The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1922-08-05
Road Gives WAY
and Five Injured
VilwOck Car Goes Down
Bank with Occupants,
Miles from Help

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car which w. C. Vilwock of Kettle
Falls was driving was injured at A
o'clock Sunday afternoon when it
slipped from the grade and rolled
over four times down the bank. Mrs.
Vilwock suffered injuries about her
shoulder, a sprained back and pos
sibly cracked rib. Miss Delpha
Bryant, niece of the Vilwocks, is
in the Mt. Carmel hospital with
broken leg. A little Indian boy who
was riding with them suffered a
fracture of the skull, while Mr.. Vii
wock and the hired man escaped
with minor bruises.
The party had been fishing on the
north half of the Colville Indian
reservation in Ferry county and were
returning down a narrow grade near
Barnaby creek, not often frequented
by autos. The road slipped beneath
the car and it turned over four times,
rolling over stumps and stones and
finally remaining right side up
against a tree. Mr.. Vilwock and the
hired man succeeded in getting free
of the car the first time it turned
over and were little injured. The
others were not thown out until the
third time it turned over. Mrs. Viii
wock was thrown across log and
Miss Bryant on the sidehill just be-
low. The car, an Oakland, was de-
molished beyond recognition, the top,
windshield, tenders and wheels being
torn off and the remainder of the
car badly mashed.
Mr.. Vilwock walked to a nearby
farm house, where he got team
and wagon to haul the injured to the
house, and then went four miles to
a telephone to secure the aid of a
doctor. Miss Bryant was brought to
the Mt Carmel hospital where her
leg was set. The others remained at
their homes.
When asked about the accident on
Monday Miss Bryant said: at SEEM
ed as if we were falling from
Heaven in a tin can. thought I'VE
will all be dead, but we are going to
die together but we didn't. l didn't
know much for a couple of minutes
after it was over and I guess none
of the rest of them did. Aunt Bessie
(Mrs. Vilwock) was unconscious for
a minute. She thought her back was
broken for awhile, then that some
ribs were broken. She nearly faint
ed couple of times before the rig
came and took US to a neighbor's.
Uncle Billie went to get it, then four
miles to phone to the doctor. They
put Aunt Bessie to bed when we got
to the house. When the car started
to turn over the hired man opened
the door and he and Uncle Billie got
out the first time it tipped over. The
car rolled over three times before
the rest of us were thrown out. 1t
turned over again and landed against
a tree or it would have been going
yet, I guess. Uncle Billie and the
hired man weren't hurt much. Aunt
Bessie was on top of log and 1
was on the other side of it. She
thought her back was hurt and a
rib broken and | guess it is.
The little Indian boy that was with
us got his head hurt here and here
(pointing to the front and back of
her head, and I got my leg broken
They operated and set it this after
noon. Aunt Bessie will be here this
afternoon, but they want to do it
before she comes in"
The Vilwocks were for a number
of years residents of Colville, Mr.
Vilwock having been assistant cashier
at the First National bank. Two
years ago they bought place in
Ferry county south of Kettle Falls
and have been operating stock