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The Goldendale Sentinel, Goldendale, WA., April 4, 1935, page 8
"Local News"

Bert Hall, White Salmon resident, was killed Sunday evening about 6 o'clock, when his car went over a 30 foot embankment about one half mile this side of Underwood. The automobile landed on the railroad track, causing Hall to be thrown through the air to the other side of the track, where he died instantly. The accident was discovered by an Indian, name unknown, who saw the car leave the road. County prosecuting attorney C.W. Ramsey was notified and conducted his investigation by telephone, there being no immediate need of his presence. Dr. John F. Barber, who was in charge, turned the body over to funeral director Gardner of White Salmon. The deceased was a widower with no children, his brother Seymour Hall, of Stevenson, being the only immediate survivor.

The Klickitat County News, Goldendale, WA., April 4, 1935, page 12

COUNTRY MAN IS WRECK VICTIM
Car Goes Over Embankment Near Bingen; Thrown From Car

Bert Hall, laborer well-known in Bingen and White Salmon, was killed, probably instantly, when a car which he was driving careened from the highway between Bingen and Underwood Sunday evening, landing on the railroad tracks 30 feet below the road.
Hall was thrown clear of the car and landed several feet from the wreck, his body mangled from the impact. One Indian whose name was not learned was the sole witness, officers said. The car was being driven at a fair rate of speed, the driver apparently losing control and then skidding on the graveled shoulder of the south side of the highway. The car was a total loss.
Dr. Barber of White Salmon was dispatched to the scene of the wreck by Prosecutor Ramsey and reported the case.
Associates of the deceased stated that he had been drinking at Underwood and that while he was not "excessively" drunk, they had refused to ride back to White Salmon with him.