Seattle Post-Intelligencer, October 7, 1897, page 8, column A
HURLED FROM A STREET CAR
Mrs. D. C. Govan the Victim of a Fatal Accident
LOST HER HOLD AT A CORNER
Wife of Gen. Govan, of the Tulalip Indian Reservation, Thrown to the Ground on Queen Anne Hill and Expires in a Half Hour--She Was One of the Leading Members of a Prominent Southern Family
A Front street cable car, dashing at high speed around a curve on Queen Anne hill last evening, cause on the saddest accidents that has occurred in Seattle in many years. Mrs. D. C. Govan was thrown from the car and received injuries that proved fatal within three-quarters of an hour.
Mrs. Govan was the wife of Gen. Govan, government agent of the Tulalip reservation in Snohomish county and parted from her husband only yesterday morning.
She was on a pleasure ride at the time, with her little granddaughter, Willie Foreman, who is thirteen years old and Gertrude Stevens, daughter of proprietor Stevens, of the hotel of the same name.
The children were occupying the front cross seat of the car, Mrs. Govan sitting immediately behind them on the outside. As the car neared the turn at Queen Anne avenue and Aloha street, she cautioned her charges to "hold on tight." An instant later and there was a scream, and the passengers were mortified to see Mrs. Govan hurled from her seat, strike the street on her back and lie unconscious. A throng of neighbors quickly collected and doctors were summoned. But the woman never gained consciousness. She was moved the General hospital in the patrol wagon, where she died about half an hour later. The accident occurred about 4:20 o'clock.
Last evening the general, who went to the Lummi reservation, on Bellingham bay, yesterday morning, was telegraphed for, and is expected here this afternoon when arrangements for the funeral will be made. Messages were also sent to friends and relatives in San Francisco and the East.
The exact cause of Mrs. Govan's death will not be known until today. Her jaw was broken, however, and internal injuries sustained, as there was considerable bleeding from the nose and mouth when she was moved. The body was taken to the Butterworth undertaking parlors on Third avenue early in the evening.
Perry Crossen, of 1912 Fourth avenue, was a passenger on the car and is quoted as saying that it was "running very rapidly."
Gen. and Mrs. Govan came down from the reservation Monday afternoon on a shopping expedition, and put up at the Stevens hotel. Mrs. Govan had become greatly attached to Mr. Stevens' daughter and was anxious for her to become acquainted with her granddaughter, so she could visit them on the reservation. The street car ride was taken to cultivate that acquaintance.
The death of Mrs. Mary Govan removes one of the most prominent members of a Southern aristocratic family that is one of the oldest and bluest blooded in the United States. She was an Otey, the daughter of Bishop Otey, who for years was a distinguished leader of the Episcopal church in Tennessee. Gen. Govan, her husband, during the war led a Confederate brigade through all the noted battles of the Tennessee. Since then he was a planter in the South until he came to Washington four years ago.
The children born of the union were as follows, all of whom are living: Sons, Dan Otey, of New York city, and the other of Mariana, Ark.; daughters, Mrs. Julia Foreman, who is at the Tulalip headquarters, Mrs. McKellar, of Memphis, Tenn.; Mrs. Dubel, of San Jose, Cal., and Miss Helen Govan, who at present is visiting in Tennessee.
Mrs. Govan could be better described by the term womanly leader. She was all that the two words imply. Broad, of decided convictions that were invariably right, yet intensely womanly; aristocratic, because of her heritage, her breeding and her surroundings, but always a lover of her friends. She never was known to willingly hurt a person's feeling. Consideration for others, chivalrously tenacious of her rights, she made an impression on all with whom she came in contact that was lasting and deferential. Her large, but by no means inactive physique, her firm, strong jaw and features shows as plainly as prolonged intercourse with her that she was a proud yet humble representative of the highest circles of the South. Her loss will be mourned sincerely by everybody whoever knew her, even those who had known her but a short time. Her age was about 69 years.
