AS REPORTED IN GRIDLEY HEARLD DATED SEPTEMBER 4, 1945
E.G. Crossing Accident Brings Death To Two
S.N.R.R. Locomotive and Automobile Collide At East Gridley Crossing
Mrs. J. H. Jones, 70, a resident of the Gridley district 38 years, was instantly killed and her husband, well known Gridley farmer, died eight hours later from injuries sustained in an automobile-locomotive crash at the East Gridley crossing of the Sacramento Northern R.R. a mile and a half east of Gridley at 9:45 a.m. yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jones were enrouute to Oroville and conflicting stories by witnesses make it difficult to determine just what happened. Mrs. R. C. Buck, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jones, stated that the coroner's office advised her that her father evidently drove his machine in front of the train. The motorman was heard to say that when he first noticed the car it had stopped a few feet from the tracks and Mrs. Jones had alighted from the car. A few seconds later, he said, the car lurched forward into the path of the locomotive. Mrs. Jones was struck in the head and was thrown to the west of the tracks to the north side of the highway. The car was dragged a distance of one hundred and fifty feet north, Mr. Jones remaining in the driver's seat. Another version is that Mrs. Jones was thrown from the car when the collision occurred.
Ida Alberta Jones was a native of Brigham City, Utah. The family came to Gridley in 1907 with the first Mormon settlers and located on the Colusa road west of town. Survivors include three sons, Ivor Jones of Fairfax, Stirling Jones of Sacramento, Elwood Jones of Los Angeles; four daughters, Mrs Irene Buck of Gridley, Alberta Shaffer of Ventura, Mildred Ferrin of Chico, Linnie Elwell of Marsville; two brothers David L. Smith of Gridley, Arthur Smith of Georgetown, Idaho; Nellie Larsen of Salt Lake and Elsie Larsen of Menan, Idaho.
Mr. Jones, who was removed to the offices of Dr. Hollis Carey after the accident, suffered a crushed chest and head injury. So critical was his injury that it was considered inadvisable to attempt to get him to a hospital. Mr. Jones was a native of Montpelier, Idaho. In addition to the children he is survided by a brother, Frank Jones of Montpelier and a sister, Daisy Nelson of Sonora, California.
Transcribed from the Gridley Herald dated September 11, 1945
DOUBLE RITES ARE HELD FOR CRASH VICTIMS
Final tribute was paid John H. Jones and wife, Ida Alberta Jones in a double funeral held Saturday morning in the Gridley Latter Day Saint church. Death of the Gridley residents dince 1907 occurred Tuesday of last week, resulting from injuries sustained when the Jones car was struck by a Sacramento Northern freight train locomotive. At the time of the crash Mr. and Mrs. Jones were enroute to Oroville where Mrs. Jones was to consult a physician. Mr. and Mrs. Jones resided continuously in the same house west of Gridley since they located here 38 years ago. Both were born in 1874. They were married 48 years. Before coming to Gridley Mr. Jones was a locomotive engineer on the Oregon Short Line in Idaho.
W. C. Jensen, bishop of the Gridley ward presided. "O' My Father" and "I know that My Redeemer Lives" were sung by Mrs. Martha Stewart, accompanied by Mrs. Alice Carlin. John Hepworth made the invocation and the speakers were Grover Cameron and Mr. Jensen. John C. Todd pronounced the benediction and the graveside prayer was said by Dimon Stewart.
Casket-bearers were J. W. Stewart, Vasco Call, J. M. Pryde, Wm. Hepworth, John Hepworth, Grover Cameron, David A Smith, Wilford Quist, Delbert Hepworth, Vernon Smith, Jack Clement and Clinton Buck.
The services were largely attended with caskes banked by masses of floral tributes. Interment took place in the Gridley-Biggs cemetery under direction of the Block Funeral Home.
Relatives here for the rites included Mr. and Mrs. Ivor Jones of Fairfax, Sterling Jones of Sacramento, Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Jones and three children of Los Angeles; Mrs. Alberta Shaffer and Evan, Effie, Jack, Ethel and Billie Shaffer of Ventura, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Ferrin and three children of Chico, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Elwell and two children of Marsville, Mr. and Mrs. Geo Larsen of Menan, Idaho and Mrs. Nellie Larsen of Salt Lake City, Miss Lealla Larsen of Salt Lake, Jesse Larsen and Viola Larsen of Idaho Falls, Orland Larsen and Thelma Larsen of Salt Lake, Jack Clement, U.S. Marine Corps; Eunice Dennis and Lincoln Dennis of Maxwell, Vernon Smith and Genevieve Smith of San Diego, Orlo Rago, John Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Myron Lyman and Mr. and Mrs. Homer LYman of Sacramento, Clayton Beckwith of Auburn.
