclosures would await burial of the victims.
The explosion, so powerful that it shook the surrounding countryside, blew Trickett's car to bits near the Hopemont, (W. Va.) Sanitarium Sunday, killing him and Mrs. Davis and injuring his two children, William, 12 and Margaret, 13.
Published Tuesday, January 8, 1935 in THE CUMBERLAND EVENING TIMES, Cumberland, Maryland on page 2, col. 6.
Farmers's Auto Explodes; Kills Him, Woman
Deaths of 2 In Auto Laid To Dynamite
Maryland Man, Woman Die; His 2 Children Seriously Hurt
Oakland, Md., Jan 7 (AP)
"Startling"developments were promised today in the investigation into fragments, killing him and his housekeeper and injuring two of his children.
"We may have something startling to announce soon, "said Sheriff Clarence Spear as his deputies joined with West Virginia and Maryland State police in probing the blast that was so powerful it shook the countryside yesterday.
His statement was made after the officers had gone to Shallmar, a mining town, to work on a theory that an enemy of Trickett had secreted dynamite in his automobile while he was working in a power plant.
Trickett left the power plant about 3 a.m. Saturday and drove home. He left his machine in front of his home about 2 miles west of here until Sunday when he, his housekeeper and children set out to visit his brother at Morgantown, W. Va.
The explosion occurred while they were driving along near the Hopemont (W. Va.) Sanitarium. He and the housekeeper, Mrs. Martha Davis, were killed instantly.
Published January 8, 1935 in THE WASHINGTON POST, Washington, D. C. on page 17.
Boy and Girl Are Hurt Trying to Save Father.
Terra Alta, W. Va., Jan. 6 (AP).
A mysterious explosion of an automobile killed a man and a woman today and injured two small children two miles west of Terra Alta.
Carl Trickett, 38, operator of a small dairy farm near Oakland, Md., the owner and driver of the car, was slain by small bits of the motor as the explosion rocked the entire neighborhood. He died in a hospital at Hopemont, W. Va., ten minutes later.
Mrs. Martha Davis, a hired woman of the Trickett family, was fatally injured when thrown from the machine by the explosion. The Trickett children, 12 and 13 years of age, also were thrown from the car.
The explosion occurred a few hundred yards from the hospital. A Hopemont worker, first to reach the scene, said he found the badly bleeding children attempting to extricate their father from the overturned car, which had caught fire.
Small trees and bushes were cut off and mowed down for a distance of 75 feet from the highway by flying particles of the front end of the machine.
Theories as the the cause of the accident ranged from use of kerosene as a radiator anti-freeze, to placing of dynamite in the car by an enemy of the man.
Published January 7, 1935 in THE WASHINGTON POST, Washington, D. C. on page 5.
1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Reggie Doris
Birth Year: abt 1898
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Maryland
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Homemaker?: Yes
Home in 1930: Kitzmillerville, Garrett, Maryland
Map of Home: View Map
House Number in Cities or Towns: 88
Dwelling Number: 193
Family Number: 196
Age at First Marriage: 15
Attended School: No
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Maryland
Mother's Birthplace: Maryland
Able to Speak English: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Wallace Doris 37
Reggie Doris 32
Lotus Doris 14
Thomas Doris 12
Gladys Doris 8
1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Rainia Davis [Racina Davis]
Age: 22
Birth Year: abt 1898
Birthplace: Maryland
Home in 1920: Kitzmillerville, Garrett, Maryland
Street: Center Street
House Number: F4
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Wallace Davis
Father's Birthplace: Maryland
Mother's Birthplace: Maryland
Able to Speak English: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Wallace Davis 28
Rainia Davis 22
Lotis Davis 5
Thomas Davis 2 [2 11/12]
Maryland Marriage Certificates 1914-1930
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS, (Marriage Certificates, Counties, Female), MSA SM184; Dates: 1914-1930; Description: K520 (D-Z) - K612 (A-M); Accession No.: SR 4497; MSA No.: SM184-43
County: Garrett County
Town: Oakland
GROOM: James Wallace Davis (D120)
Age: 22
Residence: Kitzmillerville, MD
Occupation: Motorman
Color: White
Nativity: West Va.
