Daughter of Preston Brewer McPhail, Sr. and Gladys Cooper McPhail.
Barbara wandered onto the railroad tracks and was killed by a passing train.
Funeral services for Barbara Ruth McPhail, 20-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Preston McPhail, 708 Hackberry, were held at the First Baptist Church Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The child dies of a head injury received when she was struck by a northbound Rock Island freight about 5 o'clock Saturday evening, after she had wandered from the years of her home where she had been playing. The Duncan Eagle, May 22, 1941.
Barbara Ruth, 20-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Preston McPhail of Duncan, was fatally injured last Saturday afternoon when she was struck by some part of a freight train as she stood too near it as it passed close to her home. Some projectile on the train it was thought hit the child across the face and side of the head. Her skull was fractured and she died at 6:25 p.m., an hour and 25 minutes after the accident.
The Mcphail home is near the Rock Island tracks and the three small children of the family had wandered down to the tracks to watch the passing freight when the tragedy occurred. Mr. and Mrs. McPhail took their daughter to the hospital where efforts were made to no avail. The McPhails had lost an eight-day old son by death two weeks prior to their daughter's death. Train officials did not know that the train had struck anyone until informed at their next stop. The Marlow Review, 22 May 1941.
Twenty-months-old Barbara Ruth McPhail wandered onto a railroad track here tonight and a few seconds later was fatally injured y a freight train. Authorities said the child walked onto the track after her father, Preston McPhail, had stepped into their house to get a drink of water for another child playing in the yard. Barbara Ruth lived more than an hour despite a crushed skull. There were no witnesses. The Tulsa Tribune, May 18, 1941.
Barbara wandered onto the railroad tracks and was killed by a passing train.
Funeral services for Barbara Ruth McPhail, 20-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Preston McPhail, 708 Hackberry, were held at the First Baptist Church Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The child dies of a head injury received when she was struck by a northbound Rock Island freight about 5 o'clock Saturday evening, after she had wandered from the years of her home where she had been playing. The Duncan Eagle, May 22, 1941.
Barbara Ruth, 20-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Preston McPhail of Duncan, was fatally injured last Saturday afternoon when she was struck by some part of a freight train as she stood too near it as it passed close to her home. Some projectile on the train it was thought hit the child across the face and side of the head. Her skull was fractured and she died at 6:25 p.m., an hour and 25 minutes after the accident.
The Mcphail home is near the Rock Island tracks and the three small children of the family had wandered down to the tracks to watch the passing freight when the tragedy occurred. Mr. and Mrs. McPhail took their daughter to the hospital where efforts were made to no avail. The McPhails had lost an eight-day old son by death two weeks prior to their daughter's death. Train officials did not know that the train had struck anyone until informed at their next stop. The Marlow Review, 22 May 1941.
Twenty-months-old Barbara Ruth McPhail wandered onto a railroad track here tonight and a few seconds later was fatally injured y a freight train. Authorities said the child walked onto the track after her father, Preston McPhail, had stepped into their house to get a drink of water for another child playing in the yard. Barbara Ruth lived more than an hour despite a crushed skull. There were no witnesses. The Tulsa Tribune, May 18, 1941.
Daughter of Preston Brewer McPhail, Sr. and Gladys Cooper McPhail.
Barbara wandered onto the railroad tracks and was killed by a passing train.
Funeral services for Barbara Ruth McPhail, 20-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Preston McPhail, 708 Hackberry, were held at the First Baptist Church Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The child dies of a head injury received when she was struck by a northbound Rock Island freight about 5 o'clock Saturday evening, after she had wandered from the years of her home where she had been playing. The Duncan Eagle, May 22, 1941.
Barbara Ruth, 20-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Preston McPhail of Duncan, was fatally injured last Saturday afternoon when she was struck by some part of a freight train as she stood too near it as it passed close to her home. Some projectile on the train it was thought hit the child across the face and side of the head. Her skull was fractured and she died at 6:25 p.m., an hour and 25 minutes after the accident.
The Mcphail home is near the Rock Island tracks and the three small children of the family had wandered down to the tracks to watch the passing freight when the tragedy occurred. Mr. and Mrs. McPhail took their daughter to the hospital where efforts were made to no avail. The McPhails had lost an eight-day old son by death two weeks prior to their daughter's death. Train officials did not know that the train had struck anyone until informed at their next stop. The Marlow Review, 22 May 1941.
Twenty-months-old Barbara Ruth McPhail wandered onto a railroad track here tonight and a few seconds later was fatally injured y a freight train. Authorities said the child walked onto the track after her father, Preston McPhail, had stepped into their house to get a drink of water for another child playing in the yard. Barbara Ruth lived more than an hour despite a crushed skull. There were no witnesses. The Tulsa Tribune, May 18, 1941.
Barbara wandered onto the railroad tracks and was killed by a passing train.
Funeral services for Barbara Ruth McPhail, 20-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Preston McPhail, 708 Hackberry, were held at the First Baptist Church Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The child dies of a head injury received when she was struck by a northbound Rock Island freight about 5 o'clock Saturday evening, after she had wandered from the years of her home where she had been playing. The Duncan Eagle, May 22, 1941.
Barbara Ruth, 20-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Preston McPhail of Duncan, was fatally injured last Saturday afternoon when she was struck by some part of a freight train as she stood too near it as it passed close to her home. Some projectile on the train it was thought hit the child across the face and side of the head. Her skull was fractured and she died at 6:25 p.m., an hour and 25 minutes after the accident.
The Mcphail home is near the Rock Island tracks and the three small children of the family had wandered down to the tracks to watch the passing freight when the tragedy occurred. Mr. and Mrs. McPhail took their daughter to the hospital where efforts were made to no avail. The McPhails had lost an eight-day old son by death two weeks prior to their daughter's death. Train officials did not know that the train had struck anyone until informed at their next stop. The Marlow Review, 22 May 1941.
Twenty-months-old Barbara Ruth McPhail wandered onto a railroad track here tonight and a few seconds later was fatally injured y a freight train. Authorities said the child walked onto the track after her father, Preston McPhail, had stepped into their house to get a drink of water for another child playing in the yard. Barbara Ruth lived more than an hour despite a crushed skull. There were no witnesses. The Tulsa Tribune, May 18, 1941.
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