The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-10-04
MAYSVILlE WOMAN
KILLED IN AUTO and
INTERURbAN WRECK
Mrs. Judith Rice, Of Forest Avenue.
Dies From Injuries Received In
Wreck Between Georgetown and
Lexington Saturday Afternoon.


and Mrs. William Craig, of Lexington,
died Saturday afternoon from injuries
received in collision of an auto in
which they were riding and an inter-
urban car late Saturday.
The Lexington Herald tells this
story of the fatal accident:
The accident occurred in front of
Mrs. Nellie Stevensons, where about
twenty-five of the Stevenson family
had gathered for a family reunion. DR..
Stevenson, with his wife, who was
driving the car, his sister-in-law, Mrs.
William Craig, and mother-in-law,
Mrs. Rice, were coming to Lexington
to meet an aunt, who was to be added
to the family gathering.
Dr. Stevenson, who was conscious at
ST. Josephs hospital when interviewed,
said that his wife saw the car first, and
cried out, but that they were already
going too fast and were too near the
track to stop safely on the closer side,
and that she put on burst of speed in
an endeavor to get across in front of
the approaching car. The car, which
was coming down grade. was travelling
at high rate of speed, DR.. Stevenson
said, and struck the rear end of the
automobile before 1t was clear of the
track Q.
Mrs Rice, who was sitting on the
3back seat on the side nearer the inter-
urban, was struck, and her body con-
siderably mangled. She died on the
way to st. Joseph's Hospital. Mrs.
Craig was brought to the hospital un-
lconscious and remained in delirious
icondition until she died. Her arm
Twas cut and she died from the effects
lof internal injuries.
No whistle was blown to warn the
occupants of the car of the approach
of the interurban. according to both
DR.. Stevenson and Wallace Muir, at
lterney for the Kentucky Traction and
Terminal Company, There was no
road crossing near the scene of the
iaccident, and motormen are not re-
Iquired to blow for provate crossings,
said Attorney Muir last night.
| VIII Farmer and Clay Taylor were
conductor and motorman, respectively
of the interurban.
The injured were brought immedi-
ateyl to the hospital by Charles F.
Stevenson, brother Of DR.. Stevenson
and placed in the care of doctor. The
car in which DR.. Stevenson and his
party were driving, Ford sedan, was
not much injured, the front remaining
intact in almost the same spot where
1t was struck.
II Mrs. Rice, who before her marriage
was Miss Judith Amanda Cooke, was
one of the most prominent women o
Maysville. and was interested in man!
business affairs, despite her 80 years
She was the widow of James H. Rice
and is survived by nine children, 7
jeff Rice and Judge William H. Rice
of Maysville; Frank H. Rice, Of Hell
! ena; s. Jewell Rice, of Lexington
John Y. Rice, of Fayetteville, Ark.
Mrs. Edward Bullock and Mrs. Waite
Worthington, Of Maysville; Mrs. R. H
! Stevenson and Mrs. William Walker
of Lexington; two sisters, Mrs. Johl
NJ. Ross and Mrs. Homer Black, of Lib
erty, NO. and one brother, Frank Tom
Ilinson, Of Fort Worth, Texas.
The body was brought here Sunda
Afternoon and taken to the home 1
Forest avenue where the funeral vii
be held Tuesday afternoon at 1:3
) o'clock. Services by Rev. Loos Of tn
Mayslick Christian church and DI
n John Barbour of the local Presbyteria
church