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| Name |
Sabina Clark |
| Birth |
13 Jun 1884 |
Luna, Catron, New Mexico, United States  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
3 Oct 1917 |
SLAKE |
| FamilySearch ID |
L64Z-RWR |
| Death |
9 Jul 1964 |
Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States |
| Burial |
Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States |
| Headstones |
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| Person ID |
I127972 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
Hyrum Brown Clark, b. 11 Aug 1853, Morrill, Nebraska, United States d. 7 Mar 1918, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 64 years) |
| Mother |
Melvina Sabina Young Lee, b. 18 Jun 1855, Cedar City, Iron, Utah, United States d. 8 Feb 1920, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 64 years) |
| Marriage |
27 Mar 1872 |
St. George, Washington, Utah, United States |
| Family ID |
F35127 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
John Albert Burt, b. 7 Feb 1881, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States d. 12 May 1948, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 67 years) |
| Marriage |
Abt 1921 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Children |
| | 1. Sherri Burt, b. 28 Sep 1922, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States d. 13 Sep 2016, Santaquin, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 93 years) |
| | 2. Betty Lue Clark, b. 28 Sep 1922, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States d. 19 Apr 2019, Meridian, Ada, Idaho, United States (Age 96 years) |
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| Family ID |
F35103 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
5 May 2024 |
| Family 3 |
George Alfred Alder, Jr, b. 4 Jan 1874, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States d. 3 May 1940, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 66 years) |
| Marriage |
10 Feb 1940 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Family ID |
F318 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
5 May 2024 |
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 | Birth - 13 Jun 1884 - Luna, Catron, New Mexico, United States |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - 3 Oct 1917 - SLAKE |
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 | Marriage - Abt 1921 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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 | Marriage - 17 Jul 1934 - Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States |
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| Marriage - 10 Feb 1940 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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 | Death - 9 Jul 1964 - Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States |
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| Burial - - Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States |
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| Notes |
- Newspaper Article The Salt Lake Tribune p.1 Monday Morning, February 9 , 1 920
One Dead, 7 Hurt as Autos Clash Principals and Scene of Fatal Cras h
At top left to right, Mrs. H.B. Clark, who was killed; Mrs. Howard H. La w son and Miss Sabina Clark, and Mrs. Inez Clark Harvey whose interment w a s halted by the death of her mother, Mrs. Clark; oval in center, Lieute na nt William J. Walker, U.S.N., driver of the car which struck the machi n e driven by James W. Warden, lower left; at right, diagram showing ho w th e accident occurred; below, photo of asphalt heater against which Mr s. Cl ark was dashed to her death.
Woman Dies When Flung Forty Feet (SL Tribune, Feb 9, 1920 p.1 )
Impact Pivots Machines in Collision at Intersection of State and Fifth S o uth Streets.
Four Passengers Hurled From Spinning Car; Three are Pinioned as Other Tu r ns Turtle.
DEAD Mrs. Melvina Clark, 83 years of age, widow of Hyrum B. Clark, 204 3 S outh Fifth East Street.
INJURED Miss Sabina Clark, 30 years of age, daughter of Mrs. Melvina Cla r k; frontal fracture of the skull, injured hip and bruised about body. M RS . STELLA FISHER CLARK, 20 years of age, wife of Lynn Clark, East Cresc ent ; fracture at base of skull, shoulder mashed and body injuries. MRS . VIOL A CLARK WITCHER, 24 years ofage, daughter of Mrs. Melvina Clark, 2 079 Sou th Fifth East street, wife of Raymond S. Witcher; painfully bruis ed and s cratched about face and body. J. RICHARD CLARK. ten-month old so n of Mr . and Mrs. Lynn Clark; cut and bruised about head. SHERRY WITCHER , five-y ear-old daughter of Mrs. Viola Witcher; bruised about body. LIEU TENANT (j unior grade) WILLIAM J. WALKER, U. S. N., 24 years of age; badl y bruise d about the shoulders.
One woman was killed, two others perhaps fatally injured, one seriousl y h urt, and four persons were painfully injured when two automobiles cra she d yesterday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at fifth South and State street s .
Lieutenant Walker, driver of one of the cars, was held on an open char g e at the city jail last night under $5000 bail set by Judge Henry C. Lu n d after consultation with Chief of Police Joseph E. Burbridge, Chief o f D etectives Riley M. Beckstead and County Attorney Richard Hartley. Jam es W . Warden, automobile salesman and driver of the other car, was rele ase d without the preferring of charges .
Lieutenant Walker was driving a Locomobile south on State street, with M r s. Lawson and her seventeen year old son, Howard, as passengers. Mr. Wa rd en was driving his Nash car west on Fifth South street with the six me mbe rs of the Clark family in his car .
