Decatur Daily Democrat, Adams Co, IN; Tuesday, December 1, 1942
YOUTH IS KILLED IN AUTO CRASH MONDAY NIGHT
Earl W. Cottrell Dies; Stanley Girl Is Critically Hurt
One dead, one critically hurt and another less seriously injured, was the toll today of the county's worst traffic accident of the year. A crash which occurred about 10:45 o'clock last night when a car carrying three roller skaters back from a party at Sunset skidded and wrapped itself around a tree near the former Country Cub.
The dead: Earl W. Cottrell, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Cottrell of Bobo, and an employe of the Central Sugar Company.
The injured: Rose Marie Stanley, 18, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Stanley of this city, and girl friend of the dead youth, whose condition is reported as critical. Russell Stanley, 15, her brother who escaped with minor injuries.
Cottrell died in the Adams County Memorial Hospital about 12:15 o'clock this morning without regaining consciousness. His chest was crushed in the accident.
Miss Stanley, whose condition prohibits X-rays or further examination, may be suffering from a fractured jaw, fractured skull, fractured pelvis and internal injuries. Late today she was still unconscious.
Her brother was to be released late today from the hospital when it was found that he was suffering only from a back injury which is not believed to be serious. It was at first thought that his back might have been broken.
Officers J. C. Mendenhall, Decatur and Truman Bierle, Bluffton, of the Indiana State police, and coroner J. Jerome Yager were still continuing their investigation of the crash late today.
As reconstructed by authorities, Cottrell was driving north on federal road 33 with Miss Stanley and her brother in the front seat beside him. He lost control of the car after coming out of a curve just south of the corporation line and it skidded sideways, sliding 60 feet down the berm the driver's side of the vehicle, after splintering a roadside sign, wrapped itself almost entirely around a tree. The tree was forced nearly two-thirds of the way through the middle of the auto. The trunk door and hood flew nearly 50 feet away.
Stanley, from his bed in the hospital, said this morning that after regaining consciousness he found himself lying in the snow, his sister and her boy friend both unconscious in the car. He said he ran to a nearby home and summoned an ambulance. Meanwhile, a crowd had gathered.
He told Officer Mendenhall and coroner Yager that the car might have been traveling 45 or 50 miles per hour when it began the skid and them picked up momentum. He said the pavement was slippery.
The injured were brought to the hospital in the Black ambulance.
The Stanley youth's father said he had taken the lad and
his sister to the 4-H junior leader roller skating party at Sunset. They were to call him if they had no way to return, he said. Miss Stanley called later in the evening and said they would return with Earl. Cottrel seemed to be in "sort of a hurry", Stanley told authorities and had mentioned something about meeting someone. The car, which was practically demolished, is owned by the dead man's sister, Nancy, authorities said.
The accident victim was born at Bobo September 24, 1923, the son of Samuel and Nellie V. Cottrell. He was a member of the Bobo Methodist Church. Surviving besides the parents are the following brothers and sisters; Nancy Irene, Vera and Frankie Cottrell, all at home; Mrs. Ida May Clark and Don Cottrell, both of Hartford City.
Funeral services will be held at 1:45 p.m. Thursday at the home, and at 2 o'clock at the Bobo Methodist Church, Rev. E. J. Rrthur (?) officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur Cemetery. The body will be removed from the Gillig & Doan Funeral Home to the residence late this afternoon and may be viewed after 7 o'clock this evening.
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Earl Willington Cattrell
in the Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011
Name: Earl Wellington Cottrell
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 19
Marital status: Single
Birth Date: 24 Sep 1923
Birth Place: Indiana
Death Date: 30 Nov 1942; auto accident
Death Place: Decatur, Adams, Indiana , USA
Father: Samuel Cottrell
Mother: Nellie V Springer
Informant: Samuel Cottrell; Decatur, Indiana
Burial: December 3, 1942; Decatur Cemetery; Decatur, Indiana
YOUTH IS KILLED IN AUTO CRASH MONDAY NIGHT
Earl W. Cottrell Dies; Stanley Girl Is Critically Hurt
One dead, one critically hurt and another less seriously injured, was the toll today of the county's worst traffic accident of the year. A crash which occurred about 10:45 o'clock last night when a car carrying three roller skaters back from a party at Sunset skidded and wrapped itself around a tree near the former Country Cub.
The dead: Earl W. Cottrell, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Cottrell of Bobo, and an employe of the Central Sugar Company.
The injured: Rose Marie Stanley, 18, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Stanley of this city, and girl friend of the dead youth, whose condition is reported as critical. Russell Stanley, 15, her brother who escaped with minor injuries.
Cottrell died in the Adams County Memorial Hospital about 12:15 o'clock this morning without regaining consciousness. His chest was crushed in the accident.
Miss Stanley, whose condition prohibits X-rays or further examination, may be suffering from a fractured jaw, fractured skull, fractured pelvis and internal injuries. Late today she was still unconscious.
Her brother was to be released late today from the hospital when it was found that he was suffering only from a back injury which is not believed to be serious. It was at first thought that his back might have been broken.
