Gilpin, Early Price

Passed: 1922-09-28

Age: 12

Source: Mountaineer

Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 1922-09-29

Information: ONE BOY KILLED AND SEVERAL INJURED IN CAR ACCIDENT AT COTTAGEVILLE BRIDGE - Price Gilpin, 12 year old son of Lon Gilpin of Cottageville is dead.  Loyd Brown, a 12 year old grandson of Rev. J. N. Blagg is not supposed to recover and Neal Blagg a 10 year old son of Rev. Bragg badly cut about the head and a workman by the name of Barr with but little hope of living, are the results of a serious car accident at Cottageville Wednesday morning.  The accident happened when Howard Brownell of Millwood, who was hauling gravel from the river for Steel Construction Co.  Brownell had just unloaded his gravel and for some cause had started to drive across the bridge from where he had unloaded the gravel near the Millwood road into Cottageville.  Just-----reaching the bridge according to Brownell's story, a small boy ran in front of the truck and in order to avoid hitting the boy, he turned the truck suddenly to the left and stepped on the break, but his shoe was wet and slipped off the break which caused the car to be beyond his stopping in the short distance between him and the excavation which was only -------------three boys were leaning against it watching some workmen preparing to lay-------when the car hit the railing the three boys, ----were thrown to the solid rock bottom below, which was 25 feet.      The Gilpin boy's skull was crushed and left leg broken in two places.  He was rushed to St. Joseph Hospital at Parkersburg where he died early next morning.  The Brown boy was cut about the head, several teeth knocked out, and is in a worse condition than was thought at first.  The Blagg boy also received ugly wounds about the head and face.  Barr, the workman, was thought at first not to be badly hurt.  Barr's trouble was buried glass in his neck which had been overlooked. The driver and the other workmen, four or five, escaped with slight injuries.  Drs. Harrison of Cottageville and J. H. Smith of Ripley were close in the neighborhood extracting some teeth.  They were soon at the scene and later aided by Dr. Herrenkold of Mt. Alto, gave first aid and medical help in a short time.  We learn that neither the Construction Co. nor the State Road Commission are in any way responsible.  The Brownell boy was in the employ of a private individual and the construction company had been warning people to stay well back.