Beckham County, OK - Deaths: Richard H. Sing, 1911
Tuesday, 11 November 2008
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

 ************************************************
 Copyright. All rights reserved.
 http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm
 ************************************************

SING, H. RICHARD
(22 Mar 1911, Elk City Record, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
Dick Sing, son of H. R. Sing, of near Cheyenne, and who lived here for
sometime was killed in Wyoming on the 17th of this month, at this time no
further information than the following telegram which was received by his
wife:  Point of Rock, Wyoming, March 17, 1911.
Mrs. H. R. Sing, Cheyenne, Okla.
Your husband killed today at Point of Rock.  Advise disposition of the
remains.
Answer Rock Springs, Wyoming.  Q. McCalister.
Mr. Sing left here a short time ago with a telephone construction company
going west.  It was his intentions to work his way to Oregon and find a
location and send for his wife who is a daughter of J. W. Jones, of this
city.  Mrs. Jones received a letter from him Tuesday written the day
before his death.  Mr. Sing, Sr., wired back to bury the body there.
(23 Mar 1911, Elk City Democrat, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
KILLED IN WYOMING
Mrs. H. R. Sing received the following telegram, March 17, of the death of
her husband at Point of Rock, Wyoming:  Point of Rock, Wyoming, March 17,
1911.
Mrs. H. R. Sing, Cheyenne, Okla.
Your husband killed today at Point of Rock.  Advise disposition of remains.
Answer.  Rock Springs, Wyoming.  Q. McCalister.
Mr. Sing was known here as Dick Sing before he left here about two years
ago, when he went to Altus to work for a telephone company.  He resided in
Altus until about two months ago, at which time he left for Oregon.
His wife is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Jones of this city, and she
was staying at Cheyenne, waiting until her husband should reach his
destination and send for her.  They have one child.
(30 Mar 1911, Elk City Democrat, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
HOW DICK SING WAS KILLED
J. W. Jones, father-in-law of R. H. Sing, received a letter this week from
Wyoming, giving particulars of how Mr. Sing was killed, notice of whose
death appeared in these columns last week.
The letter states that Mr. Sing and his friend were walking between a
switch and the main line, a freight being on the siding, when a passenger
train came around a sharp curve.  Mr. Sing and his friend both attempted
to cross the tracks ahead of the approaching train.  Mr. Sing was caught
by the train and crushed to death, but his friend barely saved himself by
rolling down a high dump.

---------------------------------------------------
Return to Beckham County Archives:
http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/beckham/beckham.html