The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-09-27

WOMAN KILLED IN
AUTO ACCIDENT
MRS. WIN. ktLLORN is CAUGHT
UNDER MACHINE AND KILL
ED-OTHERS INJURED

Mrs. VIM. KiIlorn of Salmon was
fatally injured in an accident on the
Salmon river on Wednesday, last The
fatality resulted from the overturn
ing Of a Quad truck which her husband
was driving. 1t was heavily laden
with cement.
On the way UP TO the road camp
at Cleghorn hill Dir. Killorn, riding
with his wife from their Salmon home
had picked up her sister, Mrs. Bert
Bates. and little daughter at the
Bates ranch, formerly the Lambeth
ranch. The truck was proceeding OF
its way to give the ladies and the
child a ride to the camp and back to
the Bates home, where Mrs. Killorn
vas visiting. When nearing the camp
the frishful accident happened. Be
sides the fatality Mr.. kiIlorn was
stunned, while Mrs Bates was badly
bruised as we'll as sustaining severe
scalp wounds. Her little child had
leg broken above the knee.
The place in the road where the
truck took its plunge is the scene OF
an old I'LL with cribbi1g underneath
that gave way under the heavy weight
1t seems that the driver was turning
sharply 70 avoid the danger when the
hind wheels of The Quad, according tc
its mechanism, at the same time turn
ed Out upon the cribbing with re
result that the rear gears sank and
pulled the machine down the bank. II
turned over two or three times. The
place is known as the Red Butte.
1t the bottom is a ditch, Mrs. Kill
oTn vas caught under the radiator
md crushed abou the heart The car
had turned over after crushing he-
chest. The little girl and her moth
er we're thrown clear rs was also the
driver. Mrs. Bates sustained numer-
GUS bruises. however, and the little
girl, having many bags OF cement cast
upon her body, was nearly snothered
IS well as having 2 leg broken. She
vas in fact entirely covered up by the
heavy sacks, AS soon as he found
Mrs. Kil!orn was beyond human aid,
re frantic husband, hearing the
child's screams. found her n time
- pull away the cement sacks.
socn gfterward John Steele came
long from the road emp and ren-
dered all the aid he could. taking he
injured persons to the Clark camp.
where Mrs. Clark, having had exper-
fence as professional nurse, lost no
time in rendering first aid.
Meanwhile word Lad been sent to
Salmon. DR.. Hammer at once started
for the scene and so did Allen Mer-
ritt, as well IS Coroner Doebler. The
dead and injured were brought TO
Salmon in the evening. The accident
had happened at noon.
Mrs. Bates and waughter were
taken TO the home of Mrs Charles
Rose. Her husband is the contractor
for conveying the Carmen school
pupils 10 Salmon.
The body is 10 be taken to the old
home at Livingston, Montana. Jacob
Bliler is the father of the accident vic
tim. The Killorn and Bates families
came TO Salmon four years aso from
the Montana city. Nr. killorn said
the cribbing where the machine went
down was q concealed trap, rotten
and crUmbling. The day before ne
had driven the same truck with heay
ier load over the same place. The
party had taken dinner on their way
up and had just resumed the trip when
the road crumbled from under them.
Even after the accident Mrs. Killorn
was able to speak and asked for wa
ter. This the husband brought TO her
from the river in his hands until she
ceased to breathe.-Salmon Recorder