HURLED FROM A STREET CAR
Mrs. D. C. Govan the Victim of a Fatal Accident
LOST HER HOLD AT A CORNER
Wife of Gen. Govan, of the Tulalip Indian Reservation, Thrown to the Ground on Queen Anne Hill and Expires in a Half Hour--She Was One of the Leading Members of a Prominent Southern Family
A Front street cable car, dashing at high speed around a curve on Queen Anne hill last evening, cause on the saddest accidents that has occurred in Seattle in many years. Mrs. D. C. Govan was thrown from the car and received injuries that proved fatal within three-quarters of an hour.
Mrs. Govan was the wife of Gen. Govan, government agent of the Tulalip reservation in Snohomish county and parted from her husband only yesterday morning.
She was on a pleasure ride at the time, with her little granddaughter, Willie Foreman, who is thirteen years old and Gertrude Stevens, daughter of proprietor Stevens, of the hotel of the same name.
The children were occupying the front cross seat of the car, Mrs. Govan sitting immediately behind them on the outside. As the car neared the turn at Queen Anne avenue and Aloha street, she cautioned her charges to "hold on tight." An instant later and there was a scream, and the passengers were mortified to see Mrs. Govan hurled from her seat, strike the street on her back and lie unconscious. A throng of neighbors quickly collected and doctors were summoned. But the woman never gained consciousness. She was moved the General hospital in the patrol wagon, where she died about half an hour later. The accident occurred about 4:20 o'clock.
Last evening the general, who went to the Lummi reservation, on Bellingham bay, yesterday morning, was telegraphed for, and is expected here this afternoon when arrangements for the funeral will be made. Messages were also sent to friends and relatives in San Francisco and the East.
The exact cause of Mrs. Govan's death will not be known until today. Her jaw was broken, however, and internal injuries sustained, as there was considerable bleeding from the nose and mouth when she was moved. The body was taken to the Butterworth undertaking parlors on Third avenue early in the evening.
Perry Crossen, of 1912 Fourth avenue, was a passenger on the car and is quoted as saying that it was "running very rapidly."
Gen. and Mrs. Govan came down from the reservation Monday afternoon on a shopping expedition, and put up at the Stevens hotel. Mrs. Govan had become greatly attached to Mr. Stevens' daughter and was anxious for her to become acquainted with her granddaughter, so she could visit them on the reservation. The street car ride was taken to cultivate that acquaintance.
The death of Mrs. Mary Govan removes one of the most prominent members of a Southern aristocratic family that is one of the oldest and bluest blooded in the United States. She was an Otey, the daughter of Bishop Otey, who for years was a distinguished leader of the Episcopal church in Tennessee. Gen. Govan, her husband, during the war led a Confederate brigade through all the noted battles of the Tennessee. Since then he was a planter in the South until he came to Washington four years ago.
The children born of the union were as follows, all of whom are living: Sons, Dan Otey, of New York city, and the other of Mariana, Ark.; daughters, Mrs. Julia Foreman, who is at the Tulalip headquarters, Mrs. McKellar, of Memphis, Tenn.; Mrs. Dubel, of San Jose, Cal., and Miss Helen Govan, who at present is visiting in Tennessee.
