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    1. [KSJEFFER] Tragic Accident: Mrs. W.A. WARNER
    2. Jim Laird
    3. The Topeka Daily Capital Monday June 28, 1920 Woman Is Killed When Automobile Turns Over. Tragedy Occurs on Sharp Turn Near Willard. Mrs. W.A. Warner Victim of Accident--Son-in-Law Seriously Injured--Husband Was Driving. Mrs. W.A. WARNER, 54, was killed and her son-in-law, C.W. CROW, was injured when a Ford car driven by Mr. Warner, husband of the dead woman, turned turtle southwest of Silver Lake yesterday morning. Mr. Warner, Mrs. Crow and Doris Warner, the 14-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Warner were slightly burised. Ruth CROW, a four-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Crow escaped uninjured. The occupants of the car live south of Willard. They were on their way to Grantville to spend the day with Mrs. Warner's mother, Mrs. S.H. GIBBONS. The accident occured on the Valencia-Silver Lake raod near Kansas river dike, on the north side of the river. The car is said to have been traveling at a high rate of speed and Mr. Warner was unable to make the turn. Mrs. Warner was pinned under the car instantly killed. Her skull was crushed. Crow was taken to St. Francis hospital. He sustained three broken ribs and probably internal injuries, according to his physician. An X-ray photgraph will be taken this morning to determine the full extent of his injuries. Mrs. Warner's body was taken to Shellabarger's undertaking establlishment. Mrs. Warner is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Gladys FRITZ, of Dover; Mrs. Ernest KRIESIE, of Auburn; Mrs. CROW and Doris Warner, both of Willard. Mrs. Warner's funeral will be held at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning from the Grantville Methodist church. Burial in Grantville cemetery.

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