The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-04-18
Miss Lillian Dean Met Horri-
bic Death, Being Thrown
Under Automobile - Mrs
L. Commons Injured.
TWO OCCUPANTS WERE
PINNED BENEATH CAR
Girl Was Driving-Neck
Was Broken-Exact Ex-
PLANTATION of How Accident
Happened Not Secured.

The skidding of an automobile be-,
ing driven to this city. one mile north
OF Webster yesterday afternoon at
about 5 o'clock. resulted in the instan-
taneous death of Lillian Bliss Dean,
19. 110 Kinsey street. and the injury
of Mrs. Lawrence Commons of Gen.
terville when the automobile turned
over. pinning the two oc-
cupants beneath. The neck of Miss
Dean was broken. no marks or bruises
being on her body. She is the daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas ii. Dean.
110 Kinsey street. IL is believed that
Mrs. Commons was not seriously in
jured.
AS yet, no eye witnesses have been
found but those arriving son after the
accident happened state that Mrs.
Commons succeeded in crawling from
under the wrecked machine soon after
the accident occurred. She went TO a
nearby farm house for assistance but
could obtain no one who could help
her in turning over the automobile to
release Miss Dean. whose fate was not
known at that time.
Death Was instantaneous.
A c. and o. train crew passing near
the place noticed the overturned car
and stopped the train. They pulled the
car from the body of the girl. Coroner
r. ]. Pierce OF this city was called to
the scene Mt once and upon arriving
there pronounced the death OF Miss
Dean instantaneous. There was ro
blood about the place and the girls
body was bruised only in one place
and that Is thought TO have resulted
from flying piece OF wreckage
The father of the girl stated that he
knew nothing of the accident until
4:25 o'clock when he heard of II in a
round about way. He was unable to
reach the place at once and IL was
$3.50 before he arrived there. Mr. Dean
stated that he did not understand how
the accident happened although he
was making investigations as to the
exact manner in which his daughter
was killed.
Had Been at williamsburg.
Mrs. Commons and Miss Dean had
gone to Williamsburg yesterday in the
automobile, Miss Dean driving the ma
chine. They were returning to Rich
,pnpd IN tha yxyiiI;a ", .huru riIn xvh.r
the accident happened. At the foot of
a long hin. one mile north of Webster.
and a quarter of a mile from any farm
house, il is believed that Miss Dean
became excited or lost control of the
machine, which skidded and turned
over
Walter McConaha who was among
the first of local persons TO reach the
place stated that the accident might
have happened to an expert auto
mobile driver. Although Miss Dean
has only recently learned to operate
the machine" he said. Il believe that
she was perfectly competent and that
the accident was almost unavoidable
From the marks in the roadway.
have come TO the belief that the car
was running a little of the roadway
and as the road at that point is very
narrow, Miss Dean attempted TO turn
directly into the part OF the roadway
which is commonly used She prob
ably turned too sharply for the speed
at which they were running. The rear
wheels skidded which can be plainly
seen from the marks in the road
10 haw ~ fn snlf hat -
machine to turn over. but. from all
appearances one of the rear wheels
caught on something, stopping the
skidding motion suddenly. The mo-
mentum of the car after coming down
the long hill is probably the cause
of IL turning over"
Mrs. Commons. when questioned
about the accident stated that she did
not know how 1t happened 1T all
happened so suddenly" she said. that
the frst I knew Of IL was when the
car had turned over" Mrs. Commons
was able to free herself from under
the automobile.
Miss Dean Driving.
The automobile, which was a two
passenger run-about was the property
of Mrs. Lawrence Commons. Miss
Dean had run the car but few times.
Miss Dean received her education in
the local schools and Earlham col
lege She graduated from the high
school In 1910, later attending Earl
ham college where she continued her
studies until recently. She was born
in this city and lived here during her
entire life with the exception of one
year. She was well known in the
city.
She is survived by the father and
mother and two brothers.