H. G. Bateman |
| Posted 2008-02-06 by Sharon |
| Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, AZ June 18, 1937, p. 1 DEATH CLAIMS ACCIDENT VICTIM Ambulance and Firemen Speed to Scene of Accident: Sedan Car Totally Wrecked — Mrs. Bateman Still in Critical Condition Death claimed H. G. Bateman of Monterrey, Mexico, Wednesday night as a result of injuries he suffered when the light sedan in which he and his wife were riding was crushed in a head-on smashup with a heavily loaded freight truck Tuesday morning on the winding highway four miles south of here. Ralph Claypool, jr., a tourist in route to Los Angeles, John Richards of Wickenburg and Ray Flynn of Prescott were among the first to give aid to the Batmans at the time of the accident. Wickenburg firemen were ordered to the scene of the accident, as it was feared the gasoline spilled from the damaged cars would ignite. Mrs. Bateman, driver of the sedan, whom rescuers worked for almost an hour to extricate from the wrecked car, still was in a critical condition in St. Joseph’s hospital Wednesday night. She probably will not be told of her husband’s death. Bateman chief timekeeper for the American Smelting and Refining Company of Monterrey, and his wife were en route to Santa Fe, N. M. to attend graduation exercises for their son at school there. M. L. Harvey of Ontario, Calif., driver of the Phoenix-bound freight truck involved in the crash, still was being held in the county jail last night. Batman never regained consciousness after the accident. He suffered a head injury, partial paralysis indicating a spinal injury, a fractured ankle and numerous lacerations and concussion. The accident occurred on a curve about four miles south of Wickenburg. After the collision the heavely loaded freight truck pushed the Batman sedan backward more than 50 feet, then up against a rocky bluff and finally toppled over on it. Before Mrs. Bateman could be extracted it was necessary to turn the truck back on its wheels, send into Wickenburg for a tow truck and with its power hoist pull up the top of the wrecked sedan until the door on the drivers side could be pried open. While rescuers worked. Mrs. Bateman asked about her husband, and declared she was “all right.” She suffered greatly from shock. Harvey, the truck driver, yesterday made a statement concerning the accident to M. M. Hill, deputy county attorney, and George Lammers, investigator for the county attorney. Hill at that time said the truck driver was being held pending the outcome of the injuries suffered by the Batmans. |
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