Elizabeth Moylan |
| Posted 2017-11-24 by Pat R |
| Wickenburg Sun (Wickenburg, Arizona) Friday, May 29, 1936, p. 1 Woman Killed In Accident Husband Is Injured Severely and Car Demolished in Collision With Truck Elizabeth Moylan, 23 years old, was killed and her husband, J. S. Moylan, was critically injured last Saturday when their new sedan and a truck sideswiped seven miles east of Salome on U.S. Highway 89. C. Brush of Harvard City, Calif., the only witness to the accident, declared to W. W. Witt, the investigating highway patrolman, that the Moylan car was traveling at a very high rate of speed and suddenly veered toward the truck, which was east bound. The Moylan car was west bound, the couple being on their way home to Harbor City, Calif., after making a trip to Baltimore, Md., to purchase the car and visit with Mrs. Moylan's family, who live there. The truck, driven by Robert Shelton of Phoenix, was uninjured, although the truck was knocked off the highway and damaged to the extent of about $300. The Moylan car was spun around by the impact until it faced east, the opposite direction in which it had been traveling. Mrs. Moylan was thrown clear of the car, her body cut up horribly. Shelton was exonerated by a coroner's jury. The Moylan car was completely demolished. Moylan, who was taken to the Salome hospital for treatment and later removed to St. Joseph's hospital in Phoenix, had one leg almost cut off and suffered many cuts and abrasions. It was at first thought it would be necessary to amputate the leg, but it was learned this week that such was not the case, but that he will have to remain in the hospital for several weeks, and possibly months. Up until noon Thursday it was not known where nor when Mrs. Moylan's body would be shipped. It was brought to the Wickenburg Funeral Home by Patrolman Witt. |
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