Roadside Crosses in Harvey County, Kansas
VEHICLE ACCIDENTS
Many roadside memorials have been placed in Harvey County over the years. Many more deaths from vehicle accidents were never marked by a roadside cross.
This page is dedicated to the memory of those whose lives were effected by these roadside accidents in Harvey County. Information for this page was derived from the book, Sudden Stops: Roadside Crosses in Harvey County by Darren McMannis.
Philip Hand
South Kansas Avenue at 4th Street, Newton / Auto Accident Proves Fatal To Philip Hand. Santa Fe Engineer Inspector Dies Without Regaining Consciousness. Victim Was Driving South on Kansas Avenue When Motor Car Overturned. Phillip Hand, 50 years old, outside engine...
Dan Martin
Highway 50 at Twin Bridges Two Killed As Car Hit Bridge. Timber Penetrated Bodies of Victims As Auto Smashes Railing. Bodies Are Burned. Tragedy Overtook Boys Going Home to Sylvia from K.U. Dan C. Martin and Harvey B. Krey, the latter a Kansas University student,...
Ruby Jane Weber
11th & N. Main Street – Newton.
Daisy Stogsdill
Wild Ride Ends In Fatal Crash. Mrs. Daisy Stogsdill Dead and Sterling Cox Has Fractured Skull. Driver of Car Held. With Bill Jones at Wheel Rented Car Turned Over Saturday Night. A car smash ended what has been described as a booze party for four Newton people,...
Bennie Walter
East side of West Fifth Street bridge – Newton.
Ethel May Royer
2 miles South of the George Hupp farm southwest of Newton.
Esther Seedle
Old City Park – Burrton
Mr. & Mrs. A. J. Petz
Two Killed In Auto Accident Mrs. A.J. Petz of Lawrence, Kan., was instantly killed and her husband received fatal injuries in an automobile accident on the section line southeast of Hesston Sunday morning about 11 o'clock. Mr. Petz died two hours after being brought...
Matthew Simpson (1st HV Accident)
Highway 50 at Twin Bridges Sad Accident. Automobile Dashes Off A Bridge Into A Ditch. Judge Simpson Killed. Newtonians were shocked last evening by the news of one of the most deplorable accidents that ever happened in this city or its vicinity - news that...
