NEWSPAPERS: Helen Elaine Hall and Charles Hevel, accidental deaths, Medford, Jackson Co., Oregon *************************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES(tm) NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with United States Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by noncommercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *************************************************************************** Transcribed and formatted for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Elizabeth Corethers 26 Jan 2003 *************************************************************************** Medford (Oregon) Mail Tribune, Sunday, 19 Mar 1944, p. 6 GIRL, 6, DIES IN CROSSING CRASH Grant's Pass, March 18-Helen Elaine Hall, 6-year-old daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. L. D. hall, was instantly killed and Charles Hevel, 47, was fatally injured when the grading machine which Hevel was driving and on which the little girl was riding was struck Friday by a Southern Pacific freight train. The accident occurred about noon as the grader crossed the railroad track on Mill street. Revel died of his injures about two hours later. According to Irvin Bean, an eyewitness, the train whistled as it approached the crossing but the grader proceeded onto the track and the locomotive caught the machine in the right rear, throwing the child high into the air. Her head struck a step about six feet above the ground on the front of the locomotive and her body fell about 91 feet from the point of impact. Hevel, it was stated, was caught on the cowcatcher and dragged 133 feet before the train was stopped. G. A. Shadduck, of Ashland, engineer, said he whistled twice and that the train was moving slowly.