Obit of Sheets, Jewel - Laughmiller, Irvin - Surrett, Reuben - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 23 Oct 2005 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.html ========================================================================== Surnames: Sheets, Laughmiller, Surrett Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/6358 FATAL ACCIDENT ON CF. & O. W. Three Young Men Are Dead As A Result Of Motor Car Colliding With Automobile ACCIDENT NEAR CLINTON MON. Men Were On Way To State Fair When They Were Struck By Motor Car On C.& O.W. Three young men by the names of Jewel Sheets, Irvin Laughmiller, and Reuben Surrett of near Stafford were on their wayt to the Oklahoma State Fair last Monday morning when the car in which they were riding collided with the motorcar on the C.& O.W. at the crossing west of Clinton. It is said that at the crossing there is a railroad cut and also a cut in the wagon roads making it difficult for either the motor men or a motorist to see the other. It is also stated that the grade before reaching the crossing is steep, ordinarily a motorist has to take low, which means that a car driver is likely to misjudge the time it requires to make the crossing, and the increased noise of the motor makes it difficult to hear the whistle on the motor car. Laughmiller and Surrett were killed instantly, while Sheets was fatally injured. He was taken to the Clinton hospital for treatment where he died Wednesday morning. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 25-Sep-1924 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Roger Mills Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html