E.G. Crossing Accident Brings Death To Two
S.N.R.R. Locomotive and Automobile Collide At East Gridley Crossing
Mrs. J. H. Jones, 70, a resident of the Gridley district 38 years, was instantly killed and her husband, well known Gridley farmer, died eight hours later from injuries sustained in an automobile-locomotive crash at the East Gridley crossing of the Sacramento Northern R.R. a mile and a half east of Gridley at 9:45 a.m. yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jones were enrouute to Oroville and conflicting stories by witnesses make it difficult to determine just what happened. Mrs. R. C. Buck, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jones, stated that the coroner's office advised her that her father evidently drove his machine in front of the train. The motorman was heard to say that when he first noticed the car it had stopped a few feet from the tracks and Mrs. Jones had alighted from the car. A few seconds later, he said, the car lurched forward into the path of the locomotive. Mrs. Jones was struck in the head and was thrown to the west of the tracks to the north side of the highway. The car was dragged a distance of one hundred and fifty feet north, Mr. Jones remaining in the driver's seat. Another version is that Mrs. Jones was thrown from the car when the collision occurred.
Ida Alberta Jones was a native of Brigham City, Utah. The family came to Gridley in 1907 with the first Mormon settlers and located on the Colusa road west of town. Survivors include three sons, Ivor Jones of Fairfax, Stirling Jones of Sacramento, Elwood Jones of Los Angeles; four daughters, Mrs Irene Buck of Gridley, Alberta Shaffer of Ventura, Mildred Ferrin of Chico, Linnie Elwell of Marsville; two brothers David L. Smith of Gridley, Arthur Smith of Georgetown, Idaho; Nellie Larsen of Salt Lake and Elsie Larsen of Menan, Idaho.
Mr. Jones, who was removed to the offices of Dr. Hollis Carey after the accident, suffered a crushed chest and head injury. So critical was his injury that it was considered inadvisable to attempt to get him to a hospital. Mr. Jones was a native of Montpelier, Idaho. In addition to the children he is survided by a brother, Frank Jones of Montpelier and a sister, Daisy Nelson of Sonora, California.
Transcribed from the Gridley Herald dated September 11, 1945
DOUBLE RITES ARE HELD FOR CRASH VICTIMS
Final tribute was paid John H. Jones and wife, Ida Alberta Jones in a double funeral held Saturday morning in the Gridley Latter Day Saint church. Death of the Gridley residents dince 1907 occurred Tuesday of last week, resulting from injuries sustained when the Jones car was struck by a Sacramento Northern freight train locomotive. At the time of the crash Mr. and Mrs. Jones were enroute to Oroville where Mrs. Jones was to consult a physician. Mr. and Mrs. Jones resided continuously in the same house west of Gridley since they located here 38 years ago. Both were born in 1874. They were married 48 years. Before coming to Gridley Mr. Jones was a locomotive engineer on the Oregon Short Line in Idaho.
W. C. Jensen, bishop of the Gridley ward presided. "O' My Father" and "I know that My Redeemer Lives" were sung by Mrs. Martha Stewart, accompanied by Mrs. Alice Carlin. John Hepworth made the invocation and the speakers were Grover Cameron and Mr. Jensen. John C. Todd pronounced the benediction and the graveside prayer was said by Dimon Stewart.
Casket-bearers were J. W. Stewart, Vasco Call, J. M. Pryde, Wm. Hepworth, John Hepworth, Grover Cameron, David A Smith, Wilford Quist, Delbert Hepworth, Vernon Smith, Jack Clement and Clinton Buck.
The services were largely attended with caskes banked by masses of floral tributes. Interment took place in the Gridley-Biggs cemetery under direction of the Block Funeral Home.
Relatives here for the rites included Mr. and Mrs. Ivor Jones of Fairfax, Sterling Jones of Sacramento, Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Jones and three children of Los Angeles; Mrs. Alberta Shaffer and Evan, Effie, Jack, Ethel and Billie Shaffer of Ventura, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Ferrin and three children of Chico, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Elwell and two children of Marsville, Mr. and Mrs. Geo Larsen of Menan, Idaho and Mrs. Nellie Larsen of Salt Lake City, Miss Lealla Larsen of Salt Lake, Jesse Larsen and Viola Larsen of Idaho Falls, Orland Larsen and Thelma Larsen of Salt Lake, Jack Clement, U.S. Marine Corps; Eunice Dennis and Lincoln Dennis of Maxwell, Vernon Smith and Genevieve Smith of San Diego, Orlo Rago, John Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Myron Lyman and Mr. and Mrs. Homer LYman of Sacramento, Clayton Beckwith of Auburn.