Thrown Forty Feet
The front right wheel of Lieutenant Walker's car struck the right rear w h eel of the Nash. The Nash was turned around several times as it skidde d t owards the southwest curb. Mrs. Melvina Clark was hurled through th e fabr ic of the top for a distance of forty feet, landing head first o n the iro n wheel of an asphalt heater near the curb. As Mrs. Stella Clar k saw tha t an accident was unavoidable, she clasped tightly in her arm s the Clar k infant until the actual impact. The force of this sent Mrs . Clark hurtl ing into the air, and the baby dropped between the cushione d seats and wa s but little hurt. All the others were thrown from the ca r except the dri ver.
Lieutenant Walker's car skidded and wobbled for a moment, then turned tu r tle,
pinning Mrs. Lawson, her son and the naval officer beneath it .
Passengers Extricated. Bystanders and other automobilista rushed to th e s cene and righted the over-turned car, drawing Mrs. Lawson and the oth er s from beneath its weight. An ambulance call was sent in, but the mach in e broke down on the way and private automobiles took the injured to th e E mergency hospital. The car in which the Clark family rode was being d rive n to the Stants apartments 19 West Fifth South street, to leave th e child ren with Mrs. Warden while the family went on to Wasatch Lawn cem etery fo r the Interment of Mrs. Inez Clark Harvey.
When preliminary examination at the Emergency hospital disclosed the ext e nt of the injuries to Mrs. Lynn Clark and Miss Sabina Clark, they wer e re moved to the L.D.S. hospital. The condition of Mrs. Lawson was too p recar ious to permit of moving her last night. Mrs. Lawson's husband, th e lat e Howard H. Lawson, was for many years with the Denver and Rio Gran de rai lroad. For the fifteen years prior to his death three years ago, M r. Laws on had been engaged in the livestock commission business. He wa s well kno wn throughout the inter-mountain country .
Navy Man is Held.
Since the death of her husband, Mrs. Lawson has been engaged in the insu r ance business with the Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company, of whic h he r brotherin-law, William E. Lawson, is general agent .
The other injured, with the exception of Lieutenant Walker, were take n t o their homes. The lieutenant is in jail. He is in command of the nav y re cruiting service station during the illness of Commander Richard R . Man n who is recovering from influenza. Lieutenant Walker is assigned t o dut y in Salt Lake recruiting for the naval air service .
Commander Mann said last night that he will this morning take steps to s e cure the release of Lieutenant Walker. He stated further that after a n in vestigation he made in person immediately following the accident, h e coul d not see justification for the arrest of the naval officer. Comma nder Ma nn added that to hold a naval officer under $5000 bail in a cit y jail wit hout preferring charges was a procedure entirely new to him .
Participants State Views
The following statements were made to Detective Lester F. Wire, who cond u cted an investigation following the accident: Lieutenant Walker has be e n living since coming to Salt Lake at the Lawson Home, 123 N Street. H i s home is at 243 Adelaide Avenue, Providence, R.I. He said, "I first s a w the automobile going west on Fifth South Street when it was just cros si ng the east crosswalk of the intersection and I was twenty five yard s sho rt of the intersection on State street. I was going between twent y and tw enty-five miles an hour and the other machine was traveling thir ty or thi rty-five miles an hour. My machine is a heavy machine, weighin g 5800 poun ds. I thought I had the 'right-of-way,' and it was not unti l I saw the dr iver was not going to give it to me that I turned my machi ne east to avoi d a collision." James W. Warden, living at the Staats apa rtments, 47 Wes t Fifth South street, driver of the car carrying Mrs. Cla rk and members o f her family said: "I was going west on Fifth South stre et twenty-five mi les an hour in the middle of the block between State an d Second East Stre ets. As I neared the crossing, I slowed my car down un til it was travelin g between fifteen and twenty miles an hour as we cros sed the intersection . I did not see the other machine, and the first thi ng I knew my automobi le was spinning."
Moderate Speed Claimed.
Howard Larson 17 years of age, who was an occupant of the Walker machin e , corroborated Lieutenant Walker's statement as to the speed of the mac hi ne and said he first noticed the other car when they were twenty fee t nor th
of the intersection.
Mrs. Viola Witcher, who was in the Nash automobile, driven by Warden sai d , "We were going about twenty-five miles an hour in the center of the b lo ck between State and Second East streets, and as we neared the interse cti on at State street, the speed of the car slowed down until we were go in g between fifteen and twenty miles an hour at the time of the acciden t . I didn't notice the other auto until it was nearly upon us, but it w a s traveling between forty and fifty miles an hour. "
The other persons figuring in the accident were too seriously injure d t o give statements.
Rescues Infant.
Van Hendrickson of Murray was the first man to reach the Nash car afte r
it stopped spinning, and took the ten month old Clark baby from where i t
was wedged between the cushions of the seat and the side of the machin e . He
held the child and took it to the emergency hospital, where it was give n
treatment for two small lacerations above the left eye .
