Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 174, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1917 — Fowler Lady Killed In Auto Accident Sunday. [ARTICLE]

Fowler Lady Killed In Auto Accident Sunday.

Benton Review. Mrs. Thomas Dunkin was almost instantly killed Sunday evening when an automobile in which she was riding turned over on the road seven miles northeast of town. Her neck was broken and it is thought her back was also broken near the hips. She was conscious when taken from under the car but expired within a few minutes. Mrs. Dunkin, with her husband and .two children, a boy aged four and an infant nine months old, had spent the day with his brother, Oscar Dunkin, near Remington, and were returning heme when the sad accident occurred. Mrs. Dunkin was driving Leo Trudeau's Ford and when at a point one mile south and one-half west of the Bethany church, Mr. Dunkin’s hat blew off and fell down in the car near his feet and while he was attempting to get it, the car skidded and turned turtle, landing upside down on the gravel road. The two children were thrown clear of the car but Mrs. Dunkin and her husband were pinned under the front seat and were held in that position until help arrived. The little boy ran up the road west and his cries were heard by Willie Tuell, a young farm hand employed by Earl Lane, who lives about a half mile from the scene of the accident. Young Tuell made a hurried trip to the scene and with the aid of a fence post, managed to raise the car and Mr. Dunkin was able to crawl out. When Mrs. Dunkin was extrieated, she was alive and the first words she spoke were an inquiry regarding her baby, who was found sitting in the road a few feet from the car without a scratch. When asked if she was hurt she complained of pains in her side and a few minutes later expired.