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- The Franklin Evening Star (Franklin, Indiana)
9 May 1923
Mrs. Una Mae Chandler, age 42 years, of Mansfield, O., was killed when the touring car in which she was riding with her husband, Homer P. Chandler and her son, James Lee Chandler, capsized into the ditch just to the south of a culvert, just north of Amity, at 10 o'clock last night.
The Chandlers had gone to Louisville to get their son, James, who had run away from home. After finding him they immediately started back to their home in Mansfield and intended reaching there some time today.
Mr. Chandler said this morning that he was just approaching the culvert when the lights of an approaching car blinded him. He brought his automobile almost to the dead halt and the car slowly rolled over on its top into the ditch. Mr. Chandler said it felt as though the side of the road, which had been built up, gave way under his car. Motorist in another car which was passing hurriedly took the news to Amity and villagers rushed to their aid. The car was lifted and Mr. Chandler and the son taken out and then Mrs. Chandler was removed. She was unconscious but it was thought that she was still alive. Hurried calls were made for doctors. She was take to the home of Deroy Harrison in Amity.
Mr. Harrison said this morning that they were unable to locate any doctors in Franklin and finally got Dr. David Phipps. He made a hurried trip to Amity but upon his arrival the woman was dead. Dr. Phipps said this morning that he believed she died about a half hour after the accident. Dr. Phipps arrived only a few minutes after 10:30 o'clock. Dr. J. T. Bice of Edinburg, arrived at the Harrison home shortly after Dr. Phipps came.
The car which the Chandlers were driving was a big Haynes twelve cylinder touring car. Mr. Chandler said this morning that they were all riding in the front seat and when the car turned over he was crowded over the son who was in the center and Mrs. Chandler was caught and pinned under the back of the front seat. The car continued to sink deep due to the giving away of the auto top and Mr. Chandler said that he though he would smother before the car was lifted from him. He estimated the time they were pinned underneath as about fifteen minutes.
Dr. Phipps gave a coroner's verdict this morning as "accidental death due to internal injuries." He said that his examination disclosed no fractures or cuts but that death came from injuries which were not determinable after the death.
The Vandivier ambulance of this city was called and the body brought to Franklin. It will be taken to Mansfield, O., this evening where the funeral will be held tomorrow. Mr. Chandler and the son left for Mansfield at noon today.
The Chandlers had been to Louisville on a short visit and were returning to Mansfield.
Mrs. Chandler was born in Columbus, O. She was a member and faithful worker in the Central Methodist Church of Mansfield.
She is survived by her husband, her mother, Mrs. Ella McWhirt of Columbus, O., and four sons and four daughters, Homer of Detroit, William, Dorothy, James, Audrey, Anne, Esther and Charles Edward, all of the Mansfield home.
Mr. Chandler and the son suffered only slight bruises and bad shaking up in the accident.
Mr. Chandler is a developing engineer of the Ohio Bridge Company of Mansfield, O. He is a member of the Mystic Shrine and a very prominent business man of Mansfield.
Farmers who lifted the car and removed the Chandlers are Victor Barrow, Deroy Harrison, A. J. Fishback and Clyde McKinney.
The car was brought to the Kerlin garage in this city. The top was torn and the body dented in a few places but otherwise the automobile was not badly damaged.
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