Edward Lee Bristol, manager of the S.A. Bristol company, was killed near Nunn, Colo ,40 miles south of Cheyenne, at 9 o'clock last night, when his automobile overturned and he was crushed beneath the steering wheel. Death probably was instantaneous. The only other occupant of the car Jack Bristol, son of the deceased, escaped injury. The machine was badly wrecked.
The accident occurred while Bristol and his son were returning from Cherokee park. Their machine, a touring car, was equipped with a lighting system supplied from dry batteries. These batteries began to fail before they reached Nunn and they stopped there and secured additional batteries from N.E. Madden, to whom they stated they had a reserve supply of batteries at the Lazy D ranch, 16 miles south of Cheyenne and that the batteries just secured probably would last until the ranch was reached.
A mile and a half from Nunn the road makes a right angle turn. It is probable that Bristol was driving rapidly when this turn was reached and that he did not observe the curve until the car was upon it. He then swerved the car sharply and the machine turned turtle. Jack Bristol was thrown clear, but E.L. Bristol was caught under the steering wheel which was forced into his abdomen by the weight of the overturned car.
The son endeavored to extricate his father but was unable to do so. He then ran to a ranch a short distance away and summoned the ranch owner and his wife, with whom he returned to the scene of the accident in the ranchman's car. With the aid of a pole they pried the wrecked car up sufficiently to extricate the body. While the ranchman's wife states that Bristol gasped while he was being lifted into the rescue car, it is believed that he was killed instantly. A fast run was made to Nunn, where a physician, warned by telephone, was waiting. He found that life was extinct.
Save the young man in the car, there were no eye-witnesses of the accident. Harold Brinker of Cheyenne, while returning to this city in his Cadillac "S" racing car, from a point 33 miles north of Denver, where, Saturday afternoon, he was forced to retire from the road race to Cheyenne passed the wrecked machine only a few minutes after Bristol's body had been removed from the wreckage.
E.L. Bristol was born in Cheyenne, November 15, 1869, being among the earliest white children born here. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. S.A. Bristol, were Colorado pioneers, having resided at Wray before moving to Cheyenne. As a youth he entered the printing establishment conducted by his father and since has been constantly associated therewith, for many years having been manager of the S.A. Bristol company, one of the largest printing and bookbinding establishments of the state.
In 1890 Mr. Bristol was married to Miss Margaret E. Morrison of Cheyenne, who survives him, as do four children, Miss Frances and Jack, Merwin and Charles. His father, S.A. Bristol survives him, also a brother and three sisters, who are Charles Bristol and Mrs. Katherine Wade, of Cheyenne; Mrs. Ellen Atwell of Laramie, and Mrs. M.C. Maius, of Centennial, Wyoming.
Mr. Bristol possessed a genius for conceiving and designing beautiful typographical work, and also blanks for complicated accounting, and the work of his description turned out under his direction was known throughout the Rocky Mountain region. His company is one of the largest producers of public printing in Wyoming.
Deceased was a member of The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Woodmen of the World, and his funeral probably will be under the auspices of these organizations.
A peculiar affliction of bad luck has pursued Mr. Bristol's family for some time. Two years ago his youngest son lost an eye as the result of a target shooting accident. A year ago his sister-in-law, Mrs. William Walker, died suddenly in New York. A month ago William Walker was seriously injured in an automobile accident in New York. Recently Mrs. Bristol was seriously sick in the hospital for several months.
Mr. Bristol was one of the best liked and most popular of Cheyenne business men and the news of his death was a severe shock to the community. While generally interested in public affairs, he served in public office but once, having represented Laramie county in the lower house of the legislature.
Arrangements for the funeral will be made after the arrival of relatives from elsewhere. Among those coming is William Morrison of New York, a brother of Mrs. Bristol.
Excerpts from articles in © Wyoming Tribune no. 165 July 19, 1915, page 1 & 2
The accident occurred while Bristol and his son were returning from Cherokee park. Their machine, a touring car, was equipped with a lighting system supplied from dry batteries. These batteries began to fail before they reached Nunn and they stopped there and secured additional batteries from N.E. Madden, to whom they stated they had a reserve supply of batteries at the Lazy D ranch, 16 miles south of Cheyenne and that the batteries just secured probably would last until the ranch was reached.
A mile and a half from Nunn the road makes a right angle turn. It is probable that Bristol was driving rapidly when this turn was reached and that he did not observe the curve until the car was upon it. He then swerved the car sharply and the machine turned turtle. Jack Bristol was thrown clear, but E.L. Bristol was caught under the steering wheel which was forced into his abdomen by the weight of the overturned car.
The son endeavored to extricate his father but was unable to do so. He then ran to a ranch a short distance away and summoned the ranch owner and his wife, with whom he returned to the scene of the accident in the ranchman's car. With the aid of a pole they pried the wrecked car up sufficiently to extricate the body. While the ranchman's wife states that Bristol gasped while he was being lifted into the rescue car, it is believed that he was killed instantly. A fast run was made to Nunn, where a physician, warned by telephone, was waiting. He found that life was extinct.
