VINITA, Oct. 31.—Disregarding her young granddaughter’s
warning, Mrs. F.E. Booth, 66, was hit and killed Sunday
afternoon by a Katy freight train engine as she attempted to
cross a downtown railroad track in Vinita.
As reported by Owen Strain and Hugh Enos, highway patrol
troopers, Mrs. Booth and her 9-year-old granddaughter,
Patricia Dunn, tried to rush across the track at the Flint
street crossing in Vinita ahead of an approaching train,
despite Patricia’s warning that she didn’t believe “we could
make it.”
Both ran toward the other side, Patricia reaching safety,
and looking back in time to see her grandmother hit. The
accident occurred about 2:30 p.m. Mrs. Booth was killed
instantly.
From The Oklahoma, 11/1/1943
Donated by:
Emily Jordan
