The Hood River Glacier, September 14, 1911, page 2
Dorothy Collie Killed By Auto
The first serious automobile accident in the Hood River Valley occurred yesterday afternoon a short time before 5 o'clock, when little Dorothy Collie, the 7 year old daughter of W. R. Collie, of the East Side, was killed by an automobile driven by Miss Dorothy Epping. The victim of the unfortunate accident with several other children was returning from school. The rig had stopped in front of the Collie home, which is just opposite The Dalles road, and the little girl and her brother had alighted from it when the car approached, coming toward the city. The horn of the automobile was sounded and it was seen by the children, who seemed to be waiting for the car to pass. However, just before it reached them the little boy ran across the road and the little girl attempting to follow was struck. She sustained a fractured skull and life was extinct in about fifteen minutes.
The accident, it was stated by by-standers, was due to no negligence on the part of Miss Epping; for the car was moving at a slow rate of speed. The rig was stopped in the middle of the road. It is the rule for a car passing a vehicle to turn to the left. Unfortunately the Collie home was on this side of the road. The sad accident was seen by a number of people, who were standing near. Miss Epping was accompanied by her father, J. A. Epping. The young lady is prostrated because of the fatal occurrence.
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The Hood River News, September 20, 1911, page 1
Little Miss Collie Killed By Motor Car
In the death of little Dorothy Collie who was struck and killed by a motor car on the East Side road Wednesday afternoon, Hood River records its first fatal automobile accident.
The little girl, who was aged seven years, with her brother, still younger, had just alighted from a vehicle that had brought them from school and were standing by the road on the opposite side from their home ad the automobile owned by J. A. Epping and driven by his daughter Dorothy approached. Just before it reached the children the boy darted across the road in front of the machine and his sister following him was struck and knocked down, her skull being fractured, and other injuries resulting. The car was quickly stopped and Mr. Epping, who was in it with his daughter, summoned a physician. Dr. Shaw responded immediately, reaching the scene of the accident a few minutes after it occurred, but death had already ensued.
At the time of the accident Mr. and Mrs. Collie were absent from home, Mrs. Collie being at one of the neighbors and Mr. Collie at Pine Grove. The painful duty of notifying them was accomplished by their neighboring friends and the physician, who had all sympathy for the grief stricken parents. Until this year the Collie children had been taught at home and were attending public school for the first time.
Persons who witnessed the accident state that it was apparently unavoidable as the car was moving comparatively slowly, and that the little girl seemed to hesitate, then to make the fatal plunge.
Miss Epping was prostrated with grief and her father overwhelmed with regret by the tragic accident. In telling of it Mr. Epping said:
We were driving at a moderate speed along the East Side road, when we saw a team stop in front of us in the middle of the road. The children in the vehicle alighted and were standing beside the rig. My daughter warned them that we were going to pass and they seemed to be expecting it. We were right on them when the boy ran in front of us. We barely missed him and the little girl was caught as she followed."
No occurrence at Hood River has caused its residents a greater shock and Mr. and Mrs. Collie have the sympathy of the entire community.
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The Hood River News, September 20, 1911, page 2
DIED
Dorothy Harwood Collie
Dorothy Harwood Collie died Wednesday afternoon as the result of injuries from being struck by an automobile. Miss Collie was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Winfred Collie and was born at the former home of her parents in Illinois in 1903. Funeral services, which were largely attended, were held at the home of her parents on the east side road Friday afternoon Sept. 15th. The services were conducted by Rev. E. A. Harris. Burial was in Idlewild cemetery.
Dorothy Collie Killed By Auto
The first serious automobile accident in the Hood River Valley occurred yesterday afternoon a short time before 5 o'clock, when little Dorothy Collie, the 7 year old daughter of W. R. Collie, of the East Side, was killed by an automobile driven by Miss Dorothy Epping. The victim of the unfortunate accident with several other children was returning from school. The rig had stopped in front of the Collie home, which is just opposite The Dalles road, and the little girl and her brother had alighted from it when the car approached, coming toward the city. The horn of the automobile was sounded and it was seen by the children, who seemed to be waiting for the car to pass. However, just before it reached them the little boy ran across the road and the little girl attempting to follow was struck. She sustained a fractured skull and life was extinct in about fifteen minutes.
The accident, it was stated by by-standers, was due to no negligence on the part of Miss Epping; for the car was moving at a slow rate of speed. The rig was stopped in the middle of the road. It is the rule for a car passing a vehicle to turn to the left. Unfortunately the Collie home was on this side of the road. The sad accident was seen by a number of people, who were standing near. Miss Epping was accompanied by her father, J. A. Epping. The young lady is prostrated because of the fatal occurrence.