Officers J. C. Mendenhall, Decatur and Truman Bierle, Bluffton, of the Indiana State police, and coroner J. Jerome Yager were still continuing their investigation of the crash late today.
As reconstructed by authorities, Cottrell was driving north on federal road 33 with Miss Stanley and her brother in the front seat beside him. He lost control of the car after coming out of a curve just south of the corporation line and it skidded sideways, sliding 60 feet down the berm the driver's side of the vehicle, after splintering a roadside sign, wrapped itself almost entirely around a tree. The tree was forced nearly two-thirds of the way through the middle of the auto. The trunk door and hood flew nearly 50 feet away.
Stanley, from his bed in the hospital, said this morning that after regaining consciousness he found himself lying in the snow, his sister and her boy friend both unconscious in the car. He said he ran to a nearby home and summoned an ambulance. Meanwhile, a crowd had gathered.
He told Officer Mendenhall and coroner Yager that the car might have been traveling 45 or 50 miles per hour when it began the skid and them picked up momentum. He said the pavement was slippery.
The injured were brought to the hospital in the Black ambulance.
The Stanley youth's father said he had taken the lad and
his sister to the 4-H junior leader roller skating party at Sunset. They were to call him if they had no way to return, he said. Miss Stanley called later in the evening and said they would return with Earl. Cottrel seemed to be in "sort of a hurry", Stanley told authorities and had mentioned something about meeting someone. The car, which was practically demolished, is owned by the dead man's sister, Nancy, authorities said.
The accident victim was born at Bobo September 24, 1923, the son of Samuel and Nellie V. Cottrell. He was a member of the Bobo Methodist Church. Surviving besides the parents are the following brothers and sisters; Nancy Irene, Vera and Frankie Cottrell, all at home; Mrs. Ida May Clark and Don Cottrell, both of Hartford City.
Funeral services will be held at 1:45 p.m. Thursday at the home, and at 2 o'clock at the Bobo Methodist Church, Rev. E. J. Rrthur (?) officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur Cemetery. The body will be removed from the Gillig & Doan Funeral Home to the residence late this afternoon and may be viewed after 7 o'clock this evening.
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Earl Willington Cattrell
in the Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011
Name: Earl Wellington Cottrell
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 19
Marital status: Single
Birth Date: 24 Sep 1923
Birth Place: Indiana
Death Date: 30 Nov 1942; auto accident
Death Place: Decatur, Adams, Indiana , USA
Father: Samuel Cottrell
Mother: Nellie V Springer
Informant: Samuel Cottrell; Decatur, Indiana
Burial: December 3, 1942; Decatur Cemetery; Decatur, Indiana
Decatur Daily Democrat, Adams Co, IN; Tuesday, December 1, 1942
YOUTH IS KILLED IN AUTO CRASH MONDAY NIGHT
Earl W. Cottrell Dies; Stanley Girl Is Critically Hurt
One dead, one critically hurt and another less seriously injured, was the toll today of the county's worst traffic accident of the year. A crash which occurred about 10:45 o'clock last night when a car carrying three roller skaters back from a party at Sunset skidded and wrapped itself around a tree near the former Country Cub.
The dead: Earl W. Cottrell, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Cottrell of Bobo, and an employe of the Central Sugar Company.
The injured: Rose Marie Stanley, 18, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Stanley of this city, and girl friend of the dead youth, whose condition is reported as critical. Russell Stanley, 15, her brother who escaped with minor injuries.
Cottrell died in the Adams County Memorial Hospital about 12:15 o'clock this morning without regaining consciousness. His chest was crushed in the accident.
Miss Stanley, whose condition prohibits X-rays or further examination, may be suffering from a fractured jaw, fractured skull, fractured pelvis and internal injuries. Late today she was still unconscious.
Her brother was to be released late today from the hospital when it was found that he was suffering only from a back injury which is not believed to be serious. It was at first thought that his back might have been broken.
Officers J. C. Mendenhall, Decatur and Truman Bierle, Bluffton, of the Indiana State police, and coroner J. Jerome Yager were still continuing their investigation of the crash late today.
As reconstructed by authorities, Cottrell was driving north on federal road 33 with Miss Stanley and her brother in the front seat beside him. He lost control of the car after coming out of a curve just south of the corporation line and it skidded sideways, sliding 60 feet down the berm the driver's side of the vehicle, after splintering a roadside sign, wrapped itself almost entirely around a tree. The tree was forced nearly two-thirds of the way through the middle of the auto. The trunk door and hood flew nearly 50 feet away.
Stanley, from his bed in the hospital, said this morning that after regaining consciousness he found himself lying in the snow, his sister and her boy friend both unconscious in the car. He said he ran to a nearby home and summoned an ambulance. Meanwhile, a crowd had gathered.
He told Officer Mendenhall and coroner Yager that the car might have been traveling 45 or 50 miles per hour when it began the skid and them picked up momentum. He said the pavement was slippery.
The injured were brought to the hospital in the Black ambulance.
The Stanley youth's father said he had taken the lad and
his sister to the 4-H junior leader roller skating party at Sunset. They were to call him if they had no way to return, he said. Miss Stanley called later in the evening and said they would return with Earl. Cottrel seemed to be in "sort of a hurry", Stanley told authorities and had mentioned something about meeting someone. The car, which was practically demolished, is owned by the dead man's sister, Nancy, authorities said.
