Obituaries: Thomas, Donald, Margaret Caves; Ida Hogan, 1931, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: January 29, 1931 Winn Parish Enterprise

Man, Woman, And 2 Children Killed Thursday

Mrs. Cave Injured in Accident Near Ferry Landing at Delta, La., Friday Morning

News was received here Saturday of the accident which resulted in the death of
four people and serious injury of another from Winnfield last Thursday.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Silas and Mr. and Mrs. James Coffey went to Vicksburg
Friday to see Mrs. Cave.  Mr. and Mrs. Coffey returned to Winnfield and Mr.
and Mrs. Silas went on to Birmingham to attend the funeral of the dead.  Mrs.
Silas is a sister of Mrs. Cave.

Vicksburg, Miss., - A man, a woman, and two children were killed early this
morning when an automobile turned over on the highway leading to the ferry
landing at Delta, La.

The dead: Thomas Cave, 23, Winnfield, La.; his two children, Donald, 3, and
Margaret, 2, and Cave's sister in law, Miss Ida Hogan, 23, of Birmingham.

Mrs. Nora Cave, wife of the dead man, was painfully injured.

The party was enroute from Winnfield to Birmingham to attend a funeral.  They
left Winnfield about 8 o'clock Thursday night and the accident occurred about
3 o'clock Friday morning, but it was nearly 7 o'clock before passers-by found
the wrecked car on the highway and aid was given the injured woman.

Mrs. Cave said she was asleep when the accident occurred; her husband was
driving the car.

Just what happened is not plain.  The car apparently left the road on a turn,
hit an elevated cross road and turned over, and was righted when the machine
struck a large mass of concrete on the side of the highway.

Mrs. Cave was thrown from the car and was unconscious for some minutes, she
said.  The others were killed.

Miss Hogan had been in Winnfield on a visit to her sister for a couple of
months.  She had planned to return soon to her home near Birmingham, but news
of the death of a grandfather, caused her to join Mr. and Mrs. Cave to make
the trip last Thursday night.

Cave had been employed in the salt mines in Winnfield and had worked in the
coal mines at Birmingham before going to Winnfield.