Save the young man in the car, there were no eye-witnesses of the accident. Harold Brinker of Cheyenne, while returning to this city in his Cadillac "S" racing car, from a point 33 miles north of Denver, where, Saturday afternoon, he was forced to retire from the road race to Cheyenne passed the wrecked machine only a few minutes after Bristol's body had been removed from the wreckage.
E.L. Bristol was born in Cheyenne, November 15, 1869, being among the earliest white children born here. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. S.A. Bristol, were Colorado pioneers, having resided at Wray before moving to Cheyenne. As a youth he entered the printing establishment conducted by his father and since has been constantly associated therewith, for many years having been manager of the S.A. Bristol company, one of the largest printing and bookbinding establishments of the state.
In 1890 Mr. Bristol was married to Miss Margaret E. Morrison of Cheyenne, who survives him, as do four children, Miss Frances and Jack, Merwin and Charles. His father, S.A. Bristol survives him, also a brother and three sisters, who are Charles Bristol and Mrs. Katherine Wade, of Cheyenne; Mrs. Ellen Atwell of Laramie, and Mrs. M.C. Maius, of Centennial, Wyoming.
Mr. Bristol possessed a genius for conceiving and designing beautiful typographical work, and also blanks for complicated accounting, and the work of his description turned out under his direction was known throughout the Rocky Mountain region. His company is one of the largest producers of public printing in Wyoming.
Deceased was a member of The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Woodmen of the World, and his funeral probably will be under the auspices of these organizations.
A peculiar affliction of bad luck has pursued Mr. Bristol's family for some time. Two years ago his youngest son lost an eye as the result of a target shooting accident. A year ago his sister-in-law, Mrs. William Walker, died suddenly in New York. A month ago William Walker was seriously injured in an automobile accident in New York. Recently Mrs. Bristol was seriously sick in the hospital for several months.
Mr. Bristol was one of the best liked and most popular of Cheyenne business men and the news of his death was a severe shock to the community. While generally interested in public affairs, he served in public office but once, having represented Laramie county in the lower house of the legislature.
Arrangements for the funeral will be made after the arrival of relatives from elsewhere. Among those coming is William Morrison of New York, a brother of Mrs. Bristol.
Excerpts from articles in © Wyoming Tribune no. 165 July 19, 1915, page 1 & 2
Edward Lee Bristol, manager of the S.A. Bristol company, was killed near Nunn, Colo ,40 miles south of Cheyenne, at 9 o'clock last night, when his automobile overturned and he was crushed beneath the steering wheel. Death probably was instantaneous. The only other occupant of the car Jack Bristol, son of the deceased, escaped injury. The machine was badly wrecked.
The accident occurred while Bristol and his son were returning from Cherokee park. Their machine, a touring car, was equipped with a lighting system supplied from dry batteries. These batteries began to fail before they reached Nunn and they stopped there and secured additional batteries from N.E. Madden, to whom they stated they had a reserve supply of batteries at the Lazy D ranch, 16 miles south of Cheyenne and that the batteries just secured probably would last until the ranch was reached.
A mile and a half from Nunn the road makes a right angle turn. It is probable that Bristol was driving rapidly when this turn was reached and that he did not observe the curve until the car was upon it. He then swerved the car sharply and the machine turned turtle. Jack Bristol was thrown clear, but E.L. Bristol was caught under the steering wheel which was forced into his abdomen by the weight of the overturned car.
The son endeavored to extricate his father but was unable to do so. He then ran to a ranch a short distance away and summoned the ranch owner and his wife, with whom he returned to the scene of the accident in the ranchman's car. With the aid of a pole they pried the wrecked car up sufficiently to extricate the body. While the ranchman's wife states that Bristol gasped while he was being lifted into the rescue car, it is believed that he was killed instantly. A fast run was made to Nunn, where a physician, warned by telephone, was waiting. He found that life was extinct.
Save the young man in the car, there were no eye-witnesses of the accident. Harold Brinker of Cheyenne, while returning to this city in his Cadillac "S" racing car, from a point 33 miles north of Denver, where, Saturday afternoon, he was forced to retire from the road race to Cheyenne passed the wrecked machine only a few minutes after Bristol's body had been removed from the wreckage.
E.L. Bristol was born in Cheyenne, November 15, 1869, being among the earliest white children born here. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. S.A. Bristol, were Colorado pioneers, having resided at Wray before moving to Cheyenne. As a youth he entered the printing establishment conducted by his father and since has been constantly associated therewith, for many years having been manager of the S.A. Bristol company, one of the largest printing and bookbinding establishments of the state.
