Newspapers: John Gorden Warner Auto Accident: of Trail, Jackson Co., Oregon *********************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. 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 Oct 2002 ************************************************************************ WARNER, John Gorden, Medford (Oregon) Mail Tribune, Wednesday, 8 April 1942 -- Trail Man Killed When Auto Leaps Off 25-Foot Bank John Gorden Warner, 43, Pinned Beneath Machine En Route Home At Night. John Gorden Warner, 43, of Trail, was killed last night when his model A Ford coupe plunged 25 feet over a bank on the Tiller road five and one-half miles above Trail, Deputy Coroner Carlos W. Morris said this morning. The victim, returning home from work alone, was pinned beneath the vehicle which overturned. Morris said Warner's chest was crushed and that he was probably killed instantly. The accident was discovered by a Ken Clark, Union Oil employee, from Chiloquin, about 1:30 a.m. According to I. H. Howe, Trail postmaster, who was interviewed by phone this morning, Warner worked on the night shift at the Tiller mill and lumber company and the mill was said to have broken down about 9:30 p.m. Just what time Warner left for his home in Trail could not be definitely stated. On Wrong Side. - Tire marks indicated that Warner had driven approximately 132 feet on the left side of the road before the coupe plunged over the steep slope, Deputy Morris said. The accident occurred on a long gradual curve and the car was descending a six percent grade, according to Morris. The body was taken to the Conger funeral home and the deputy stated that there probably would be no inquest. Warner had resided 41 years in Trail. The deceased, whose wife passed away about five years ago, leaves to mourn three sisters, Mrs. Wallace Cushman, Mrs. Howard Ash and Mrs. Ivan Snead, all of Trail; two brothers, Fred Warner, Trail, and Ray Warner, Seattle, Washington; three daughters, Leona, Lorma and Alice, and two sons, Kenneth and James, all of Trail. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.