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NEWS ITEMS
Carroll County Arkansas Genealogy Trails Rushville, Illinois--June 18, 1880, Ray item: Granville BEIGHTOL died at Eureka Springs, Arkansas. He was formerly of Oakland Township. (Transcribed and contributed by Sara Hemp, taken from the Rushville, Illinois Times newspaper.) One Killed, 5 Hurt In Car Accident At Eureka Springs
Fayetteville Democrat (Fayetteville, Arkansas) 1923 September 10
Contributed by Mary Wilson Eureka Springs, Sept 10--Mrs. Ballard, aged 70, was killed almost instantly,
and five other persons were injured when an automobile in which they were
making a tour of Arkansas- Missouri Ozarks wrecked at the foot of a hill three
miles from Eureka Springs at noon Saturday.
The injured are: Mr. Ballard, husband of the dead woman; Miss Dorothy
O'Bannon, aged 16, and Mrs Floyd O'Bannon. All lived at Buffalo, Mo.
Mrs. O'Bannon was driving the automobile down the Leatherwood hill on
Eureka Springs- Seligman highway when the brakes failed to hold and the car
crashed into the embankment. It was running about 50 miles an hour at the time
of the accident.
The body of Mrs. Ballard will be sent to Buffalo tomorrow.
The injured are in a local hospital.
This is the first fatal accident on the Eureka Springs-Seligman highway,
which was built four years ago.
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