The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-08-10
PICNIC HAS TRAGIC
and SAD ENDING
Death And Injury Overtakes
Party On Return Trip
AS Truck Upsets

ing for members of James M. E.
Sunday School, on Thursday, had
tragic ending for truck load OF the
picnickers who were returning to
their homes here in the evening, and
cast a pail of sorrow over our entire
community.
Members of the Sunday School
and a number of their friends had
spent the day at Mapel Grove, near
Lancaster, Pa, transportation being
by autos and trucks.
On the return large new Chevro-
let truck, driven by Harry Fox and
occupied by party OF fifteen, ran
off the concrete road at what Is
known as Five Points" near OAK
wood, about seven miles northwest
of here, and upset. The roadway
was in a slippery and dangerous con-
dition from rain. The accident oc-
Cured about six o'clock.
Some of the occupants OF the We
hicle were thrown out, others pinned
beneath the wreckage and terribly
crushed and otherwise injured.
DR.. R. C. Dodson was summoned
to the scene to render medical aid,
and the ambulance j. Earl Tyson
called
Persons living near the scene OF
II. 4a.,;blo accident naSSjOp altO-
lists and residents of our town rem
dered every aid possible, and the in
iured were taken to the hospital and
their homes.
Mrs. Hannah Foard, So, of This
town, suffered a crushed chest and
died on the way to Union Hospital,
Elkton, Her death was due to in
ternal hemmorrhage.
Mrs, Philip Roland Kyle, AZ, OF
Rising Sun, died in Union Hospital
from cerebral conclusion and intern
al hemmorrhage, at 9:15 that night
Those who suffered serious injur-
les were:
Elizabeth Trainor, IS, fractured
leg and numerous cuts and bruises.
She is in Union Hospital where she
sustained an operation on the injur-
ed thigh on Monday.
Edwin L. Haines, fracture right
collar bone and confused chest. Mr..
Haines was taken to the hospital but
was brought to his home here the
next day, and is doing as well as
could be expected, considering his
serious injuries,
Robert Foard, II, son OF Mrs.
Foard, confused head and right
shoulder.
The other injured who were treat
ed and sent home are:
Frances Kyle, II, lacerated lower
lip and confused face and chest.
Dorothy Kyle, 8, confused abrasions
over chest and back, These two
are daughters of Mrs. Kyle, who met
her death.
Mrs. Louis Miller, 40, confused
neck, face and chest. Wesley Mil
Ter and Francis Miller, decorations
and Commissions of legs and chest
John L. Stephens, decorations OF
the scalp and confused chest and
back.
William Keilholtz, IS, lacerated
right knee and confused face.
John Hindman, IL, confused right
shoulder and back.
Richard Jenkins, 10, confused
right elbow and arm.
Anna Dinsmore, 10, Colora, lac
Grafton of right shoulder.
Coroner F. Rodney Frazier, OF
Elkton, took charge of the dead
women's bodies, which were brought
to the Funeral Home of ]. Earl
Tyson, in this town. A jury Of in
ouest was summoned to meet at
1880 o'clock on Thursday evening OF
this week.
Edwin L. Haines and John l..
stephens were riding in the cab OF
the machine which was badly dam
aged in the mishap.
Mrs. Foard was the wife OF John
r. Foard who lives at Rock Hall,
and who survives her with the fol-
lowing children: James Stanley
Foard, of Cumberland, Md; David
- Foard Rock Hall. Carey Foard,
Colora; Mrs. Edith McMullen, Ris-
ing Sun; William L. Foard, Ohio,
ILL.,; Robert Foard, one of the in
jured.
Alfred Burkins, Rising Sun; Jas.
T. Burkins, Rock Springs; Henry
Burkins, Rising Sun; Mrs. John
Sollors, White Plains, Md; Mrs.
Leroy Jones, Rising Sun; Mrs. Jas.
Gather, near Rising Sun, are broth
ers and sisters of the deceased.