Any Prior Marriage: None
BRIDE: Regina Martha Kirby (K610)
Age: 17
Residence: Kitzmillerville, MD
Occupation: Not legible
Color: White
Nativity: Maryland
Any Prior Marriage: None
Date of Issue of License: September 19th, 1941
County: Garrett
Date of Ceremony: September 22, 1941
Performed at: Kitzmillerville, Md.
Performed by: W. W. White
1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Reggie Kirby
Age in 1910: 12
Birth Year: abt 1898
Birthplace: Maryland
Home in 1910: Union, Preston, West Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: William Kirby
Father's Birthplace: Maryland
Mother's name: Sarah Kirby
Mother's Birthplace: Maryland
Native Tongue: English
Attended School: Yes
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
William Kirby 42
Sarah Kirby 40
Katie Kirby 14
Reggie Kirby 12
Lenard Kirby 10
Gilbert Kirby 2
Frank Kirby 16
1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Regina Kirby
Age: 1
Birth Date: Sep 1898
Birthplace: Maryland
Home in 1900: Ocean, Allegany, Maryland
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: William Kirby
Father's Birthplace: Maryland
Mother's name: Sarah Kirby
Mother's Birthplace: Maryland
Occupation: View on Image
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
William Kirby 34
Sarah Kirby 31
Mary Ellen Kirby 12
John William Kirby 10
James Kirby 8
Francis Kirby 6
Catherine Kirby 4
Regina Kirby 1
1898–1935
When Martha Regina "Reggie" Kirby was born in September 1898 in Lonaconing, Maryland, her father, William Maurice Kirby 1866-1941), was 31, and her mother, Sarah Elizabeth Mansfield (1869-1934), was 29.
She married James Wallace Davis, a son of Thomas Bradley Davis (1853-1908) and Eliza Catherine Bray (1858-1905) on September 22, 1914, in Kitzmiller, Garrett County, Maryland.
They had three children during their marriage:
Lotus Pearl Davis (1915-2004)
Thomas William Davis (1917-1961)
Gladys Davis (abt 1923-?)
She died of injuries sustained in an automobile explosion on January 6, 1935, in Hopemont Sanitarium, Terra Alta, West Virginia, at the age of 36, and was buried in Kalbaugh Cemetery, Elk Garden, Mineral County, West Virginia.
FUNERAL TOMORROW FOR BLAST VICTIMS
Further Activities Of Md. And W. Va. Authorities To Await Burial Of Two
Oakland, Md., Jan. 8 (AP).
Preparations for burying the two Victims of a baffling automobile explosion went forward today while officers pursued a theory the blast was not accidental.
Funeral services for Carl Trickett and his housekeeper, Mrs. Martha Davis, who died as the explosion wrecked Trickett's automobile Sunday, will be held tomorrow.
Sheriff Clarence Spear, who predicted "startling development' soon, returned late last night after he and his deputies had made a trip to Shallmar, a small mining town, but had nothing official to announce.
The trip was made in and effort to check on the theory an enemy of Trickett had hidden dynamite in his automobile while he was working in a power plant there. It was indicated any further disclosures would await burial of the victims.
The explosion, so powerful that it shook the surrounding countryside, blew Trickett's car to bits near the Hopemont, (W. Va.) Sanitarium Sunday, killing him and Mrs. Davis and injuring his two children, William, 12 and Margaret, 13.
Published Tuesday, January 8, 1935 in THE CUMBERLAND EVENING TIMES, Cumberland, Maryland on page 2, col. 6.
Farmers's Auto Explodes; Kills Him, Woman
Deaths of 2 In Auto Laid To Dynamite
Maryland Man, Woman Die; His 2 Children Seriously Hurt
Oakland, Md., Jan 7 (AP)
"Startling"developments were promised today in the investigation into fragments, killing him and his housekeeper and injuring two of his children.