J.A.Roach, 223 West South Temple street said, " I was standing twenty-fi v e yards north of the north crosswalk on State street and noticed the la rg e red Locomobile traveling at what I judged to be between fifty and si xt y miles an hour south on State street. As the red car sped south I sa w th e black car crossing its path. The driver of the Locomobile also sa w th e black machine and tried to turn his car behind it and avoid a coll ision .
Occupants Thrown Out.
"When the cars crashed I turned and started running towards the spinni n g machines. The Nash car was whirling like a top and I saw the top an d si de curtains torn away as its occupants were hurtled through the ai r .
"Other bystanders joined in the rescue work. The Locomobile was turned o v er and those imprisoned beneath carried out. The engine of the machin e co ntinued running and the wheels were spinning until the car was turne d o n its side and the motor stopped. "
Newspaper Article: (The Salt Lake Tribune, Mon, February 9, 1920 p. 1 )
Death Halts Services at Grave
Funeral Bound Car Proves Trap
Body of Mrs. Inez Clark Harvey About to Be Buried When Mourners Are To l d of Mother's Demise
At the mouth of the very grave itself, the body of Mrs. Inez Clark Harve y , who died Thursday, was halted yesterday by death. After the service s ha d been held and as the mourners moved slowly in the funeral corteg e to th e cemetery, death overtook the mother, Mrs. Hyrum B. Clark, in th e automo bile accident.
While the other members of the family were on their saddened trip to bu r y a daughter and a sister, Mrs. Clark was killed. One of the pallbearer s , a brother-in-law and son-in-law of the two women, S.W. Oleson, learn e d of the mother's death while waiting at the funeral parlors for the il l- fated machine. He was a pallbearer for Mrs. Harvey's services .
With a Tribune reporter he hastened to the Wasatch Lawn Cemetery, wher e M rs. Harvey was about to be laid to her final rest. The news of deat h wa s told the mourners simply.
The lowering of the casket was stopped. The family and friends gathere d f or a moment to discuss this new burden of grief. From their hushed an d hu rried conference came the decision to postpone the interment of Mrs . Harv ey.
The casket was raised from its place above the grave and was returne d t o the S.M. Taylor undertaking parlors. It will be held there awaitin g th e completion of arrangements for the holding of joint services for t he mo ther and daughter. Mrs. Clark's body was taken to the undertaker' s parlor s from the Emergency hospital last night .
Dr. G.W. Middleton had been a speaker at the services for Mrs. Harvey . H e was waiting for an automobile to take him to the grave, when a tele phon e call informed him of Mrs. Clark's accident. He went to the Emergen cy ho spital instead of the cemetery, but arrived only a few moments befo re Mrs . Clark passed away.
(Salt Lake Tribune Tuesday, Feb 10, 1920 p.22 )
Funeral Halted by Tragedy To Be Made Double Servic e
The funeral services for Mrs. William C. Harvey, which were so tragical l y stopped Sunday afternoon by the death of her mother, Mrs. Melvina Cla rk , in an automobile accident, will be performed again tomorrow afternoo n , when the last tributes will be paid to Mrs. Clark .
Mother and daughter will be buried together in the family plot at Wasat c h Lawn cemetery. There side by side they will be laid at rest, and th e fa mily will have two departed ones to mourn instead of the one they gr ieve d for last Sunday.
The cortege will leave the S.M. Taylor chapel at 12:30 o'clock tomorro w
afternoon. Details of the services have not yet been completed, and wi l l be
announced today.
Mrs. Clark, widow of the late Hyrum B. Clark, had been a resident of Sa l t Lake for the past quarter of a century. For many years previous to co mi ng here, she had lived with her family in the Pahreah and Scutanpah va lle ys in Kane county, where Mr. Clark was engaged in the livestock busin ess .
She is survived by her sons, Lewis O. Clark, Lynn Clark and Cory Clark , a nd her daughters, Miss Evelyn Clark and Mrs. Viola Witcher. Another d augh ter, Miss Sabina Clark lies at the L.D.S. hospital suffering from pe rhap s fatal injuries received in the automobile accident which cost he r mothe r's life.
Mrs. Harvey leaves her husband and a two year-old daughter, Mary Louise .
Mrs. Lynn Clark, a daughter-in-law, is with Miss Sabina Clark at the L.D . S. hospital. She, too, lies near death's door, suffering from a fractur e d skull.
(Salt Lake Tribune Wednesday, Feb. 11, 192 0 )
Joint Funeral Set For Today
Services to Be Held for Auto Crash Victim and Daughte r
The joint funeral services for Mrs. Clark and her daughter, Mrs. Willi a m C. Harvey, will be held this afternoon at the Waterloo ward chapel. T h e cortege escorting the body of the automobile wreck victim and her dau gh ter will leave the S.M. Taylor Funeral chapel at 12:30 o'clock .
