Extracted from The News-Star (Monroe, LA)
MONROE DRIVER OF BUS KILLED
Six Other Persons Injured As Vehicle Goes Over Embankment
BATON ROUGE, La., Sept. 28. -- (AP) -- Artie Erskine, of Monroe, La., died of injuries suffered when he tumbled off a 15-foot embankment yesterday in West Feliciana parish.
Six passengers were less seriously hurt. Some of them said Erskine lost control of the bus after it cleared a hilltop and was moving down grade. The vehicle skidded 50 feet after rolling off the embankment.
Erskine suffered a fractured shoulder and internal injuries. Leona Fulford of Baskin, La., student at the State School for the Deaf, suffered painful bruises, J. D. Scott of Crowville, La., lacerations; Ben Jones, Woodville, Miss., and C. Fred Woodcock, New Orleans, lacerations.
Erskine, Jones and Scott remained in the hospital after being examined. Woodcock and Miss Fulford left after receiving treatment. Two other passengers, only slightly hurt, left without giving their names.
The bus was en route to New Orleans from Monroe, having passed through Natchez and St. Francisville. The accident occurred on Thompson's Creek bridge on highway 61.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR FUNERAL UNDETERMINED
Funeral arrangements for Artie Erskine, 22, who resides at 110 Carolina street, were undetermined Monday at noon. It was not known whether the body would be brought to Monroe or sent to Chatham, his former home.
Erskine had been employed as a bus driver by the Missouri Pacific Transportation company about a year and a half.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Lois Garner Erskine, whom he married July 28; his father, G. W. Erskine of Chatham; and two brothers, T. W. [sic G. W.] Erskine of Alexandria and W. B. Erskine of New York.
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Extracted from The Winn Parish Enterprise (Winnfield, LA)
Automobile Accidents Cause Deaths of Two Former Sikes Residents
A branch projecting over the highway knocked Woodrow Evans, 20, from the top
of a truck loaded with carnival equipment in Monroe Sunday. He died later of
a severe skull fracture.
Evans was “hitch hiking” to Monroe from his home at Sikes on the Jonesboro
road at the time of the accident. The truck was transporting carnival
equipment to Oak Grove, where the West Carroll fair is being held.
Evans is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Pat Evans, three brothers and
four sisters, of Sikes.
Artie Erskine, son of Mr. Geo. Erskine of Chatham, died Tuesday as the result
of an automobile accident. Funeral services were conducted at Jonesboro
Wednesday.
Monday, September 28, 1936
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Thursday, October 1, 1936