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CRAWFORD - Cora, the 12- year old daughter of Mrs. Sarah Crawford died in this city May 10, 1905. Several weeks ago the little girl underwent an operation for appendicitis and it was thought a few days after the operation that she would enjoy a complete recovery but the past few days she began growing weaker and the end came Wednesday night.
Services were held in the Christian church at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon and the remains were laid to rest in the Elk Flat cemetery.
Elgin Recorder Friday May 12, 1905
Cyrus Crawford, a Resident of Elgin, who had the misfortune to have one of his feet so badly mangled in a threshing machine as to necessitate amputation, died on Thursday last from the results of the operation. He leaves a wife and several children to mourn his loss.
The toll upon human life was brought home forcibly this week when on last Monday morning three bodies were in the West undertaking establishment at Baker, all victims of auto accidents.
The first accident occurred last Saturday, when E.E. Homewood was killed when his car left the highway near Meacham west of La Grande. Mr. Homewood was returning to the coast from a trip to the east, when the fatal accident happened which ended his life. The funeral was held Monday afternoon in Baker.
The second when Nels Crawford, aged 20, of Baker was killed happened about 4:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon. Crawford accompanied by Bruce Alexander another youth, were driving a racing car on the Baker-Cornucopia highway. At a point near the schoolhouse, the car left the road and the boys were thrown out. Young Crawford lived only a short time. Alexander received injuries, but is now on the road to recover. The body of Crawford was shipped to Wetumka, Oklahoma, to relatives.
On Sunday afternoon Mrs. Catherine Flynn, 64, of Nampa, Idaho, was driving with Mr. Flynn returning to their home. In attempting to pass a car several miles east of Baker, the Flynn car ran into loose gravel, breaking one of the rear wheels turning the car completely over, killing Mrs. Flynn almost instantly. Mr. Flynn was slightly injured. The body was shipped to Boise for burial.
Robert C. Crawford, believed to be about 66 years old, died at the Protestant hospital in Baker Sunday afternoon at 1:30 after a long illness.
Mr. Crawford was identified with the mining industry in this district for several years, and was owner of the Mammoth mine in the Virtue flat district before his death.