In 1890 Mr. Bristol was married to Miss Margaret E. Morrison of Cheyenne, who survives him, as do four children, Miss Frances and Jack, Merwin and Charles. His father, S.A. Bristol survives him, also a brother and three sisters, who are Charles Bristol and Mrs. Katherine Wade, of Cheyenne; Mrs. Ellen Atwell of Laramie, and Mrs. M.C. Maius, of Centennial, Wyoming.
Mr. Bristol possessed a genius for conceiving and designing beautiful typographical work, and also blanks for complicated accounting, and the work of his description turned out under his direction was known throughout the Rocky Mountain region. His company is one of the largest producers of public printing in Wyoming.
Deceased was a member of The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Woodmen of the World, and his funeral probably will be under the auspices of these organizations.
A peculiar affliction of bad luck has pursued Mr. Bristol's family for some time. Two years ago his youngest son lost an eye as the result of a target shooting accident. A year ago his sister-in-law, Mrs. William Walker, died suddenly in New York. A month ago William Walker was seriously injured in an automobile accident in New York. Recently Mrs. Bristol was seriously sick in the hospital for several months.
Mr. Bristol was one of the best liked and most popular of Cheyenne business men and the news of his death was a severe shock to the community. While generally interested in public affairs, he served in public office but once, having represented Laramie county in the lower house of the legislature.
Arrangements for the funeral will be made after the arrival of relatives from elsewhere. Among those coming is William Morrison of New York, a brother of Mrs. Bristol.
Excerpts from articles in © Wyoming Tribune no. 165 July 19, 1915, page 1 & 2
The accident occurred while Bristol and his son were returning from Cherokee park. Their machine, a touring car, was equipped with a lighting system supplied from dry batteries. These batteries began to fail before they reached Nunn and they stopped there and secured additional batteries from N.E. Madden, to whom they stated they had a reserve supply of batteries at the Lazy D ranch, 16 miles south of Cheyenne and that the batteries just secured probably would last until the ranch was reached.
A mile and a half from Nunn the road makes a right angle turn. It is probable that Bristol was driving rapidly when this turn was reached and that he did not observe the curve until the car was upon it. He then swerved the car sharply and the machine turned turtle. Jack Bristol was thrown clear, but E.L. Bristol was caught under the steering wheel which was forced into his abdomen by the weight of the overturned car.
The son endeavored to extricate his father but was unable to do so. He then ran to a ranch a short distance away and summoned the ranch owner and his wife, with whom he returned to the scene of the accident in the ranchman's car. With the aid of a pole they pried the wrecked car up sufficiently to extricate the body. While the ranchman's wife states that Bristol gasped while he was being lifted into the rescue car, it is believed that he was killed instantly. A fast run was made to Nunn, where a physician, warned by telephone, was waiting. He found that life was extinct.
Save the young man in the car, there were no eye-witnesses of the accident. Harold Brinker of Cheyenne, while returning to this city in his Cadillac "S" racing car, from a point 33 miles north of Denver, where, Saturday afternoon, he was forced to retire from the road race to Cheyenne passed the wrecked machine only a few minutes after Bristol's body had been removed from the wreckage.
E.L. Bristol was born in Cheyenne, November 15, 1869, being among the earliest white children born here. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. S.A. Bristol, were Colorado pioneers, having resided at Wray before moving to Cheyenne. As a youth he entered the printing establishment conducted by his father and since has been constantly associated therewith, for many years having been manager of the S.A. Bristol company, one of the largest printing and bookbinding establishments of the state.
In 1890 Mr. Bristol was married to Miss Margaret E. Morrison of Cheyenne, who survives him, as do four children, Miss Frances and Jack, Merwin and Charles. His father, S.A. Bristol survives him, also a brother and three sisters, who are Charles Bristol and Mrs. Katherine Wade, of Cheyenne; Mrs. Ellen Atwell of Laramie, and Mrs. M.C. Maius, of Centennial, Wyoming.
Mr. Bristol possessed a genius for conceiving and designing beautiful typographical work, and also blanks for complicated accounting, and the work of his description turned out under his direction was known throughout the Rocky Mountain region. His company is one of the largest producers of public printing in Wyoming.
Deceased was a member of The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Woodmen of the World, and his funeral probably will be under the auspices of these organizations.
A peculiar affliction of bad luck has pursued Mr. Bristol's family for some time. Two years ago his youngest son lost an eye as the result of a target shooting accident. A year ago his sister-in-law, Mrs. William Walker, died suddenly in New York. A month ago William Walker was seriously injured in an automobile accident in New York. Recently Mrs. Bristol was seriously sick in the hospital for several months.
Mr. Bristol was one of the best liked and most popular of Cheyenne business men and the news of his death was a severe shock to the community. While generally interested in public affairs, he served in public office but once, having represented Laramie county in the lower house of the legislature.
Arrangements for the funeral will be made after the arrival of relatives from elsewhere. Among those coming is William Morrison of New York, a brother of Mrs. Bristol.
Excerpts from articles in © Wyoming Tribune no. 165 July 19, 1915, page 1 & 2
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