White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-12-03
AUTO ACCIDENT FATAL
TO HENRY KIRBY

Henry Kirby died last Saturday
evening at St. Elizabeth's hospital i'll
Yakima, from injuries receiver when
he was struck by car on the high
way between Mckee City and Yakima
the evening before. Mr.. Kirby had
left White Bluffs in his truck about /
o'clock Friday Afternoon. ir.ending to
bring back load of calves for the Won
Herberg ranch. He had stopped when
about four miles east of Yakima to ad-
just the tail light on the truck. This
was about o'clock and with the rain
and growing dusk it was very difficult
to see very far. While kneeling at
the rear of the truck, Ford car driven
by Fred Scheel of Yakima drove up,
going in the same direction, and crash
ed in to the truck and Mr.. Kirby was
caught between the two machines, the
Ford striking him in the back. Mr..
Scheel said he was blinded by the glare
of lights from a car driven by Henry
Nc Lain of Mckee who was approach
ing from the opposite direction. He
also said he did not see any one and
was unaware that had struck man
until he heard the groaning and saw
Mr.. Kirby crawl out from under the
truck and fall unconscious.
passing car took the injured man
to the hospital at Yakima and his wife
and mother at White Bluffs were i'm
mediately notified by the hospital au
tliorities and they hurried to his bed
side. i.
His condition was SO serions that
surgeons did not deem it advisable to
operate that night and by morning he
had been SO weakened by internal bleed
ing that TRANSMISSION Of blood had to
be resorted to before any attempt at
operating could be made. The blood
was given by Bud Sonderman, who
has been employed by Mr.. Kirby for
the last few months.
Mr.. Kirby went on the operating
table at II o'clock Saturday morning
but the doctors found that he had been
injured SO badly that they could do
nothing for him. He rallied from the
operation, however, and was conscious
to the end, which came about 8 o'clock
that evening.
Tie funeral, which was held in the
PRESBYTERIAN church at White Bluffs
at o'clock Tuesday afternoon, was
attended by an immens. concourse of
people from all over the valley, and the
casket was heaped with flowers-the
last loving tribute from sorrowing
friends.
The business houses were closed and
the schools dismissed and the Boy
Scouts attended the services in body.
The fueral was in charge of John
Lindblad Post of the American Legion
OF Which Mr.. Kirby was member. A.
J. Romans acted as commander; o. b.
-Gwin, standard bearer; Rev. r. C.
Acheson, chaplain; Carroll Burnett
and A. I. Spear, color guard; Ormus
Evett, w. II. Webb, Fred Knaub,
Harry Coleman, Joe Nc Millen. Virgil
Kern. Roy Robinson and Thomas
Goodwin. firing squad; Edward Ponsat,
bugler. The pail bearers we're William
Van Hoy, Ford Johnson, George Har-
rington, Floyd Gossard, Henry Allard
and Chester Taylor.
Mr.. Kirby came here from Cashmere
about four years ago at about the time
the state land settlement project was
launched. About a year later he pur-
chased the Service Transportation Co.
business from Fred Myers and was
engaged in that business at the time OF
his death.
During the World War he enlisted
in the navy and was assigned to one of
the convoy ships and during his 26
months service made seventeen trips
across the Atlantic.
He had cheerful and pleasant dis
position and had many warm friends.
The sympathy OF the entire community
goes out to his sorrowing family.
Henry Field Kirby was born in
North Dakota and had he lived until
December /, would have been 80 years
old. He came to the state of Washing
ton when he was eleven years Of age
and with the exception Of 26 months in
the service of his country, he spent
the balance Of his life in this state. He
was married August Is, 1922, to Ruth
B. Austin. Beside his widow he leave,
a daughter, Eleanor, age 3 years his
father and mother Mr.. and Mrs. w. ".
Kirby. two sisters, Mrs. Earl McManus
and Kathryn Kirby. two b. theirs, w.