Ella Van Horn
Marriages
Homer Van Horn - July 2, 1869
Obituaries
Eagle Valley Enterprise page 1 - June 29, 1923
TWO PERSONS KILLED WHEN _LOCdOTO CRASHES WTO AUTOMOBILE-ONE INJURED
Gypsum Scene of Horrible Auto Tragedy Sunday Morning
One of the most deplorable and sad _residents which has ever happened in Eagl « county shocked the Gypsum < : ommunity last Sunday morning when : n automobile containing three peoji ! e was struck by a light engine on the 1 > . & n . G . W . railroad crossing on the main street o £ Gypsum and < _wo _people killed outright and a third ¥ . i > seriously injured that it vas thot _ior a time she would not survive her injuries . The dead : John Foster , Payton , Colo . Mrs . Ella Van Horn , Gypsum , Colo . The injured was Violet Foster , fif-teen-year-old daughter of the ( lead m n n _
Mr . . _ind Mrs . Foster and tneir daughter had arrived the evening before from their home in Peyton , traveling in . a . new Ford coupe , lor a visit with Mrs . Foster s sister . Mrs . C . V . King , and her mother , Mrs . Van lion ) , who makes her home with _the Kings in Gypsum . Sunduy morning Mr , Foster , Mrs . Van Horn and his daughter sot . into the car and drove up to _theStrpmwJ store in Gypsum to purchase some supplies and the horrible accident oc- < ured on their return to the King home , -which is across the railroad track north of Gypsum . A helper Io-roinotiv-e in charge of engineer Rip _Olesou was returning to Gler . wood from a trip to Minturn with passenfc . T tr _. _iin No . 2 . There was i nuni1 ev of box car . s on the railroad si ! - _ins , which obstructed the -view of the main street of Oypsum ., is readied . < m the state high-way , which is ( he main street of ypsum , is reached . This , with the fact that there was a terrific wind blowing at the irtou : ent and the enclosed car making it difficult far the _oi-upnnts of the car to hear _anything from the oul ? _ule _.-. Ik probably rcspoiiHible for the tragedy . Apparently the occupants of the car never hkv or heard the approaching _loomaiive . until it hit the car . The _automobile was niovinp very slowly ; : iid when seen by the fireman and < _ncineer tliev were too close to stop
the engine . They blew tne whistle , rang the bell nnd as they approachi cl closer to the doomed ear the firen . _au _o-ven _hallowed in an effort to attract the attention of the occupants < f the car . The engine struck the ? automobile _nrmnrely in the middle throwing it into the aide of the depot , _wlilch is _idiout fiCty feet from the crossing . The car rebounded am was _aguin struck by Uie locomotive and carried about fifty • feet down the cement platform an ;} hurled against the station coal house . The accident was witnessed l ) y _n number of people on the _ntreet of Gypsum , who immediately hurried to the _rowcue of the Injured . Mm . Von Horn was thrown , under the wheels of the locomotive and her body horribly cut up and mangled . Fo _« tor was picked _xip _alonfiHido the freight room of the depot , ni » d both were dond • when reached a text seconds after the oni ? ine hit the a \ ito , bolus killed , _inotanlly . The _Rlrl wanlying partly under the wrecked car and unconscious when picked up by tlie rescuers , mid appnrently fataly injured . She wa _« removed to the homo of Dr . W . h . Conway , where _evory attention possible was immediately given her . As flho romnined in a _Bomi-conscimm _stntc nil that day it was Impossible to arrive ot the _scriousncHfl of her condition _, _s _^ ho was remover ! to the _nanitarlurn in Glenwood Sunday -. evening , nnd
at this writing , Wednesday evening , it is announced that she will undoubtedly recover . Mrs . Foster , wife of the dead man nnd daughter o £ Mrs . Van Morn , had remained at the King home while the others went to the store in the car , and was prostrated when _kIio lirst was apprised oi the fate of her husband and mother . Both Mr . and Mrs ; . King _wcto in Glenwood Springs , having gone down to attend Strawberry day _celebration before the- arrival of their visitors , who came unexpectedly ( ot a surprise visit .
Mrs . Van Horn was a pioneer ot Coin . ¦ . ¦ do and Eagle County . Born In Otbego county , Now York , September 14 , 1 S 52 , she was _married to Homer Van Horn July 2 , _ISfiO , who preceded her in death _alx years ago . The deceased was the mother of ten children of -whom nine are living . Rhi > is also survived by a sister , living in Warren , Herkmer county , N . Y . Her husband was a brother of Herve Van Horn of Dotsero and of Howard L . Tan Horn of C ypsum . Among her children _noiv living in this vicinity are f \ lr « . C . ( . Kins of Gypsum and Mrs . Rudolph Mitchell of Car bond ale .
John Foster was a native son oi Colorado , having been born near Table Rock , in El Paso county in 187 G . He is _snrvlved-by the widow a . nd one chid , the daughter who was injured at the time he mat his death . He was a member of _Callian Lodge No . 11 C . I . O . 0 . P , The double funeral service was held ; t the Methodist church in Gypsum Tuesday afternoon . The sermon was preached by Slav . Mr . Gaither _, pastor of the local Methodist church , and the Gypsum Odd Fellows attended tho funeral is a . body out of respect of their deceased brother and had charKo of tha services at the Kriwe
No blame attaches to the engine crew of tlio locomotive , which struck the automobile and caused tho very sad tragedy . Both engineer a . nd fireman made every effort humanly poasi h
