Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-19

ssse..stTsAZEWEbIi. NA...ySkuSust Isl In ,san
automobile accident near hero this taf-
Hams and 81 lisa and, Martha; cou1ling,
,SpX tEhrnonds tShd. Keister Whitley, Sthe
81 YER of The ,sof North Tazewall.
sEslxed sSerious and probably fatal
s313uFfes One Z of the Williams sisters.
.sNaSs Tueh dss in an unconscious condi-
saslSlss Is IA sRfuef ald hospital immediate
;;E1S SAfGSrf Tic accident. and there was
ssteuS ~ and the. other sister sustained
only broken arm and few minor
brniseS. - ~, -,a i-.tt t ',- 5. tss.
The two couline sisters were
: brought to- TaHewell where their
wounds were dressed and later taken
to the Blueheld hospital go
It was feared. when the auto carry
ing the party left here this afternoon,
that Miss Martha Coulling was dying
from severe injuries sustained on her
: head. and possibly internal injuries.
Miss F,1oise coullinE was also severely
: inbred. an arm being broken and She
Tsustainfnei' other injuries. Keister
Whitley, the fftcen-year-old driver OF
the car. suffered fractures OF several
ribs and other injuries.
The accident occurred about noon.
two miles, east of Tazcwell on the road
to Burks' Garden. The car was being
driven at a fair rate OF speed on the
road along the side Of the HILL and,
in passing around curve. tho car
side-swiped truck travelling in the
. opposite direction, and which had stop
ped in a narrow part OF the road to
permit tho auto to pass. The driver
Of the car containing the four women
is said to have looked back to see what
damage had been done to tho truck.
= and-.immediately. lost control Of. tho
car, which turned directly over an en-
] bankment and plunged down t
creek in the bottom OF the gorge about
a hundred feet from the road.
: In its downward descent, the car
turned over several times and threw
the women to the ground and against
4 the rocks that were scattered over
! the hillside. The boy driver remained
/ in the car until it reached the bottom.
. and was taken from under it only a
I few minutes after the accident. Miss
Martha Coulling was seriously in
jured that the first reports reaching
town were that she and her sister had
sheen killed. -...
RI Hicks, who was en- route to
= his home IN the country. was near the
scene OF the accident when the car
went over the hill and render,, all aid
possible. Other physicians from Taze-
Me1t---were--summoned and arrived in
short time
sesfhes Misses W ilIfams reached Taze-
7 wei !, Joined az the station BY tn, Misses
I E6n lliussssrT The quartet had planned
J. vacation in Burke's Garden. where the
!: Misses tconilins had been for he past
:. tEp ysseka.s and w ere, en- route TO that
s Place &hen the accident occurred.
& Miss. Marthal-Willia sCoulling is one
!. pf the best known women in the State,
., Having been head of.the department of
arawing In the State Female Normal
School at Farmville. for more than
twenty-five years. In this connection.
!she has been a prominent figure in edu-
! Ycational circles for years, and her
gracious influence has nodded the lives
of thousands of girls who have come
under her supervision. AS secretary to
the faculty of the State Normal school.
she has been a recognized factor in
shaping the policy OF the State Female
+, Normal School.
!, Miss Eloise Couliing is younger Sis
!. ter. who makes her home in Richmond,
1. The sisters have been spending their
!. vacations in Tazewell County for sew
s. eral summers at the Greever home. at
: Burkes Garden.