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Chase County Kansas Obituaries


1863 - 2002



Romigh, W S

W. S. ROMIGH KILLED His Automobile turned Turtle and buried him in Spring Creek.

Was returning home from first trip to town.

W. S. Romigh was instantly killed at Spring creek just west of the city limits about 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon and he lay buried in the mud and water for almost two hours before he was found.

Mr. Romigh received his auto, an Oldsmobile runabout , Wednesday of last week and had not run it until Sunday forenoon when he had Jas. Watson and W. A. Slater come out to the farm and help him start it. They got it started and all three rode to town in it. Mr. Watson rode around town for some time with Mr. Romigh and shortly after two o'clock the latter started for home.

A little after four o'clock Bob Myers started to Elmdale and when he saw an automobile in Spring creek upside down he thought there had been an accident although he could see no one near the machine. He came back to town and a crowd went out to see what had happened.

It seems that Mr. Romigh must have made a mistake and guided the machine to the left when he wanted to turn to the right. The machine pitch off the south side of the Spring creek bridge and landed almost upside down in the water and mud. Death must have been instantaneous.BR>
The body was brought to the Brown undertaking rooms where it was prepared for burial. In all the time that Mr. Romig has been in public life no one ever questioned his honesty nor his ability. While he was well up in years, being 76 years old, he was still very active in all public matters and in the management of his own affairs.

Chase County Leader-News, Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, Oct 20, 1908





Chase County Death Notices and Obituaries,
compiled and abstracted from the Chase County Courant and Chase County Leader Newspapers
by Lorna Marvin
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