"We may have something startling to announce soon, "said Sheriff Clarence Spear as his deputies joined with West Virginia and Maryland State police in probing the blast that was so powerful it shook the countryside yesterday.
His statement was made after the officers had gone to Shallmar, a mining town, to work on a theory that an enemy of Trickett had secreted dynamite in his automobile while he was working in a power plant.
Trickett left the power plant about 3 a.m. Saturday and drove home. He left his machine in front of his home about 2 miles west of here until Sunday when he, his housekeeper and children set out to visit his brother at Morgantown, W. Va.
The explosion occurred while they were driving along near the Hopemont (W. Va.) Sanitarium. He and the housekeeper, Mrs. Martha Davis, were killed instantly.
Published January 8, 1935 in THE WASHINGTON POST, Washington, D. C. on page 17.
Boy and Girl Are Hurt Trying to Save Father.
Terra Alta, W. Va., Jan. 6 (AP).
A mysterious explosion of an automobile killed a man and a woman today and injured two small children two miles west of Terra Alta.
Carl Trickett, 38, operator of a small dairy farm near Oakland, Md., the owner and driver of the car, was slain by small bits of the motor as the explosion rocked the entire neighborhood. He died in a hospital at Hopemont, W. Va., ten minutes later.
Mrs. Martha Davis, a hired woman of the Trickett family, was fatally injured when thrown from the machine by the explosion. The Trickett children, 12 and 13 years of age, also were thrown from the car.
The explosion occurred a few hundred yards from the hospital. A Hopemont worker, first to reach the scene, said he found the badly bleeding children attempting to extricate their father from the overturned car, which had caught fire.
Small trees and bushes were cut off and mowed down for a distance of 75 feet from the highway by flying particles of the front end of the machine.
Theories as the the cause of the accident ranged from use of kerosene as a radiator anti-freeze, to placing of dynamite in the car by an enemy of the man.
Published January 7, 1935 in THE WASHINGTON POST, Washington, D. C. on page 5.
1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Reggie Doris
Birth Year: abt 1898
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Maryland
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Homemaker?: Yes
Home in 1930: Kitzmillerville, Garrett, Maryland
Map of Home: View Map
House Number in Cities or Towns: 88
Dwelling Number: 193
Family Number: 196
Age at First Marriage: 15
Attended School: No
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Maryland
Mother's Birthplace: Maryland
Able to Speak English: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Wallace Doris 37
Reggie Doris 32
Lotus Doris 14
Thomas Doris 12
Gladys Doris 8
1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Rainia Davis [Racina Davis]
Age: 22
Birth Year: abt 1898
Birthplace: Maryland
Home in 1920: Kitzmillerville, Garrett, Maryland
Street: Center Street
House Number: F4
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Wallace Davis
Father's Birthplace: Maryland
Mother's Birthplace: Maryland
Able to Speak English: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Wallace Davis 28
Rainia Davis 22
Lotis Davis 5
Thomas Davis 2 [2 11/12]
Maryland Marriage Certificates 1914-1930
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS, (Marriage Certificates, Counties, Female), MSA SM184; Dates: 1914-1930; Description: K520 (D-Z) - K612 (A-M); Accession No.: SR 4497; MSA No.: SM184-43
County: Garrett County
Town: Oakland
GROOM: James Wallace Davis (D120)
Age: 22
Residence: Kitzmillerville, MD
Occupation: Motorman
Color: White
Nativity: West Va.
Any Prior Marriage: None
BRIDE: Regina Martha Kirby (K610)
Age: 17
Residence: Kitzmillerville, MD
Occupation: Not legible
Color: White
Nativity: Maryland
Any Prior Marriage: None
Date of Issue of License: September 19th, 1941
County: Garrett
Date of Ceremony: September 22, 1941
Performed at: Kitzmillerville, Md.
