Obit of Blurton, Lovina - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 21 Jan 2007 Return to Roger Mills County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html ===================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ===================================================================== ::Pie Flat Cemetery--Roger Mills County OK Surnames: Blurton Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/7100 The home of Hugh Blurton near Crawford was washed away Tuesday night of last week during a terrible rain and hail storm. The mother and six children, five boys and one girl were at the home, the eldest son was tranfering the children to a higher point. When all had gone but the mother and nine year old girl, the house went carrying the two. The house held together for awhile but was wrecked when about 300 yards down the stream. The mother caught on the limb of a tree and was able to get out of the water. Hail caused her to become insensilbe, but her moans were heard by Lonnie Bull who rescued her. The body of the little girl was found at the Camargo bridge thirty miles away from the home place. Mr. Blurton was working in a garage in Crawford at the time of the cloud burst. The home of the Blurton's was known as the old Streeter postoffice and was built twenty-five years ago. On the night of October, 2nd, 1923 in the north tier of townships of Roger Mills county there occurred the most disastrous wind, hail and rain within the memory of the oldest settlers. About 9:30 p.m. when the farmer folks were in bed or preparing for bed, with no warning but a roll of inky black clouds in the northwest, there was a downpour of rain and hail accompanied by a tornado of wind that surpasses all descripion. Men say it hailed thirty minutes. The family of Hugh Blurton, living on Carmel creek, a sand bottomed branch of the South Canadian, felt their house swept from its foundation though it was supposed to be above high water. The father, a blacksmith, was at Crawford where he worked. in less time than it takes to tell the house was thrown on its side and the mother and six children in the icy water. Leroy, 16, carried out an infant and three other small children. The hail was so terrible he feared it would kill them, so he ran in the mother of night and hail to cover them in a shock of feed. When he returned for his mother and nined year old sister whom he hads left on the house, he found all gone. The roar of the water, wind and hail drowned his calls and their cries for help. The house it was learned afterwards floated down stream a quarter of a mile when it went to pieces throwing Mrs. Blurton and little Lovina into the torrent. The mother made every effort to reach a shore that the lightning sometimes revealed, but after being repeatedly knocked into the water she lost consciousness and was tossed into the fence and the limbs of an apple tree in the yard of Lonnie Bull, who later hearing her cries rescued her. A family by the name of Isenhour cared for the children, but the little girl, Lovina, was gone. Although the next day and the next 100 people and more dug in the drifts of sand along Carmel creek and Canadian river the body was not found unil Thursday afternoon near Camargo on the north side when two men seeking drift wood found the little body partly covered in hail and drift on a sand bar. Word was soon sent to the distracted parents and kind hearted friends and neighbors. The elements repenting of their rashness seemed to have handled the little lady tenderly for it was said "she looked very natural" having been embalmed by an undertaker at Camargo. On Friday afternoon, October 5th, 1923 she was laid to rest in Pie Flat cemetery the remains of Lovina 9 year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Blurton. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK --------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Roger Mills Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html