Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Craig, Emmye (Layman) July 1931
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Lake O. Wave, Thursday, July 30, 1931

A SECOND ACCIDENT TAKES WOMAN'S LIFE

Car Burns While Mrs. Harry Craig is Pinned Under it. Party Returning from 
Vacation. 

When Mr. and Mrs. Harry Craig and son Harry, Jr., and Ulysses Ayers of Battle 
Creek were returning from a vacation spent in the northern part of the state, 
they had reached a point on M-14 near the James Peacock farm house when a hat of 
one of the men blew off and the driver applied the brakes to the car which was 
going at a rapid rate having just passed the car of Mrs. George Humphrey of 
Ionia, who was also driving south. 

Mrs. Humphrey passed the wreck and hurried to a farm house and phoned to Lake 
Odessa and to Ionia for help.

When the brakes were applied the car swerved, rolled over twice and burst into 
flames with the woman pinned under the car, according to Mrs. Humphrey. Others 
seeing the tragedy hastened to the scene, the first ones being William Downing. 
Earl Barkley and William Ehlens, who were working in a field not far away. Mrs. 
Elwood Peacock was also soon at the scene. The men lifted the burning car from 
the woman but she breathed only a few times afterwards. It is said her neck was 
broken by the impact. The fire had burned off her clothing. 

Mr. Craig suffered a broken collar bone, a lung puncture and was badly cut and 
bruised. Ayers was badly bruised, cut and burned.

All the injured were taken to the local hospital here at Lake Odessa and treated 
by Dr. M.A. Hoffs, who believes that all three will recover. Mr. Craig's 
injuries are very serious however. 

Coroner J.B. Boynton of Ionia was called and the body of Mrs. Craig was taken to 
the Wortley & Baine undertaking parlor here.

The funeral was largely attended at the family home near Battle Creek, it is 
estimated 200 people were present.

The Craig family live on a farm four miles east of Battle Creek on the Lansing 
road. They are well known residents of the victims. Besides the son Harry, Jr., 
who was with them at the time of the accident, they have two daughters, Aubrey, 
17, and Joyce, 11. The two girls were waiting at home for their parents and did 
not know of the tragedy until informed by newspapermen from Battle Creek. 

Additional Comments:
born in 1892

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