The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-06-19
AUTO ACCIDENT
HAS FATAL RESULTS
Car Runs Of Grade, Turning on Pat
rick Farley. Was "a Hours Un-
der Car Before Being Found

After he had been pined under his
automobile for "a hours, Patrick
Farley was found in a dying condi-
tion by Everett Logan about mile
above the Farley farm home near the
Willows last Saturday evening.
That part of the road where the ac-
cident occurred is an unfrequented
one and this accounts for the fact
that the car was not discovered be-
fore.
With help Mr.. Logan was able to
get the injured man from under the
car and take him to his home,
where he died shortly after AL
though Mr.. Farley gained conscious
ness long enough to ask for a drink
of water, he was beyond the aid Of
human hands. 1t was found that
parts of his body had been burned
badly by the acid from the storage
battery in the car.
Mr.. Farley had been in Heppner
Friday attending to some business
matters, leaving here along in the af-
ternoop. At the place where the ac-
cident occurred, a new fill had been
recently put in and the road was
quite soft as we'll as being very mar
row across the top. 1t is presumed
that Mr.. Farley drove a little too
near the edge and the car tipped
over, the wind shield catching him
across the chest.
The funeral was held in Heppner
Tuesday afternoon with services
first at st. Patrick's church. which
were conducted by Father 0'Rourkc.
and later at the grave In Masonic
cemetery, where the Elks conducted
ritualistic ceremonies as the body
was lowered into the last resting
place. The Elks attended the serv-
ices in body and the church was
filled to overlooking with the many
friends of the deceased, many of
whom came from distant points to
pay their last respects to the depar-
ted. Business houses of the city
closed during the funeral.
Patrick Francis Farley was a ma
tive Of County Longford, Ireland, be-
ing born on March 81. 1881, son of
James and Margaret Farley. His
father died last year at the old home
and his widowed mother still resides
there.
Coming to America while still in
his teens, Mr.. Farley came to Morrow
county and entered the stock bust
ness in 1889. BY diligent effort he
soon acquired competence and up
to the time of death had been In the
sheep business for 13 years,
In 1907 he went east and in New
York City claimed as his bride the
sweetheart of his boyhood school
days in Ireland, Margaret Byrne, who
came from one of the most highly
respected and influential families ir
that part of Ireland. She and five
children survive him. The children
are James, Helen. Mary, Catherine
and Eileen, the Oldest being clever
years and the youngest two vars Of
age. His mother and one brother
John Farley still live at the old home
in Ireland A sister. Margaret Far
ley, of New York City, three Other
brothers, Peter and James Of Hepp
ner, Michael of Los Angeles, and two
sisters, Mrs. Frank Monahan of Hep
pner and Mrs Jas. Gileese Of Condor
also survive him.
Mr.. Farley was an excellent citizer
and his untimely demise will be {
serious loss to the county, second on
ly to his family The heartfelt sym
pathy of the entire community goeI
out to his family in their hours o
sorrow.