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Katherine Arnetta Hoyt Powell

12 Sep 1897 – 9 Dec 1928

Birth12 Sep 1897
Death9 Dec 1928
CemeteryWest End Cemetery
Buhl , Twin Falls County , Idaho , USA
Added byDesert29Girl on 14 Jan 2015
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Transcribed from The Ogden Standard Examiner - Monday, Dec. 10, 1928. Crash takes entire family. Father dies instantly - Mother and child expire later. Boise, Dec 10 - AP - The guy Powell family, of Buhl, Idaho, was wiped out as the result of an accident late Saturday when an east-bound train crashed into the truck Powell was driving at a crossing near Filer. Guy Powell was killed instantly, Mrs. Powell died Sunday morning at a Twin Falls hospital and Powell's 5-year-old step-daughter, Catherine Andreen succumbed Saturday night in a Twin Falls hospital three hours after the accident. According to witnesses of the tragedy, Powell was driving toward Filer to do some Christmas shopping and failed to see the train. His view was obstructed by houses near the crossing. Powell slid the wheels of his truck but was traveling too fast to prevent an accident. The truck was demolished and the passengers hurled through the air by the impact.

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