Morrison, Louise – d. 1916

DODDS, MORRISON

Posted By: Diana Wagner
Date: 7/13/2021 at 21:35:32

Young Girl Met Tragic Death
Louise Morrison of Near Kellogg Killed in Auto Accident Between Colfax and Newton
Young Woman Riding With Her Was Not Scratched, Though Both Were Pinned Under Car
One of the most tragic automobile accidents which has occurred in this community happened Saturday afternoon when Miss Louise Morrison met death by her car turning turtle. Miss Nunamaker of Ames, who was with her, was not hurt, although both girls were pinned beneath the car. Miss Morrison was the only daughter of Mrs. R. W. Dodds of near Kellogg and was very well-known in this county.
The story of the accident is as follows:
Miss Morrison and her brother, Emmor, were going as far as Colfax with two friends, Dr. T. F. Rossing and Miss Vinnie Nunamaker, both of Ames, who had brought Emmor from Ames to Newton Saturday morning. When they left town Emmor was driving their car and the two girls were in the back seat, but after they were out a little way, he got into the car with Dr. Rossing, leaving the girls alone in the Dodds car. They were driving along leisurely, the boys only a few rods ahead of the girls. Just over the crest of a long hill, about mid-way between Colfax and Newton, Miss Morrison struck a rut and lost control of the car. It ran up a steep bank at the right side of the road, turned completely over backward, and pinned both the girls beneath it.
Mr. Morrison and Dr. Rossing were at the foot of the hill, and noticed that the girls were having trouble with the car. They stopped and ran back, but before they could get their own car stopped, the accident had happened. Miss Nunamaker was not hurt, but Miss Morrison was lying beneath the wheel with the broken windshield across her chest. Her brother took her into his arms and she breathed a few times, but she was probably never conscious of what happened.
A passerby stopped at the nearest farm house and called Newton for a doctor. Dr. Smith went out at once but she had passed away before he reached them. He found that the neck had been broken, and the jugular vein was severed by the broken glass. Several bones were broken. Dr. Smith brought the body to the Morgan Undertaking Parlors, where it was kept until yesterday when it was taken to the home of her uncle, H. S. Morrison. – Newton Daily News.
Source: The Colfax (IA) Clipper; June 8, 1916