Mrs. Govan could be better described by the term womanly leader. She was all that the two words imply. Broad, of decided convictions that were invariably right, yet intensely womanly; aristocratic, because of her heritage, her breeding and her surroundings, but always a lover of her friends. She never was known to willingly hurt a person's feeling. Consideration for others, chivalrously tenacious of her rights, she made an impression on all with whom she came in contact that was lasting and deferential. Her large, but by no means inactive physique, her firm, strong jaw and features shows as plainly as prolonged intercourse with her that she was a proud yet humble representative of the highest circles of the South. Her loss will be mourned sincerely by everybody whoever knew her, even those who had known her but a short time. Her age was about 69 years.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, October 7, 1897, page 8, column A
HURLED FROM A STREET CAR
Mrs. D. C. Govan the Victim of a Fatal Accident
LOST HER HOLD AT A CORNER
Wife of Gen. Govan, of the Tulalip Indian Reservation, Thrown to the Ground on Queen Anne Hill and Expires in a Half Hour--She Was One of the Leading Members of a Prominent Southern Family
A Front street cable car, dashing at high speed around a curve on Queen Anne hill last evening, cause on the saddest accidents that has occurred in Seattle in many years. Mrs. D. C. Govan was thrown from the car and received injuries that proved fatal within three-quarters of an hour.
Mrs. Govan was the wife of Gen. Govan, government agent of the Tulalip reservation in Snohomish county and parted from her husband only yesterday morning.
She was on a pleasure ride at the time, with her little granddaughter, Willie Foreman, who is thirteen years old and Gertrude Stevens, daughter of proprietor Stevens, of the hotel of the same name.
The children were occupying the front cross seat of the car, Mrs. Govan sitting immediately behind them on the outside. As the car neared the turn at Queen Anne avenue and Aloha street, she cautioned her charges to "hold on tight." An instant later and there was a scream, and the passengers were mortified to see Mrs. Govan hurled from her seat, strike the street on her back and lie unconscious. A throng of neighbors quickly collected and doctors were summoned. But the woman never gained consciousness. She was moved the General hospital in the patrol wagon, where she died about half an hour later. The accident occurred about 4:20 o'clock.
Last evening the general, who went to the Lummi reservation, on Bellingham bay, yesterday morning, was telegraphed for, and is expected here this afternoon when arrangements for the funeral will be made. Messages were also sent to friends and relatives in San Francisco and the East.
The exact cause of Mrs. Govan's death will not be known until today. Her jaw was broken, however, and internal injuries sustained, as there was considerable bleeding from the nose and mouth when she was moved. The body was taken to the Butterworth undertaking parlors on Third avenue early in the evening.
Perry Crossen, of 1912 Fourth avenue, was a passenger on the car and is quoted as saying that it was "running very rapidly."
Gen. and Mrs. Govan came down from the reservation Monday afternoon on a shopping expedition, and put up at the Stevens hotel. Mrs. Govan had become greatly attached to Mr. Stevens' daughter and was anxious for her to become acquainted with her granddaughter, so she could visit them on the reservation. The street car ride was taken to cultivate that acquaintance.
The death of Mrs. Mary Govan removes one of the most prominent members of a Southern aristocratic family that is one of the oldest and bluest blooded in the United States. She was an Otey, the daughter of Bishop Otey, who for years was a distinguished leader of the Episcopal church in Tennessee. Gen. Govan, her husband, during the war led a Confederate brigade through all the noted battles of the Tennessee. Since then he was a planter in the South until he came to Washington four years ago.
The children born of the union were as follows, all of whom are living: Sons, Dan Otey, of New York city, and the other of Mariana, Ark.; daughters, Mrs. Julia Foreman, who is at the Tulalip headquarters, Mrs. McKellar, of Memphis, Tenn.; Mrs. Dubel, of San Jose, Cal., and Miss Helen Govan, who at present is visiting in Tennessee.
Mrs. Govan could be better described by the term womanly leader. She was all that the two words imply. Broad, of decided convictions that were invariably right, yet intensely womanly; aristocratic, because of her heritage, her breeding and her surroundings, but always a lover of her friends. She never was known to willingly hurt a person's feeling. Consideration for others, chivalrously tenacious of her rights, she made an impression on all with whom she came in contact that was lasting and deferential. Her large, but by no means inactive physique, her firm, strong jaw and features shows as plainly as prolonged intercourse with her that she was a proud yet humble representative of the highest circles of the South. Her loss will be mourned sincerely by everybody whoever knew her, even those who had known her but a short time. Her age was about 69 years.