Performed by: W. W. White
1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Reggie Kirby
Age in 1910: 12
Birth Year: abt 1898
Birthplace: Maryland
Home in 1910: Union, Preston, West Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: William Kirby
Father's Birthplace: Maryland
Mother's name: Sarah Kirby
Mother's Birthplace: Maryland
Native Tongue: English
Attended School: Yes
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
William Kirby 42
Sarah Kirby 40
Katie Kirby 14
Reggie Kirby 12
Lenard Kirby 10
Gilbert Kirby 2
Frank Kirby 16
1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Regina Kirby
Age: 1
Birth Date: Sep 1898
Birthplace: Maryland
Home in 1900: Ocean, Allegany, Maryland
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: William Kirby
Father's Birthplace: Maryland
Mother's name: Sarah Kirby
Mother's Birthplace: Maryland
Occupation: View on Image
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
William Kirby 34
Sarah Kirby 31
Mary Ellen Kirby 12
John William Kirby 10
James Kirby 8
Francis Kirby 6
Catherine Kirby 4
Regina Kirby 1
Martha Regina "Reggie" KIRBY
1898–1935
When Martha Regina "Reggie" Kirby was born in September 1898 in Lonaconing, Maryland, her father, William Maurice Kirby 1866-1941), was 31, and her mother, Sarah Elizabeth Mansfield (1869-1934), was 29.
She married James Wallace Davis, a son of Thomas Bradley Davis (1853-1908) and Eliza Catherine Bray (1858-1905) on September 22, 1914, in Kitzmiller, Garrett County, Maryland.
They had three children during their marriage:
Lotus Pearl Davis (1915-2004)
Thomas William Davis (1917-1961)
Gladys Davis (abt 1923-?)
She died of injuries sustained in an automobile explosion on January 6, 1935, in Hopemont Sanitarium, Terra Alta, West Virginia, at the age of 36, and was buried in Kalbaugh Cemetery, Elk Garden, Mineral County, West Virginia.
FUNERAL TOMORROW FOR BLAST VICTIMS
Further Activities Of Md. And W. Va. Authorities To Await Burial Of Two
Oakland, Md., Jan. 8 (AP).
Preparations for burying the two Victims of a baffling automobile explosion went forward today while officers pursued a theory the blast was not accidental.
Funeral services for Carl Trickett and his housekeeper, Mrs. Martha Davis, who died as the explosion wrecked Trickett's automobile Sunday, will be held tomorrow.
Sheriff Clarence Spear, who predicted "startling development' soon, returned late last night after he and his deputies had made a trip to Shallmar, a small mining town, but had nothing official to announce.
The trip was made in and effort to check on the theory an enemy of Trickett had hidden dynamite in his automobile while he was working in a power plant there. It was indicated any further disclosures would await burial of the victims.
The explosion, so powerful that it shook the surrounding countryside, blew Trickett's car to bits near the Hopemont, (W. Va.) Sanitarium Sunday, killing him and Mrs. Davis and injuring his two children, William, 12 and Margaret, 13.
Published Tuesday, January 8, 1935 in THE CUMBERLAND EVENING TIMES, Cumberland, Maryland on page 2, col. 6.
Farmers's Auto Explodes; Kills Him, Woman
Deaths of 2 In Auto Laid To Dynamite
Maryland Man, Woman Die; His 2 Children Seriously Hurt
Oakland, Md., Jan 7 (AP)
"Startling"developments were promised today in the investigation into fragments, killing him and his housekeeper and injuring two of his children.
"We may have something startling to announce soon, "said Sheriff Clarence Spear as his deputies joined with West Virginia and Maryland State police in probing the blast that was so powerful it shook the countryside yesterday.
His statement was made after the officers had gone to Shallmar, a mining town, to work on a theory that an enemy of Trickett had secreted dynamite in his automobile while he was working in a power plant.
