The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-06-25
DRIVER DIES INSTANTLY
One Girl Fatally Hurt, An
other seriously Injured.
9 Men Painfully Bruised
IMPACT MOVES BUILDING
Six-Room Structure Is Partly
Turned Around on Trucks
by Force of Collision

Lawrence Whitcomb. 80. was in
stan,ly killed, Miss Mamie Carson.
is, $40 North Cincinnati was scri-
ously II not fatally injured. Miss
Vivian Martin, 10, 6lg West Seventh,
was severely bruised on the right
arm and leg. and II. c. Crewdson.
aviator. and II. G. Davis. salesman,
we're less painfully injured when
the Stutz roadster driven by whit
comb In which they we're all Joy
by Ralsa r. Morley. Tulsa attorney,
on the Broken Arrow road three and
one-half miles south OF the turn
near Kendall.
House Being Moved.
The house, a flimsy structure Of
six rooms of various sizes. was be-
ing moved from point on Morley's
farm near the concrete highway TO q
location half mile distant. II en-
tirely occupied the highway and a
detour OF about 200 feet was mecca
sary to avoid II. 10 was mounted on
house moving trucks and had been
jacked up about four feet to miss
tho wings Of small concrete bridge
over which II was TO pass.
Tho radiator OF the Stutz appar'
entity w0s only n few inches higher
than the bottom OF the house rs II
rested on the moving apparatus,
The car ran under the house as far
as the occupants, the front end
lodging against one OF tho heavy
cross timbers. The force OF the i'm
pact skcwed the house around 10
the east about ten feet.
Whitcomb was crushed to death
between the house and tho car seat.
The steering wheel was pressed In
to his abdomen and the bottom Of
the house into his chest. The car
was a right hand" drive.
Plastic Surgery Used.
Miss Carson, who sat on Whit
combs left, was also pinned between
house and car seat. Her nose was
severed, and the restoring OF this
feature required the use of plastic
surgery. A deep cash was cut In her
forehead, and another under her
right eye. both caused by loose
boards on the house. She also sus-
tanned internal injuries.
Miss Martin escaped possible
death and injuries similar to
those sustained by Miss Carson, be-
cause she was riding on the back OF
the seat when the accident occurred.
At no time was she unconscious.
Crewdson occupied the left end
OF the seat, while Davis sat on the
left door. When the car stopped, the
corner OF tho house was "A few inches
to Crewson's right. or about midway
OF the car seat,
Sleeping inside the house at the
time of the accident we're tive fam
lilies, tenants on the Morley farm.
l.. f. Whitby with his wife and two
children occupied one room and
John Il. Reimcr with his wlfe and
three children occupied another,
The Rc!mcr children we're sleeping
near the window under which the
automobile passed, several pieces of
glass falling into ana near their bed,
According 10 Whitby Raimcr oc
cupants OF tho car and j, II. Clay
pool. an eyewitness, the tragedy oc
CURED about l.lj O'Clock Saturday
morning.
Witness Relates Story.
Clayp0Ol. who lives with his par
ents about a quarter OF mile nurtn
OF the Morley house, had been work
ing at a roadside pop stand, where
business was exceptionally BRISK be-
cause OF the thousands Of motorists
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