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Date:9/4/05 5:50:02 AM Pacific Daylight Time
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Subject:  Sheets, Jewel   Laughmiller, Irvin    Surrett, Reuben
Surnames: Sheets, Laughmiller, Surrett
Classification: Obituary

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Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, [Rogermills Co.] OK. 73628
Dated: 25-Sep-1924 
FATAL ACCIDENT ON C. & O.W. Railroad.
Three Young Men Are Dead As A Result Of Motor Car Colliding With Automobile
ACCIDENT NEAR CLINTON, [Custer Co., OK. 73681] MONDAY.
Men Were On Way To State Fair When They Were Struck By Motor Car On C.& O.W.
  Three young men by the names of Jewel Sheets, Irvin Laughmiller, and 
Reuben Surrett of near Stafford [Unknown Co.] were on their way to the Oklahoma State Fair 
last Monday morning when the car in which they were riding collided with the 
motorcar on the C.& O.W. at the crossing west of Clinton.
  It is said that at the crossing there is a railroad cut and also a cut in 
the wagon roads making it difficult for either the motor men or a motorist 
to see the other.  It is also stated that the grade before reaching the 
crossing is steep, ordinarily a motorist has to take low, which means 
that a car driver is likely to misjudge the time it requires to make 
the crossing, and the increased noise of the motor makes it difficult 
to hear the whistle on the motor car.
  Laughmiller and Surrett were killed instantly, while Sheets was fataly injured.  
He was taken to the Clinton hospital for treatment where he died Wednesday morning.