Trickett left the power plant about 3 a.m. Saturday and drove home. He left his machine in front of his home about 2 miles west of here until Sunday when he, his housekeeper and children set out to visit his brother at Morgantown, W. Va.
The explosion occurred while they were driving along near the Hopemont (W. Va.) Sanitarium. He and the housekeeper, Mrs. Martha Davis, were killed instantly.
Published January 8, 1935 in THE WASHINGTON POST, Washington, D. C. on page 17.
Boy and Girl Are Hurt Trying to Save Father.
Terra Alta, W. Va., Jan. 6 (AP).
A mysterious explosion of an automobile killed a man and a woman today and injured two small children two miles west of Terra Alta.
Carl Trickett, 38, operator of a small dairy farm near Oakland, Md., the owner and driver of the car, was slain by small bits of the motor as the explosion rocked the entire neighborhood. He died in a hospital at Hopemont, W. Va., ten minutes later.
Mrs. Martha Davis, a hired woman of the Trickett family, was fatally injured when thrown from the machine by the explosion. The Trickett children, 12 and 13 years of age, also were thrown from the car.
The explosion occurred a few hundred yards from the hospital. A Hopemont worker, first to reach the scene, said he found the badly bleeding children attempting to extricate their father from the overturned car, which had caught fire.
Small trees and bushes were cut off and mowed down for a distance of 75 feet from the highway by flying particles of the front end of the machine.
Theories as the the cause of the accident ranged from use of kerosene as a radiator anti-freeze, to placing of dynamite in the car by an enemy of the man.
Published January 7, 1935 in THE WASHINGTON POST, Washington, D. C. on page 5.
1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Reggie Doris
Birth Year: abt 1898
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Maryland
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Homemaker?: Yes
Home in 1930: Kitzmillerville, Garrett, Maryland
Map of Home: View Map
House Number in Cities or Towns: 88
Dwelling Number: 193
Family Number: 196
Age at First Marriage: 15
Attended School: No
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Maryland
Mother's Birthplace: Maryland
Able to Speak English: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Wallace Doris 37
Reggie Doris 32
Lotus Doris 14
Thomas Doris 12
Gladys Doris 8
1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Rainia Davis [Racina Davis]
Age: 22
Birth Year: abt 1898
Birthplace: Maryland
Home in 1920: Kitzmillerville, Garrett, Maryland
Street: Center Street
House Number: F4
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Wallace Davis
Father's Birthplace: Maryland
Mother's Birthplace: Maryland
Able to Speak English: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Wallace Davis 28
Rainia Davis 22
Lotis Davis 5
Thomas Davis 2 [2 11/12]
Maryland Marriage Certificates 1914-1930
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS, (Marriage Certificates, Counties, Female), MSA SM184; Dates: 1914-1930; Description: K520 (D-Z) - K612 (A-M); Accession No.: SR 4497; MSA No.: SM184-43
County: Garrett County
Town: Oakland
GROOM: James Wallace Davis (D120)
Age: 22
Residence: Kitzmillerville, MD
Occupation: Motorman
Color: White
Nativity: West Va.
Any Prior Marriage: None
BRIDE: Regina Martha Kirby (K610)
Age: 17
Residence: Kitzmillerville, MD
Occupation: Not legible
Color: White
Nativity: Maryland
Any Prior Marriage: None
Date of Issue of License: September 19th, 1941
County: Garrett
Date of Ceremony: September 22, 1941
Performed at: Kitzmillerville, Md.
