Submitted by 
Marti Graham

Holiday Adds Six To Death Toll In State

J. W. Morris, 25 years old,  Cushing
Bill Henshaw, 24 years old, Cushing
Lee Riggs, 40 years old, Cushing
Doris Stokes, 19 years old, Wister
Carl Anderson, 18 years old, Howe
Otis Mallory, 52 years old, Bald Hill oil field

... The Stokes girl was killed instantly when an auto driven by Al Garner, her companion, toppled off a high cliff of Winding Stair mountain, near Talihina. They were returning from a picnic when they met another car on the narrow mountain road. In trying to avoid a collision and blinded by the light, Garner drove his car into the railing and the car leaped over the brink of the cliff. Although seriously injured, he will recover.

The Anderson boy was drowned in Clear Lake, near Wister. He was rescued after being in the water only a few moments and rushed to Poteau for a pulmotor (sic). Physicians were unable to revive him. He was attending a family picnic.

Information posted as courtesy to researchers only. The poster is not related to nor researching any of the above.