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The Hood River News, September 20, 1911, page 1
Little Miss Collie Killed By Motor Car
In the death of little Dorothy Collie who was struck and killed by a motor car on the East Side road Wednesday afternoon, Hood River records its first fatal automobile accident.
The little girl, who was aged seven years, with her brother, still younger, had just alighted from a vehicle that had brought them from school and were standing by the road on the opposite side from their home ad the automobile owned by J. A. Epping and driven by his daughter Dorothy approached. Just before it reached the children the boy darted across the road in front of the machine and his sister following him was struck and knocked down, her skull being fractured, and other injuries resulting. The car was quickly stopped and Mr. Epping, who was in it with his daughter, summoned a physician. Dr. Shaw responded immediately, reaching the scene of the accident a few minutes after it occurred, but death had already ensued.
At the time of the accident Mr. and Mrs. Collie were absent from home, Mrs. Collie being at one of the neighbors and Mr. Collie at Pine Grove. The painful duty of notifying them was accomplished by their neighboring friends and the physician, who had all sympathy for the grief stricken parents. Until this year the Collie children had been taught at home and were attending public school for the first time.
Persons who witnessed the accident state that it was apparently unavoidable as the car was moving comparatively slowly, and that the little girl seemed to hesitate, then to make the fatal plunge.
Miss Epping was prostrated with grief and her father overwhelmed with regret by the tragic accident. In telling of it Mr. Epping said:
We were driving at a moderate speed along the East Side road, when we saw a team stop in front of us in the middle of the road. The children in the vehicle alighted and were standing beside the rig. My daughter warned them that we were going to pass and they seemed to be expecting it. We were right on them when the boy ran in front of us. We barely missed him and the little girl was caught as she followed."
No occurrence at Hood River has caused its residents a greater shock and Mr. and Mrs. Collie have the sympathy of the entire community.
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The Hood River News, September 20, 1911, page 2
DIED
Dorothy Harwood Collie
Dorothy Harwood Collie died Wednesday afternoon as the result of injuries from being struck by an automobile. Miss Collie was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Winfred Collie and was born at the former home of her parents in Illinois in 1903. Funeral services, which were largely attended, were held at the home of her parents on the east side road Friday afternoon Sept. 15th. The services were conducted by Rev. E. A. Harris. Burial was in Idlewild cemetery.
The Hood River Glacier, September 14, 1911, page 2
Dorothy Collie Killed By Auto
The first serious automobile accident in the Hood River Valley occurred yesterday afternoon a short time before 5 o'clock, when little Dorothy Collie, the 7 year old daughter of W. R. Collie, of the East Side, was killed by an automobile driven by Miss Dorothy Epping. The victim of the unfortunate accident with several other children was returning from school. The rig had stopped in front of the Collie home, which is just opposite The Dalles road, and the little girl and her brother had alighted from it when the car approached, coming toward the city. The horn of the automobile was sounded and it was seen by the children, who seemed to be waiting for the car to pass. However, just before it reached them the little boy ran across the road and the little girl attempting to follow was struck. She sustained a fractured skull and life was extinct in about fifteen minutes.
The accident, it was stated by by-standers, was due to no negligence on the part of Miss Epping; for the car was moving at a slow rate of speed. The rig was stopped in the middle of the road. It is the rule for a car passing a vehicle to turn to the left. Unfortunately the Collie home was on this side of the road. The sad accident was seen by a number of people, who were standing near. Miss Epping was accompanied by her father, J. A. Epping. The young lady is prostrated because of the fatal occurrence.
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The Hood River News, September 20, 1911, page 1
Little Miss Collie Killed By Motor Car
In the death of little Dorothy Collie who was struck and killed by a motor car on the East Side road Wednesday afternoon, Hood River records its first fatal automobile accident.
The little girl, who was aged seven years, with her brother, still younger, had just alighted from a vehicle that had brought them from school and were standing by the road on the opposite side from their home ad the automobile owned by J. A. Epping and driven by his daughter Dorothy approached. Just before it reached the children the boy darted across the road in front of the machine and his sister following him was struck and knocked down, her skull being fractured, and other injuries resulting. The car was quickly stopped and Mr. Epping, who was in it with his daughter, summoned a physician. Dr. Shaw responded immediately, reaching the scene of the accident a few minutes after it occurred, but death had already ensued.
At the time of the accident Mr. and Mrs. Collie were absent from home, Mrs. Collie being at one of the neighbors and Mr. Collie at Pine Grove. The painful duty of notifying them was accomplished by their neighboring friends and the physician, who had all sympathy for the grief stricken parents. Until this year the Collie children had been taught at home and were attending public school for the first time.