AS REPORTED IN GRIDLEY HEARLD DATED SEPTEMBER 4, 1945
E.G. Crossing Accident Brings Death To Two
S.N.R.R. Locomotive and Automobile Collide At East Gridley Crossing
Mrs. J. H. Jones, 70, a resident of the Gridley district 38 years, was instantly killed and her husband, well known Gridley farmer, died eight hours later from injuries sustained in an automobile-locomotive crash at the East Gridley crossing of the Sacramento Northern R.R. a mile and a half east of Gridley at 9:45 a.m. yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jones were enrouute to Oroville and conflicting stories by witnesses make it difficult to determine just what happened. Mrs. R. C. Buck, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jones, stated that the coroner's office advised her that her father evidently drove his machine in front of the train. The motorman was heard to say that when he first noticed the car it had stopped a few feet from the tracks and Mrs. Jones had alighted from the car. A few seconds later, he said, the car lurched forward into the path of the locomotive. Mrs. Jones was struck in the head and was thrown to the west of the tracks to the north side of the highway. The car was dragged a distance of one hundred and fifty feet north, Mr. Jones remaining in the driver's seat. Another version is that Mrs. Jones was thrown from the car when the collision occurred.
Ida Alberta Jones was a native of Brigham City, Utah. The family came to Gridley in 1907 with the first Mormon settlers and located on the Colusa road west of town. Survivors include three sons, Ivor Jones of Fairfax, Stirling Jones of Sacramento, Elwood Jones of Los Angeles; four daughters, Mrs Irene Buck of Gridley, Alberta Shaffer of Ventura, Mildred Ferrin of Chico, Linnie Elwell of Marsville; two brothers David L. Smith of Gridley, Arthur Smith of Georgetown, Idaho; Nellie Larsen of Salt Lake and Elsie Larsen of Menan, Idaho.
Mr. Jones, who was removed to the offices of Dr. Hollis Carey after the accident, suffered a crushed chest and head injury. So critical was his injury that it was considered inadvisable to attempt to get him to a hospital. Mr. Jones was a native of Montpelier, Idaho. In addition to the children he is survided by a brother, Frank Jones of Montpelier and a sister, Daisy Nelson of Sonora, California.
Transcribed from the Gridley Herald dated September 11, 1945
DOUBLE RITES ARE HELD FOR CRASH VICTIMS
Final tribute was paid John H. Jones and wife, Ida Alberta Jones in a double funeral held Saturday morning in the Gridley Latter Day Saint church. Death of the Gridley residents dince 1907 occurred Tuesday of last week, resulting from injuries sustained when the Jones car was struck by a Sacramento Northern freight train locomotive. At the time of the crash Mr. and Mrs. Jones were enroute to Oroville where Mrs. Jones was to consult a physician. Mr. and Mrs. Jones resided continuously in the same house west of Gridley since they located here 38 years ago. Both were born in 1874. They were married 48 years. Before coming to Gridley Mr. Jones was a locomotive engineer on the Oregon Short Line in Idaho.
W. C. Jensen, bishop of the Gridley ward presided. "O' My Father" and "I know that My Redeemer Lives" were sung by Mrs. Martha Stewart, accompanied by Mrs. Alice Carlin. John Hepworth made the invocation and the speakers were Grover Cameron and Mr. Jensen. John C. Todd pronounced the benediction and the graveside prayer was said by Dimon Stewart.
Casket-bearers were J. W. Stewart, Vasco Call, J. M. Pryde, Wm. Hepworth, John Hepworth, Grover Cameron, David A Smith, Wilford Quist, Delbert Hepworth, Vernon Smith, Jack Clement and Clinton Buck.
The services were largely attended with caskes banked by masses of floral tributes. Interment took place in the Gridley-Biggs cemetery under direction of the Block Funeral Home.
Relatives here for the rites included Mr. and Mrs. Ivor Jones of Fairfax, Sterling Jones of Sacramento, Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Jones and three children of Los Angeles; Mrs. Alberta Shaffer and Evan, Effie, Jack, Ethel and Billie Shaffer of Ventura, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Ferrin and three children of Chico, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Elwell and two children of Marsville, Mr. and Mrs. Geo Larsen of Menan, Idaho and Mrs. Nellie Larsen of Salt Lake City, Miss Lealla Larsen of Salt Lake, Jesse Larsen and Viola Larsen of Idaho Falls, Orland Larsen and Thelma Larsen of Salt Lake, Jack Clement, U.S. Marine Corps; Eunice Dennis and Lincoln Dennis of Maxwell, Vernon Smith and Genevieve Smith of San Diego, Orlo Rago, John Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Myron Lyman and Mr. and Mrs. Homer LYman of Sacramento, Clayton Beckwith of Auburn.
