son of Jack Smidt & Vivian Theresa Crawford.
Former Laurel Child Dies in Cody Accident
CODY, Wyo. - July 21 - (AP) - As his mother watched, horrified, one-year-old James Walter Smidt toddled into the street and was crushed beneath the dual wheels of a big truck.
The child was playing outside while his father, Jack Smidt, talked to a friend on the sidewalk. Unnoticed Jimmie went into the street just as his mother came to the apartment window.
The accident occurred Tuesday, just four days after the Smidts moved to Cody from Laurel, Mont. Source: The Billings Gazette, Thursday, 22 July 1943, Page 6, Col. 1.
A coroner's jury ruled that the death of 1-year-old James Walter Smidt, under the dual wheels of a big truck was accidental. The jury absolved the driver of the oil truck which instantly killed the tot, of any blame for an "unavoidable accident."
Former Laurel Child Dies in Cody Accident
CODY, Wyo. - July 21 - (AP) - As his mother watched, horrified, one-year-old James Walter Smidt toddled into the street and was crushed beneath the dual wheels of a big truck.
The child was playing outside while his father, Jack Smidt, talked to a friend on the sidewalk. Unnoticed Jimmie went into the street just as his mother came to the apartment window.
The accident occurred Tuesday, just four days after the Smidts moved to Cody from Laurel, Mont. Source: The Billings Gazette, Thursday, 22 July 1943, Page 6, Col. 1.
A coroner's jury ruled that the death of 1-year-old James Walter Smidt, under the dual wheels of a big truck was accidental. The jury absolved the driver of the oil truck which instantly killed the tot, of any blame for an "unavoidable accident."
son of Jack Smidt & Vivian Theresa Crawford.
Former Laurel Child Dies in Cody Accident
CODY, Wyo. - July 21 - (AP) - As his mother watched, horrified, one-year-old James Walter Smidt toddled into the street and was crushed beneath the dual wheels of a big truck.
The child was playing outside while his father, Jack Smidt, talked to a friend on the sidewalk. Unnoticed Jimmie went into the street just as his mother came to the apartment window.
The accident occurred Tuesday, just four days after the Smidts moved to Cody from Laurel, Mont. Source: The Billings Gazette, Thursday, 22 July 1943, Page 6, Col. 1.
A coroner's jury ruled that the death of 1-year-old James Walter Smidt, under the dual wheels of a big truck was accidental. The jury absolved the driver of the oil truck which instantly killed the tot, of any blame for an "unavoidable accident."
Former Laurel Child Dies in Cody Accident
CODY, Wyo. - July 21 - (AP) - As his mother watched, horrified, one-year-old James Walter Smidt toddled into the street and was crushed beneath the dual wheels of a big truck.
The child was playing outside while his father, Jack Smidt, talked to a friend on the sidewalk. Unnoticed Jimmie went into the street just as his mother came to the apartment window.
The accident occurred Tuesday, just four days after the Smidts moved to Cody from Laurel, Mont. Source: The Billings Gazette, Thursday, 22 July 1943, Page 6, Col. 1.
A coroner's jury ruled that the death of 1-year-old James Walter Smidt, under the dual wheels of a big truck was accidental. The jury absolved the driver of the oil truck which instantly killed the tot, of any blame for an "unavoidable accident."
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