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Jerald David Evans

Obituary

Dec. 10, 1894 – Dec. 3, 1922

Buried at Hibbard Creek Cemetery

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George T. Evans> Father
George W. Evans> Brother
Bessie M. Evans> Sister
All drowned in 1909 in the Snake River near Hibbard Creek Cemetery.

At the age of 17, Dec. 1922, Jerald D. Evans drove his car off the Weiser Idaho bridge, he and a passenger were drowned in the Snake River. Jerald Evans body was recovered 3 months later (March, 1923) in the same locality as that of his father, brother and sister. They are all buried in (Home) Hibbard Creek Cemetery. Jerald is next to the one grave that his brother sister and father are all buried in together.

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TWO BOYS DROWN WHEN CAR PLUNGES INTO SNAKE RIVER

Inter-State Bridge Between Weiser and Riverdale Scene of Sad Accident—Car but Not Bodies Recovered

Jerald Evans and Howard Lee, two Weiser boys, were drowned Sunday morning when the Ford runabout in which they were driving across the bridge plunged through the railing into the waters of the Snake River. Searching parties recovered the car but the bodies were not found despite continuous efforts.

It is believed that the car in which the boys were driving hit a loose plank, causing them to lose control and crash into the rail. The impact was so strong that it crushed the rail. J. Hancock, who was crossing the bridge at the time, witnessed the accident and attempted to save the boys by throwing a plank to them, but they sank before he could reach them.

The saddest aspect of the accident is that it nearly wipes out the Evans family, leaving Mrs. Emma Evans as the lone survivor. Fourteen years ago, she saw her husband, a son, and a daughter drown while she tried in vain to aid them.

Young Lee was the son of Mr. and Mrs. S.H. Lee of Weiser. Searching parties have been engaged ever since the accident, dragging the river, dynamiting it, and walking its banks as far as Huntington in hopes of recovering the bodies.

From Ontario Argus Observer – Ontario, OR – December 7, 1922 – Page 3

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Body of Weiser Boy Drowned in December Found at Gypsum

WEISER—The body of Gerald Evans, the 18-year-old local boy who, along with his companion Howard Lee, drowned in the Snake River on December 3, was found two miles below Gypsum. This information was received through a telephone message from Ray Johnson to Coroner James Le McCann on Thursday morning.

Coroner McCann immediately left for the location, where he identified the body as that of the missing boy. The body was subsequently taken to Home, Oregon, where funeral services were held on Friday.

From The Idaho Statesman – Boise, Idaho – Sun, Mar 11, 1923 – Page 14

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Tragic Accident in Weiser

January 1892—Volunteer Crew Recovers Lifeless Body of Howard Lee From Snake River

(Special Dispatch)

WEISER—The body of Howard Lee, a 17-year-old boy from Weiser who drowned in the Snake River on Sunday morning, was recovered at 2:30 PM on Wednesday by a volunteer crew. This crew had been dragging the river since the accident. The body was found about a third of the way out from the Oregon bank, 100 yards from the spot where spectators last saw the boy. The body of his companion, Gerald Evans, has not been found.

The boys drowned when the car they were driving across the Idaho-Oregon bridge west of Weiser struck an obstruction on the bridge, which was under repair at the time, and plunged through the railing into the icy water of the river 60 feet below. The boys surfaced and swam about 200 yards downstream before they sank. They made a vain attempt to reach the railing of the bridge, which was floating ahead of them. D.M. Hancock and George Lee witnessed the accident but were powerless to aid the young men due to the exceedingly strong and dangerous current at this point.

Mrs. Emma Evans, mother of Gerald, witnessed her husband, 12-year-old son, and 14-year-old daughter drown in the same stream 14 years ago in a spot just 25 miles below the scene of the present accident. Howard Lee was the son of Mr. and Mrs. S.H. Lee of Weiser.

The car has been recovered.

From The Idaho Statesman – Boise, Idaho – December 27, 1922

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