Updated: 07 Sep 2009
Luther Register
Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
January 4, 1924
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William A. Cole, 44 years old, was killed and Mrs. Otto Norman badly injured in accident at RR. crossing. Funeral services for Mr. Cole were held Friday morning at the Christian Church. Burial in the Valley View cemetery near Luther, beside his wife who passed away six years ago.
William Cole, was instantly killed when the Ford coupe in which him and Mrs. Norman were riding was struck by an east bound fast Frisco freight train, just before 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. The accident occurred at the street crossing just east of the Frisco station in Luther. Mrs. Norman is the head of the commercial department of the Capital Hill Junior High School and had been here visiting Mr. and Mrs.
A. C. COUCH. She was formerly principal of the Luther schools.
Mr. Cole and Mrs. Norman had been to the Luther cemetery and were returning to town when the accident occurred. There were several witnesses to the accident. J. W. TOILSON, Frisco agent, Fred SHEDD, and George CATRON were in the depot when the train passed. Shedd, looking out the window exclaimed, "They have struck a car." The three men rushed out to the crossing and when they arrived they found the COLE was dead lying on one side of the track and Mrs. NORMAN was terribly hurt and unconscious, lying among the debris of the coupe which was torn forty feet and demolished.
SOURCE: OKBits