HURLED FROM A STREET CAR
Mrs. D. C. Govan the Victim of a Fatal Accident
LOST HER HOLD AT A CORNER
Wife of Gen. Govan, of the Tulalip Indian Reservation, Thrown to the Ground on Queen Anne Hill and Expires in a Half Hour--She Was One of the Leading Members of a Prominent Southern Family
A Front street cable car, dashing at high speed around a curve on Queen Anne hill last evening, cause on the saddest accidents that has occurred in Seattle in many years. Mrs. D. C. Govan was thrown from the car and received injuries that proved fatal within three-quarters of an hour.
Mrs. Govan was the wife of Gen. Govan, government agent of the Tulalip reservation in Snohomish county and parted from her husband only yesterday morning.
She was on a pleasure ride at the time, with her little granddaughter, Willie Foreman, who is thirteen years old and Gertrude Stevens, daughter of proprietor Stevens, of the hotel of the same name.
The children were occupying the front cross seat of the car, Mrs. Govan sitting immediately behind them on the outside. As the car neared the turn at Queen Anne avenue and Aloha street, she cautioned her charges to "hold on tight." An instant later and there was a scream, and the passengers were mortified to see Mrs. Govan hurled from her seat, strike the street on her back and lie unconscious. A throng of neighbors quickly collected and doctors were summoned. But the woman never gained consciousness. She was moved the General hospital in the patrol wagon, where she died about half an hour later. The accident occurred about 4:20 o'clock.
Last evening the general, who went to the Lummi reservation, on Bellingham bay, yesterday morning, was telegraphed for, and is expected here this afternoon when arrangements for the funeral will be made. Messages were also sent to friends and relatives in San Francisco and the East.
The exact cause of Mrs. Govan's death will not be known until today. Her jaw was broken, however, and internal injuries sustained, as there was considerable bleeding from the nose and mouth when she was moved. The body was taken to the Butterworth undertaking parlors on Third avenue early in the evening.
Perry Crossen, of 1912 Fourth avenue, was a passenger on the car and is quoted as saying that it was "running very rapidly."
Gen. and Mrs. Govan came down from the reservation Monday afternoon on a shopping expedition, and put up at the Stevens hotel. Mrs. Govan had become greatly attached to Mr. Stevens' daughter and was anxious for her to become acquainted with her granddaughter, so she could visit them on the reservation. The street car ride was taken to cultivate that acquaintance.
The death of Mrs. Mary Govan removes one of the most prominent members of a Southern aristocratic family that is one of the oldest and bluest blooded in the United States. She was an Otey, the daughter of Bishop Otey, who for years was a distinguished leader of the Episcopal church in Tennessee. Gen. Govan, her husband, during the war led a Confederate brigade through all the noted battles of the Tennessee. Since then he was a planter in the South until he came to Washington four years ago.
The children born of the union were as follows, all of whom are living: Sons, Dan Otey, of New York city, and the other of Mariana, Ark.; daughters, Mrs. Julia Foreman, who is at the Tulalip headquarters, Mrs. McKellar, of Memphis, Tenn.; Mrs. Dubel, of San Jose, Cal., and Miss Helen Govan, who at present is visiting in Tennessee.
Mrs. Govan could be better described by the term womanly leader. She was all that the two words imply. Broad, of decided convictions that were invariably right, yet intensely womanly; aristocratic, because of her heritage, her breeding and her surroundings, but always a lover of her friends. She never was known to willingly hurt a person's feeling. Consideration for others, chivalrously tenacious of her rights, she made an impression on all with whom she came in contact that was lasting and deferential. Her large, but by no means inactive physique, her firm, strong jaw and features shows as plainly as prolonged intercourse with her that she was a proud yet humble representative of the highest circles of the South. Her loss will be mourned sincerely by everybody whoever knew her, even those who had known her but a short time. Her age was about 69 years.
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