Mrs. Clark was killed last Sunday in an automobile accident on the wa y t o her daughter's funeral, which was halted at the graveside. Bishop A .H . Woodruff will preside at the services, and friends of the departed w ome n will eulogize
their lives in addresses.
Mrs. Clark's three sons, I.O. Clark, Lynn Clark and Cory D. Clark, two s o ns-in-law, Samuel W. Oleson and Harry P. Eccles and Dean Harvey, brothe r- in-law of Mrs. Harvey will act as pallbearers for both the mother an d dau ghter. The wife of Lynn Clark lies seriously hurt at the L.D.S. hos pital .
Addresses will be given by Bishop Woodruff, Bishop Jacob Mauss, Patriar c h H.S. Horne, Dr. George W. Middleton, Patriarch John F. Whittaker, Bis ho p F.D. Higginbotham and Hemming Mortenson .
Music will be furnished by a trio and by the Sugar club quartet, whic h i s composed of J.W. Timpson, C.E. Whitney, Arthur Wood, R.H. Clayton . Alto n Keltersberger will give the accompaniments. The musical selectio ns wil l be "Nephite Lamentation", "O, My Father," "The Lord is My Shephe rd," "S upplication and Prayer," and "Nearer, My God, to Thee. "
Newspaper Article: (Thursday Feb 12, 1920 )
Double Burial Service Today
Victim of Auto Accident and Daughter to Lie Side by Sid e
Joint Funeral services over the bodies of Malvina Clark, 63, wife of t h e late Hyrum B. Clark, and her daughter, Inez Clark Harvey, 29, wife o f W illiam C. Clark (Harvey) , will be held at 1 o'clock today at the Wat erlo o Ward Chapel, with Bishop A.H. Woodruff officiating .
Mrs. Malvina Clark is the woman who was killed in an automobile accide n t Sunday , while on the way to the funeral of her daughter, who had di e d of pneumonia earlier in the week .
The funeral cortege will leave the S.M. Taylor undertaking establishme n t at 12:30 for the chapel. Interment will be at the Wasatch Lawn cemete ry . Survivors of the elder Mrs. Clark are: Lewis O. Clark and Lynn Corey , s ons, and Evelyn Clark, Mrs. Ella Eccles, Mrs. Viola Witcher, Mrs. Haz el O leson and Sabina Clark, daughters. Miss Sabina Clark and Mrs. Stell a Clar k, the latter a daughter-in-law, are in a local hospital, dangerou sly inj ured as a result of the automobile accident which killed th e
mother.
Life of Sabina Clark Alder by Jan Murdoch, granddaughter
My maternal grandmother, Sabina, was born in Luna, Socorro, New Mexic o o n June 13, 1884. (this date is presumed to be the correct date but t he d ate of June 10th has also been mentioned through the years.) She ha d won derful parents and siblings and there are many stories that we hav e hear d through the years while growing up. Sabina, Gram as we called h er, liv ed with our family for the last 10 years of her life and passed a way in B oise, Ada, Idaho on July 9, 1964.
Her father, Hyrum Brown Clark, was a very influential businessman and ca t tle rancher in the various towns where they lived growing up. The kid s w ere all raised to use proper manners and etiquette. When we were lit tl e and living in Boise, Idaho we would drive down to Salt Lake City t o vis it her in her little apartment. We had a green Studebaker at the t ime s o we piled in, no freeways to make our trip to go any faster, and h eade d south. When we got closer to SLC, us girls in the back seat alway s mov ed to the window behind the driver's seat to try and be the first o ne t o see the Temple. I remember her apartment was small but very neat . A s a child she had learned to do crocheting, knitting and tatting .
After her car accident, which severely hurt her hip and pelvic area, s h e had a hard time standing for any period of time. For 18 years she w or ked as a recorder in the Salt Lake Temple but the arthritis in her han d s became such that it was very difficult to type on those old typewrite rs . So my Dad, Robert Gail Murdoch, drove to Salt Lake City and packe d he r up so she could come live with us. She had her own bedroom and ba throo m in the basement of our house in the north end of Boise.
While in her mid-20s she became engaged to a wonderful man that played t h e violin for the Utah Symphony and she was very excited for this marria ge . Sadly, he passed away from a sudden heart attack and she was depres se d for a few years. Her family convinced her to go on a mission so he r pa pers were submitted and she was called to the Northwest Mission, whi ch wa s the time was
She was a great cook and loved to make "scones" as she called them but t o day they are known as Indian fry bread. During the day she kept busy w it h doing her handiwork, which was amazing - I still have her box of cro che t hooks and some unfinished tatting she had started. Sometimes neigh bor s would stop in for a visit.
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