The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-07-11
SLEEPY EYE YOUTH
DIES FROM CRASH
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er was also bleeding profusely, but
apparently was not suffering quite
as much as his companion.
Mr.. and Mrs. Snow, who were in
Mankato, were notified a short time
after the crash and likewise the par
ents of the other two boys. On the
way up from Mankato Mr.. and Mrs.
Snow passed the scene of the wreck
and stopped for minute to inquire
how serious the boys had been injur-
ed. At the hospital they learned that
no hopes were entertained for their
sons recovery and short time af-
ter their arrival he passed away.
The lad had also sustained double
fracture of the skull, dislocated
jaw and bad cut at the side of the
mouth.
Jensen also had his skull fractured,
was badly cut and bruised and was in
a critical condition until the forepart
of the week. He regained conscious
ness for brief period Sunday af-
ternoon and on Monday he was con-
scious only at times. 1t is believed
however, that he has good chance
to recover. Cunningham, who assist
ed in locating relatives following the
accident, returned to Sleepy Eye the
same evening and was up and around
for time Sunday afternoon. He will
be laid up for several days, but will
suffer no ill effects, it is said.
The supposition is that punctur-
ed tire was the cause of the crash
which proved fatal to the driver.
There was but very little loose gravel
where the car turned over and the
fact that it started to swerve in
about the center of the road where
the surface was fairly hard, would
indicate that flat tire was primar-
lily the cause. Investigations showed
that the tire was punctured, it is said.
The car was minus a front wheel
and was damaged about the top and
body. The windshield, although
cracked from end to end and in hum
dreds of different places, remained in
tact and thus preventing injuries from
flying glass.
Although filled with the enthusiasm
of youth, Rex Snow had always shown
a spirit of kindness, maintained the
utmost respect for himself, his par
ents, his elders and his associates.
He was at point in life where he
was budding into the true realism of
living and had advanced to that stage
where the higher ideals of life at
tracted his attention.
He had worked diligently in school
and had advanced to his first year
in high school, He was a robust
young man with athletic aspirations
and during the past school term he
had taken an active part in junior
athletic activities. His sudden and
death has indeed cast a pail
of sorrow over the community, espec
tally over the many youthful friends
whom he had endeared him
self.
Rex Douglas Snow was born in
Sleepy Eye November 8, 1913, and
was therefore nearly fifteen years
of age at the time of his death. Sur
viving him are his grief-stricken par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Snow, one
brother and two sisters, Pershing,
Rose and Crystal.
The funeral services were held at
two o'clock Monday afternoon at the
Snow home and at two-thirty at the
Congregational church, Rev. Sparks
of Sank Centre, Mimi, former pastor
of the Congregational church at
Sleepy Eye, officiating. Burial was
made in the Home cemetery