Clackamas County OR Archives Obituaries.....Ellsworth, Mrs.Chas September 10, 1927
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Canby Herald September 15,1927
California Woman Is Killed Near Canby
Mrs.Chas.Ellsworth of Los Angeles,Calif..was killed almost instantly and her 
husband seriously injured early Saturday evening on the highway three miles 
southwest of Canby.They were making a tour of the Willamette 
Valley.Mr.Ellsworth was piloting the machine and traveling at a moderate rate 
of speed,when a sudden burst  of a tire sent their car over an emankment.
An emergency call was sent in to Dr.Dedman's office in Canby at a few minutes 
after six o'clock,but the doctor was away on another case.Dr.Gisey of Aurora 
was summoned to the scene of the accident and pronounced the woman in a 
seriuos condition.She was placed in a car and started for the Oregon 
CityHospital,but died before she reached there.It was later learned that she 
sustained a fractured skull.Mr.Ellsworth sustained a fractured rib and was 
otherwise injurd.
Mr.and Mrs.Ellsworth were traveling north when the accident occured.Parties 
who happened along  just at the time of the accident say that the car skidded 
into the ditch when the tire blew out and turned completely over.It was indeed 
a sudden and sad ending of a most pleasant vacation trip through Oregon.
Mrs.Ellsworth's body  was shipped to Los Angeles Monday and Mr.Ellsworth 
followed.

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