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The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., October 18, 1962, page 1

CRASH KILLS MOTHER OF 7 SATURDAY

In a grinding-flying crash that one boy witnessed from the top of the Dock road, and others viewed from near the Hearn Fruit stand on Highway 830, Mrs. Helen Anderson, 32, lost her life Saturday morning about 10:30 a.m. when the car she was driving plunged over the edge of the narrow roadway.
Authorities stated that the car probably was going at an excessive rate of speed. The 1952 Mercury sedan was left on the rocky hillside about halfway down the almost vertical bluff. The body of Mrs. Anderson was taken to the bottom of the bluff by members of the White Salmon Fire Department rescue team. The 2 door car carried in Oregon license 98 8344. Mrs. Anderson was thrown out of the vehicle and her body was found about 50 feet below the car.
Mrs. Anderson was the mother of 7 youngsters, 10 years old and younger. Her body was taken to Gardner's funeral home here.

The Mt. Adams Sun, Bingen, WA., October 18, 1962, page 1

MOTHER OF 7 TOTS KILLED IN ACCIDENT

Mrs. Helen Anderson, 31, W.S., mother of seven small children, was killed at about 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 13, when her car failed to negotiate a sharp right curves at the top of the Dock Road.
The car leaped a log which serves as a guard rail and landed 100 feet down the steep bluff. The Mt. Adams Rescue crew was assisted by spectators in reaching the wreckage and removing Mrs. Anderson's body.
Wm. R. Fuwell, who was standing at Hearn's Fruit Stand on the highway below, heard the crash and saw Mrs. Anderson's car start its death leap. Near witness was Emmett DeWalt of W. S. who met Mrs. Anderson's fast moving car on the curve as he was coming upgrade.
DeWalt drove back down the Dock Road but found no trace of the accident.
According to the State Patrol and Klickitat County Sheriff's Office, all surface indications point to excessive speed as the cause of the accident.
Gardner's Funeral Service is in charge of rites at 10:30 a.m. today, Thursday, October 18, at the Odd Fellows cemetery. Rev. Homer Coulson will officiate.
Mrs. Anderson and is survived by seven of children; Richard 10, Michael 9, Marry 7, Rodney 6, Eugene 5, Ramona 4 and Brian 2½ who are being taken care of by their brother, Mr. and Mrs. George Roberts, Jr. of W. S. Her father, George Roberts, Sr., is also of White Salmon.

The Goldendale Sentinel, Goldendale, WA., October 18, 1962, page 6

MOTHER OF 7 KILLED IN CAR ACCIDENT

Helen M. Anderson, 31, of White Salmon, was apparently killed instantly Saturday morning when the car she was driving plunged off the road on a curve on S.E. 6th street in White Salmon.
Mrs. Anderson, driving a '52 Mercury sedan owned by Jack fitzgerald, was alone at the time that she apparently was unable to negotiate the down-grade curve due to excessive speed. The car hurled 25 feet out, then dropped about 100 feet before hitting the hillside, Deputy Sheriff Harry Dawson reported. The vehicle then bounded into the air for 50 feet, rolling and bouncing, and came to rest about 200 feet below the edge of the road.
Deputy Coroner Moz Burles reported that death must have been almost instantaneous; the body was taken to Gardner's Funeral Home.
Mrs. Anderson, divorced, is survived by seven children.