Performed by: W. W. White
1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Reggie Kirby
Age in 1910: 12
Birth Year: abt 1898
Birthplace: Maryland
Home in 1910: Union, Preston, West Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: William Kirby
Father's Birthplace: Maryland
Mother's name: Sarah Kirby
Mother's Birthplace: Maryland
Native Tongue: English
Attended School: Yes
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
William Kirby 42
Sarah Kirby 40
Katie Kirby 14
Reggie Kirby 12
Lenard Kirby 10
Gilbert Kirby 2
Frank Kirby 16
1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Regina Kirby
Age: 1
Birth Date: Sep 1898
Birthplace: Maryland
Home in 1900: Ocean, Allegany, Maryland
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: William Kirby
Father's Birthplace: Maryland
Mother's name: Sarah Kirby
Mother's Birthplace: Maryland
Occupation: View on Image
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
William Kirby 34
Sarah Kirby 31
Mary Ellen Kirby 12
John William Kirby 10
James Kirby 8
Francis Kirby 6
Catherine Kirby 4
Regina Kirby 1
1898–1935
When Martha Regina "Reggie" Kirby was born in September 1898 in Lonaconing, Maryland, her father, William Maurice Kirby 1866-1941), was 31, and her mother, Sarah Elizabeth Mansfield (1869-1934), was 29.
She married James Wallace Davis, a son of Thomas Bradley Davis (1853-1908) and Eliza Catherine Bray (1858-1905) on September 22, 1914, in Kitzmiller, Garrett County, Maryland.
They had three children during their marriage:
Lotus Pearl Davis (1915-2004)
Thomas William Davis (1917-1961)
Gladys Davis (abt 1923-?)
She died of injuries sustained in an automobile explosion on January 6, 1935, in Hopemont Sanitarium, Terra Alta, West Virginia, at the age of 36, and was buried in Kalbaugh Cemetery, Elk Garden, Mineral County, West Virginia.
FUNERAL TOMORROW FOR BLAST VICTIMS
Further Activities Of Md. And W. Va. Authorities To Await Burial Of Two
Oakland, Md., Jan. 8 (AP).
Preparations for burying the two Victims of a baffling automobile explosion went forward today while officers pursued a theory the blast was not accidental.
Funeral services for Carl Trickett and his housekeeper, Mrs. Martha Davis, who died as the explosion wrecked Trickett's automobile Sunday, will be held tomorrow.
Sheriff Clarence Spear, who predicted "startling development' soon, returned late last night after he and his deputies had made a trip to Shallmar, a small mining town, but had nothing official to announce.
The trip was made in and effort to check on the theory an enemy of Trickett had hidden dynamite in his automobile while he was working in a power plant there. It was indicated any further disclosures would await burial of the victims.
The explosion, so powerful that it shook the surrounding countryside, blew Trickett's car to bits near the Hopemont, (W. Va.) Sanitarium Sunday, killing him and Mrs. Davis and injuring his two children, William, 12 and Margaret, 13.
Published Tuesday, January 8, 1935 in THE CUMBERLAND EVENING TIMES, Cumberland, Maryland on page 2, col. 6.
Farmers's Auto Explodes; Kills Him, Woman
Deaths of 2 In Auto Laid To Dynamite
Maryland Man, Woman Die; His 2 Children Seriously Hurt
Oakland, Md., Jan 7 (AP)
"Startling"developments were promised today in the investigation into fragments, killing him and his housekeeper and injuring two of his children.
"We may have something startling to announce soon, "said Sheriff Clarence Spear as his deputies joined with West Virginia and Maryland State police in probing the blast that was so powerful it shook the countryside yesterday.
His statement was made after the officers had gone to Shallmar, a mining town, to work on a theory that an enemy of Trickett had secreted dynamite in his automobile while he was working in a power plant.
Trickett left the power plant about 3 a.m. Saturday and drove home. He left his machine in front of his home about 2 miles west of here until Sunday when he, his housekeeper and children set out to visit his brother at Morgantown, W. Va.
The explosion occurred while they were driving along near the Hopemont (W. Va.) Sanitarium. He and the housekeeper, Mrs. Martha Davis, were killed instantly.
Published January 8, 1935 in THE WASHINGTON POST, Washington, D. C. on page 17.
Boy and Girl Are Hurt Trying to Save Father.
Terra Alta, W. Va., Jan. 6 (AP).
