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Show Woman, Daughter Are Killed On Way To Father's Funeral Auto Accident West of Ely Kills Two Mrs. Sigmond (Josephine) Wit-tich, Wit-tich, 46, and her daughter, Clara, 14, were killed in an automobile accident Sunday afternoon near Robinson summit, 20 miles west of Ely, when the car in which they were riding overturned three times after running off the road. Both were crushed to death. Mrs. Wittich with her two daughters, Clara, 14, and Helen, 17, and Monte Huckabay left their homes in Mt. Shasta, California, Saturday night for Minersville, on being notified of the death there of Mrs. Wittich's father, Thomas Gray. The four were riding in a coupe when Huckabay, who had . been driving continuously for 16 hours, (apparently fell asleep at the wheel of the car. The car ran off the road, struck a ditch and rolled over three times. Huckabay was thrown from the car and escaped with minor injm-ies, while Helen Wittich Wit-tich received a serious head cut and minor injuries. The dead and injured were picked up by Charles Funk and Glenn Emmerson, who were en route from Fallon to Ely, and brought into Ely. The bodies were brought to Milford Tuesday ! for services and interment in 1 Minersville. M '. |