The accident victim was born at Bobo September 24, 1923, the son of Samuel and Nellie V. Cottrell. He was a member of the Bobo Methodist Church. Surviving besides the parents are the following brothers and sisters; Nancy Irene, Vera and Frankie Cottrell, all at home; Mrs. Ida May Clark and Don Cottrell, both of Hartford City.
Funeral services will be held at 1:45 p.m. Thursday at the home, and at 2 o'clock at the Bobo Methodist Church, Rev. E. J. Rrthur (?) officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur Cemetery. The body will be removed from the Gillig & Doan Funeral Home to the residence late this afternoon and may be viewed after 7 o'clock this evening.
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Earl Willington Cattrell
in the Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011
Name: Earl Wellington Cottrell
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 19
Marital status: Single
Birth Date: 24 Sep 1923
Birth Place: Indiana
Death Date: 30 Nov 1942; auto accident
Death Place: Decatur, Adams, Indiana , USA
Father: Samuel Cottrell
Mother: Nellie V Springer
Informant: Samuel Cottrell; Decatur, Indiana
Burial: December 3, 1942; Decatur Cemetery; Decatur, Indiana
YOUTH IS KILLED IN AUTO CRASH MONDAY NIGHT
Earl W. Cottrell Dies; Stanley Girl Is Critically Hurt
One dead, one critically hurt and another less seriously injured, was the toll today of the county's worst traffic accident of the year. A crash which occurred about 10:45 o'clock last night when a car carrying three roller skaters back from a party at Sunset skidded and wrapped itself around a tree near the former Country Cub.
The dead: Earl W. Cottrell, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Cottrell of Bobo, and an employe of the Central Sugar Company.
The injured: Rose Marie Stanley, 18, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Stanley of this city, and girl friend of the dead youth, whose condition is reported as critical. Russell Stanley, 15, her brother who escaped with minor injuries.
Cottrell died in the Adams County Memorial Hospital about 12:15 o'clock this morning without regaining consciousness. His chest was crushed in the accident.
Miss Stanley, whose condition prohibits X-rays or further examination, may be suffering from a fractured jaw, fractured skull, fractured pelvis and internal injuries. Late today she was still unconscious.
Her brother was to be released late today from the hospital when it was found that he was suffering only from a back injury which is not believed to be serious. It was at first thought that his back might have been broken.
Officers J. C. Mendenhall, Decatur and Truman Bierle, Bluffton, of the Indiana State police, and coroner J. Jerome Yager were still continuing their investigation of the crash late today.
As reconstructed by authorities, Cottrell was driving north on federal road 33 with Miss Stanley and her brother in the front seat beside him. He lost control of the car after coming out of a curve just south of the corporation line and it skidded sideways, sliding 60 feet down the berm the driver's side of the vehicle, after splintering a roadside sign, wrapped itself almost entirely around a tree. The tree was forced nearly two-thirds of the way through the middle of the auto. The trunk door and hood flew nearly 50 feet away.
Stanley, from his bed in the hospital, said this morning that after regaining consciousness he found himself lying in the snow, his sister and her boy friend both unconscious in the car. He said he ran to a nearby home and summoned an ambulance. Meanwhile, a crowd had gathered.
He told Officer Mendenhall and coroner Yager that the car might have been traveling 45 or 50 miles per hour when it began the skid and them picked up momentum. He said the pavement was slippery.
The injured were brought to the hospital in the Black ambulance.
The Stanley youth's father said he had taken the lad and
his sister to the 4-H junior leader roller skating party at Sunset. They were to call him if they had no way to return, he said. Miss Stanley called later in the evening and said they would return with Earl. Cottrel seemed to be in "sort of a hurry", Stanley told authorities and had mentioned something about meeting someone. The car, which was practically demolished, is owned by the dead man's sister, Nancy, authorities said.
The accident victim was born at Bobo September 24, 1923, the son of Samuel and Nellie V. Cottrell. He was a member of the Bobo Methodist Church. Surviving besides the parents are the following brothers and sisters; Nancy Irene, Vera and Frankie Cottrell, all at home; Mrs. Ida May Clark and Don Cottrell, both of Hartford City.
Funeral services will be held at 1:45 p.m. Thursday at the home, and at 2 o'clock at the Bobo Methodist Church, Rev. E. J. Rrthur (?) officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur Cemetery. The body will be removed from the Gillig & Doan Funeral Home to the residence late this afternoon and may be viewed after 7 o'clock this evening.
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Earl Willington Cattrell
in the Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011
Name: Earl Wellington Cottrell
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 19
Marital status: Single
Birth Date: 24 Sep 1923
Birth Place: Indiana
Death Date: 30 Nov 1942; auto accident
Death Place: Decatur, Adams, Indiana , USA
Father: Samuel Cottrell
Mother: Nellie V Springer
Informant: Samuel Cottrell; Decatur, Indiana
Burial: December 3, 1942; Decatur Cemetery; Decatur, Indiana
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