Beckham County, OK - Deaths: Inez Riefkohl, 1924
Thursday, 02 October 2008
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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RIEFKOHL, INEZ
(8 May 1924, Sayre Journal, Sayre, Beckham Co, OK):
A very sad accident occurred on Fourth street in this city Sunday
afternoon near five o'clock, when a car driven by W. C. Proctor, of
Sentinel, Oklahoma, ran over little Inez Riefkohl, daughter of Mr. and Mr.
H. C. Riefkohl, of the Farmers' Co-Operative Store, of Fourth street.
The accident is said to have been unavoidable.  The street is rather
narrow and cars were parked on either side of the street, and just as the
car driven by Mr. Proctor approached, the little girl ran out in front of
the car.  She was knocked to the pavement and the car passed over her
little body.  When the child was picked up she was unconscious and
physicians found that her skull was fractured.
The child died Monday morning about 9 o'clock without regaining
consciousness.
Mr. Proctor was driving slowly and did everything in his power to prevent
the accident.  Following the accident he did everything he could to assist
the child and the grief stricken parents.  He requested the parents to
telegraph him the condition of the child to his address at Sentinel,
Oklahoma.
Accidents of this nature are indeed very sad, and it is very necessary
that both parents and city officers use every precaution to prevent the
reoccurrence of such accidents in the city.
Funeral services were held at the Baptist church, Tuesday, May 6th, at
11:00 a.m.  Interment was made in the Sayre-Doxey cemetery.
(8 May 1924, Beckham County Democrat, Erick, Beckham Co, OK):
Little Girl Run Over By Car
Last Sunday evening the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Reifkohl
(sic), was run over by a car driven by a man name Procter, who lives at
Sentinel.  The accident occurred on Main Street in the town of Sayre, and
was unavoidable.  We are informed that the little girl is in a dangerous
condition and has been unconscious since the accident.
We are sorry to report that the little girl died Monday afternoon.

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