Article clipped from Charleston Gazette

Dad Carries Dying Tot Into HospitalKnee Tjhtli Den ill Is L«sl When Shooting Victim SuccumbsHysterical, Earl Wright, Raymond City miner, went into Charleston | General hospital yesterday after-! noon with his dying ‘'baby girl.! Frances. 4. shot-riddled by accidental discharge of his shotgun, ,He had been from one doctor's office to another in a wild two-hour ride, but her internal bleeding was beyond any help,Kanawha County Coroner .James E. Roberts said the child was shot accidentally while her father was loading a shotgun.Wright rushed the girl to Bancroft, failed to find ft physician, then drove to Nitro and was advised by a doctor to hurry her to n hospital, the Kanawha official said.The coroner quoted stale police as saying thr girl was watching her father shoot birds when the accident occurred.Burini will take place tomorrow afternoon in Clark cemetery on Cooper s creek, after services from the home ftt noon. Rev. Truman Wilkinson officiating, and Noble Long In charge or arrangements.Besides her fnther and mother, a brother, Shirley Earl, and grand* parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Sinter, RFD 4, and Mr. and Mrs. John Wright. Raymond City, survive.
Newspaper Details

Charleston Gazette

Charleston, West Virginia, US

Wed, Jan 11, 1939

Page 14

Full Page
Clipped by
Profile Icon
Kanawha C.

West Virginia, USA 11 Aug 2023

Other Publications Near Charleston, West Virginia

Charleston Mail

Charleston Gazette Mail

Charleston Gazette

Gazette Mail

Charleston Daily Mail