Submitted by
Loyd Bishop

Miss Wolfrom Accidentally Killed

Miss Nora Wolfrom, a school teacher living on Deer Creek near Eddy, was killed Saturday evening accidentally by a gun in the hands of one of her associates. Miss Wolfrom is a niece of Mrs. Ran Stroup of this city.
The young lady with some of her associates were enjoying an outing on Deer Creek and from the best information we can obtain, an air gun was accidentally discharged in the hands of Miss Ella Bishop, striking Miss Wolfrom in the heart and causing instant death.
The indescribable remorse and sorrow that befalls one who accidentally takes the life of a companion must be punishment enough without censure, but every individual, both young and old, can learn a lesson from this incident.

TWO TRAGEDIES

Two unusually distressing accidents happened near Eddie in this county last Saturday. One was fatal in its result and has cast a gloom over an entire neighborhood. Miss Nora Wolfrom, daughter of Mr. And Mrs. George Wolfrom, who live 1 mile north of Eddy, was one of the most popular young ladies of the neighborhood; an excellent teacher, and a bright and accomplished woman. She had closed her term of school last Friday, and was spending her first day’s vacation Saturday, fishing and boating on Deer Creek on the Jim Roberts place. There were five young ladies and one young man in the merry party, and about 6 o’clock, when the fun was at its height, it was proposed that a picture be taken, and in making preparations for the picture it was necessary to shift a small rifle from one position to another, and in some unaccountable way it was discharged, the load entering the right breast of Miss Wolfrom, severing an artery, and causing death almost instantly. The friends were shocked, almost panic stricken in fact, but a physician was summoned, only to pronounce the young lady, undeniably dead. The rifle, was a small 22 caliber but it was deadly in its effect. The young ladies and the young man, Johnson, who were in the party are heartbroken, as are the relatives, neighbors and friends. The funeral was held from the house, Sunday and was attended by at least 600 to 700 people, the procession of mourners, nearly a mile long, attest the esteem in which Miss Wolfrom was held. The accident is an especially deplorable one, and the survivors, while in no way censured, keenly feel their position and some are bordering on nervous prostration. Miss Wolfrom, was 23 years of age, and one of the most successful teachers in the neighborhood. She had just closed her fifth preparations for thoroughly enjoying her vacation. She was popular alike, with pupil and patron, old and young, and was the pride of a fond father and mother. The sympathy of the entire community goes out to the afflicted and bereaved ones.