E.G. Crossing Accident Brings Death To Two
S.N.R.R. Locomotive and Automobile Collide At East Gridley Crossing
Mrs. J. H. Jones, 70, a resident of the Gridley district 38 years, was instantly killed and her husband, well known Gridley farmer, died eight hours later from injuries sustained in an automobile-locomotive crash at the East Gridley crossing of the Sacramento Northern R.R. a mile and a half east of Gridley at 9:45 a.m. yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jones were enrouute to Oroville and conflicting stories by witnesses make it difficult to determine just what happened. Mrs. R. C. Buck, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jones, stated that the coroner's office advised her that her father evidently drove his machine in front of the train. The motorman was heard to say that when he first noticed the car it had stopped a few feet from the tracks and Mrs. Jones had alighted from the car. A few seconds later, he said, the car lurched forward into the path of the locomotive. Mrs. Jones was struck in the head and was thrown to the west of the tracks to the north side of the highway. The car was dragged a distance of one hundred and fifty feet north, Mr. Jones remaining in the driver's seat. Another version is that Mrs. Jones was thrown from the car when the collision occurred.
Ida Alberta Jones was a native of Brigham City, Utah. The family came to Gridley in 1907 with the first Mormon settlers and located on the Colusa road west of town. Survivors include three sons, Ivor Jones of Fairfax, Stirling Jones of Sacramento, Elwood Jones of Los Angeles; four daughters, Mrs Irene Buck of Gridley, Alberta Shaffer of Ventura, Mildred Ferrin of Chico, Linnie Elwell of Marsville; two brothers David L. Smith of Gridley, Arthur Smith of Georgetown, Idaho; Nellie Larsen of Salt Lake and Elsie Larsen of Menan, Idaho.
Mr. Jones, who was removed to the offices of Dr. Hollis Carey after the accident, suffered a crushed chest and head injury. So critical was his injury that it was considered inadvisable to attempt to get him to a hospital. Mr. Jones was a native of Montpelier, Idaho. In addition to the children he is survided by a brother, Frank Jones of Montpelier and a sister, Daisy Nelson of Sonora, California.
Transcribed from the Gridley Herald dated September 11, 1945
DOUBLE RITES ARE HELD FOR CRASH VICTIMS
Final tribute was paid John H. Jones and wife, Ida Alberta Jones in a double funeral held Saturday morning in the Gridley Latter Day Saint church. Death of the Gridley residents dince 1907 occurred Tuesday of last week, resulting from injuries sustained when the Jones car was struck by a Sacramento Northern freight train locomotive. At the time of the crash Mr. and Mrs. Jones were enroute to Oroville where Mrs. Jones was to consult a physician. Mr. and Mrs. Jones resided continuously in the same house west of Gridley since they located here 38 years ago. Both were born in 1874. They were married 48 years. Before coming to Gridley Mr. Jones was a locomotive engineer on the Oregon Short Line in Idaho.
W. C. Jensen, bishop of the Gridley ward presided. "O' My Father" and "I know that My Redeemer Lives" were sung by Mrs. Martha Stewart, accompanied by Mrs. Alice Carlin. John Hepworth made the invocation and the speakers were Grover Cameron and Mr. Jensen. John C. Todd pronounced the benediction and the graveside prayer was said by Dimon Stewart.
Casket-bearers were J. W. Stewart, Vasco Call, J. M. Pryde, Wm. Hepworth, John Hepworth, Grover Cameron, David A Smith, Wilford Quist, Delbert Hepworth, Vernon Smith, Jack Clement and Clinton Buck.
The services were largely attended with caskes banked by masses of floral tributes. Interment took place in the Gridley-Biggs cemetery under direction of the Block Funeral Home.
Relatives here for the rites included Mr. and Mrs. Ivor Jones of Fairfax, Sterling Jones of Sacramento, Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Jones and three children of Los Angeles; Mrs. Alberta Shaffer and Evan, Effie, Jack, Ethel and Billie Shaffer of Ventura, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Ferrin and three children of Chico, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Elwell and two children of Marsville, Mr. and Mrs. Geo Larsen of Menan, Idaho and Mrs. Nellie Larsen of Salt Lake City, Miss Lealla Larsen of Salt Lake, Jesse Larsen and Viola Larsen of Idaho Falls, Orland Larsen and Thelma Larsen of Salt Lake, Jack Clement, U.S. Marine Corps; Eunice Dennis and Lincoln Dennis of Maxwell, Vernon Smith and Genevieve Smith of San Diego, Orlo Rago, John Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Myron Lyman and Mr. and Mrs. Homer LYman of Sacramento, Clayton Beckwith of Auburn.
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