The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-12-30
One KILLED, FIVE INJURED
In CHRISTMAS EVE WRECK
Mrs. Gilbert Shreve, GOrmania,
Death Victim; Two Others In
jured Not Expected to Recover
DRIVERS OF 2 CARS HELD

| OUA END UT CAf(S HELD
One person was instantly
killed and five were injured,
three of them seriously, in an ac-
cident at six o'clock p. M, Christ
mas Eve, at a point seven miles
south of Oakland on Route PIG,
at the Sunnyside curve, involv-
ing twelve people in three auto
mobiles and a prop truck.
Mrs. Gilbert Shreve, aged %,
of Gormania, West Va, mother
of a two-year-old baby, was in
stantly killed when an automo-
bile, operated by Carl Lewis, of Kemp
ton, West Va, plowed into group of
five persons, of which Mrs. Shreve was
one, after the car in which Mrs. Shreve
was an occupant, had struck a parked
truck. operated by Getty Keefer, of
Oakland.
Others in the group that were in
jured included Gilbert Shreve, husband
of the dead woman; Riley Miller, Will
lard Dickerson and Henry Miller, all
of Gormania, and occupants of the car
owned by Dickerson. They had alight-
ed after the car struck Keefer's truck
and were standing in the roadway dis
cussing the damages sustained by the
vehicles. Keefer saved himself from
being hit by jumping on the running
board of his truck.
Three Taken To Keyser Hospital
Dickerson and the two Millers were
admitted to Potomac Valley Hospital,
at Keyser, W. Va.
Riley Miller, 27, suffered fracture
of both legs, his skull, vertebrae and
pelvis and has been in an unconscious
condition since admission to the hos
pital.
Henry Miller suffered fracture OF
the skull and is paralyzed on his right
side.
Both men were reported il very
grave condition and physicians gave
them only slight chance to recover.
Dickersoh has a fractured bone In
his foot and will be released from the
hospital within few days.
Mr.. Shreve was suffering from
shock, but returned to his home at
Gcrmania the night of the accident.
After the Lewis car had struck the
group of people on the highway, an
other machine, operated by Walter
Lipscomb, of Horseshoe Run, W. Va,
struck the wrecked cars. Mike Morse
and Mrs. Grace Dumire, of Kempton,
were occupants of the Lewis car, while
| Walter and Delmar Shaffer were IN
the Lipscomb machine. Morse received
SLIGHT cuts on his nose and head and
injured his knees.
The scene of the accident is on Route
PIG where a dirt road leaves the high
way and passes by the Sunnyside
school house, joining Route so few
miles further south. 1t was during
rainstorm and some fog had settled
down which in part accounts for the
accident, with sharp curve 20 the LETT
going toward Red House on Route
PIG. The Keefer truck had stopped at
the intersection preparatory to enter
ing on Route PIG to return to Oakland.
The Dickkerson car failed to make the
curve and ran onto the dirt road, side
swiping the truck and throwing it par
TALLY across the road.
Blinded By Lights On Cars
Lewis told Neil C. Fraley, States
Attorney, the trucks lights blinded
him and he, too, failed to negotiate the
curve and ran into the group Of people
standing between the truck and the
wrecked car.
Lewis and Lipscomb were held I'M
der bond for further questioning be-
fore the inquest held on Monday af-
ternoon.
Sheriff Clarence Spear and Deputy
Sheriff j. w. Owens assisted States
Attorney Fraley in making the inves-
tigation of the accident.
All persons involved, with the ex-
ception of Keefer, had been in Oakland
to do their Christmas shopping. The
Dickerson car was filled with pack
ages, a number of them for the two
year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
| Shreve.
Drivers Ordered Held
A coroner's jury Monday afternoon
recommended that Lewis and Lips
comb be held for grand jury action
in the death of Mrs. Shreve. They were
released upon furnishing bond in the
sum of $1,000 each.
The jury's decision was that Mrs.
Lillian Shreve suffered injuries re-
sulting in her death as the result of
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