Persons who witnessed the accident state that it was apparently unavoidable as the car was moving comparatively slowly, and that the little girl seemed to hesitate, then to make the fatal plunge.
Miss Epping was prostrated with grief and her father overwhelmed with regret by the tragic accident. In telling of it Mr. Epping said:
We were driving at a moderate speed along the East Side road, when we saw a team stop in front of us in the middle of the road. The children in the vehicle alighted and were standing beside the rig. My daughter warned them that we were going to pass and they seemed to be expecting it. We were right on them when the boy ran in front of us. We barely missed him and the little girl was caught as she followed."
No occurrence at Hood River has caused its residents a greater shock and Mr. and Mrs. Collie have the sympathy of the entire community.
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The Hood River News, September 20, 1911, page 2
DIED
Dorothy Harwood Collie
Dorothy Harwood Collie died Wednesday afternoon as the result of injuries from being struck by an automobile. Miss Collie was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Winfred Collie and was born at the former home of her parents in Illinois in 1903. Funeral services, which were largely attended, were held at the home of her parents on the east side road Friday afternoon Sept. 15th. The services were conducted by Rev. E. A. Harris. Burial was in Idlewild cemetery.
Dorothy Collie Killed By Auto
The first serious automobile accident in the Hood River Valley occurred yesterday afternoon a short time before 5 o'clock, when little Dorothy Collie, the 7 year old daughter of W. R. Collie, of the East Side, was killed by an automobile driven by Miss Dorothy Epping. The victim of the unfortunate accident with several other children was returning from school. The rig had stopped in front of the Collie home, which is just opposite The Dalles road, and the little girl and her brother had alighted from it when the car approached, coming toward the city. The horn of the automobile was sounded and it was seen by the children, who seemed to be waiting for the car to pass. However, just before it reached them the little boy ran across the road and the little girl attempting to follow was struck. She sustained a fractured skull and life was extinct in about fifteen minutes.
The accident, it was stated by by-standers, was due to no negligence on the part of Miss Epping; for the car was moving at a slow rate of speed. The rig was stopped in the middle of the road. It is the rule for a car passing a vehicle to turn to the left. Unfortunately the Collie home was on this side of the road. The sad accident was seen by a number of people, who were standing near. Miss Epping was accompanied by her father, J. A. Epping. The young lady is prostrated because of the fatal occurrence.
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The Hood River News, September 20, 1911, page 1
Little Miss Collie Killed By Motor Car
In the death of little Dorothy Collie who was struck and killed by a motor car on the East Side road Wednesday afternoon, Hood River records its first fatal automobile accident.
The little girl, who was aged seven years, with her brother, still younger, had just alighted from a vehicle that had brought them from school and were standing by the road on the opposite side from their home ad the automobile owned by J. A. Epping and driven by his daughter Dorothy approached. Just before it reached the children the boy darted across the road in front of the machine and his sister following him was struck and knocked down, her skull being fractured, and other injuries resulting. The car was quickly stopped and Mr. Epping, who was in it with his daughter, summoned a physician. Dr. Shaw responded immediately, reaching the scene of the accident a few minutes after it occurred, but death had already ensued.
At the time of the accident Mr. and Mrs. Collie were absent from home, Mrs. Collie being at one of the neighbors and Mr. Collie at Pine Grove. The painful duty of notifying them was accomplished by their neighboring friends and the physician, who had all sympathy for the grief stricken parents. Until this year the Collie children had been taught at home and were attending public school for the first time.
Persons who witnessed the accident state that it was apparently unavoidable as the car was moving comparatively slowly, and that the little girl seemed to hesitate, then to make the fatal plunge.
Miss Epping was prostrated with grief and her father overwhelmed with regret by the tragic accident. In telling of it Mr. Epping said:
We were driving at a moderate speed along the East Side road, when we saw a team stop in front of us in the middle of the road. The children in the vehicle alighted and were standing beside the rig. My daughter warned them that we were going to pass and they seemed to be expecting it. We were right on them when the boy ran in front of us. We barely missed him and the little girl was caught as she followed."
No occurrence at Hood River has caused its residents a greater shock and Mr. and Mrs. Collie have the sympathy of the entire community.
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The Hood River News, September 20, 1911, page 2
DIED
Dorothy Harwood Collie
Dorothy Harwood Collie died Wednesday afternoon as the result of injuries from being struck by an automobile. Miss Collie was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Winfred Collie and was born at the former home of her parents in Illinois in 1903. Funeral services, which were largely attended, were held at the home of her parents on the east side road Friday afternoon Sept. 15th. The services were conducted by Rev. E. A. Harris. Burial was in Idlewild cemetery.
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