A mysterious explosion of an automobile killed a man and a woman today and injured two small children two miles west of Terra Alta.
Carl Trickett, 38, operator of a small dairy farm near Oakland, Md., the owner and driver of the car, was slain by small bits of the motor as the explosion rocked the entire neighborhood. He died in a hospital at Hopemont, W. Va., ten minutes later.
Mrs. Martha Davis, a hired woman of the Trickett family, was fatally injured when thrown from the machine by the explosion. The Trickett children, 12 and 13 years of age, also were thrown from the car.
The explosion occurred a few hundred yards from the hospital. A Hopemont worker, first to reach the scene, said he found the badly bleeding children attempting to extricate their father from the overturned car, which had caught fire.
Small trees and bushes were cut off and mowed down for a distance of 75 feet from the highway by flying particles of the front end of the machine.
Theories as the the cause of the accident ranged from use of kerosene as a radiator anti-freeze, to placing of dynamite in the car by an enemy of the man.
Published January 7, 1935 in THE WASHINGTON POST, Washington, D. C. on page 5.
1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Reggie Doris
Birth Year: abt 1898
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Maryland
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Homemaker?: Yes
Home in 1930: Kitzmillerville, Garrett, Maryland
Map of Home: View Map
House Number in Cities or Towns: 88
Dwelling Number: 193
Family Number: 196
Age at First Marriage: 15
Attended School: No
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Maryland
Mother's Birthplace: Maryland
Able to Speak English: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Wallace Doris 37
Reggie Doris 32
Lotus Doris 14
Thomas Doris 12
Gladys Doris 8
1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Rainia Davis [Racina Davis]
Age: 22
Birth Year: abt 1898
Birthplace: Maryland
Home in 1920: Kitzmillerville, Garrett, Maryland
Street: Center Street
House Number: F4
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Wallace Davis
Father's Birthplace: Maryland
Mother's Birthplace: Maryland
Able to Speak English: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Wallace Davis 28
Rainia Davis 22
Lotis Davis 5
Thomas Davis 2 [2 11/12]
Maryland Marriage Certificates 1914-1930
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS, (Marriage Certificates, Counties, Female), MSA SM184; Dates: 1914-1930; Description: K520 (D-Z) - K612 (A-M); Accession No.: SR 4497; MSA No.: SM184-43
County: Garrett County
Town: Oakland
GROOM: James Wallace Davis (D120)
Age: 22
Residence: Kitzmillerville, MD
Occupation: Motorman
Color: White
Nativity: West Va.
Any Prior Marriage: None
BRIDE: Regina Martha Kirby (K610)
Age: 17
Residence: Kitzmillerville, MD
Occupation: Not legible
Color: White
Nativity: Maryland
Any Prior Marriage: None
Date of Issue of License: September 19th, 1941
County: Garrett
Date of Ceremony: September 22, 1941
Performed at: Kitzmillerville, Md.
Performed by: W. W. White
1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Reggie Kirby
Age in 1910: 12
Birth Year: abt 1898
Birthplace: Maryland
Home in 1910: Union, Preston, West Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: William Kirby
Father's Birthplace: Maryland
Mother's name: Sarah Kirby
Mother's Birthplace: Maryland
Native Tongue: English
Attended School: Yes
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
William Kirby 42
Sarah Kirby 40
Katie Kirby 14
Reggie Kirby 12
Lenard Kirby 10
Gilbert Kirby 2
Frank Kirby 16
1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Regina Kirby
Age: 1
Birth Date: Sep 1898
Birthplace: Maryland
Home in 1900: Ocean, Allegany, Maryland
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: William Kirby
Father's Birthplace: Maryland
Mother's name: Sarah Kirby
Mother's Birthplace: Maryland
Occupation: View on Image
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
William Kirby 34
Sarah Kirby 31
Mary Ellen Kirby 12
John William Kirby 10
James Kirby 8
Francis Kirby 6
Catherine Kirby 4
Regina Kirby 1
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