The Independent, Goldendale, WA., July 18, 1912, page 1

MRS. GEORGE BUNNELL KILLED

     On last Monday forenoon in company with her young daughter, Mrs. Bunnell left her home at Centerville to go to her farm due south of Centerville. She drove a horse to a light buggy, without any brake on the same.
     Going down the hill on the other side of the mountain the breeching on the horse slipped, scaring the horse, which began to run and kick, and finally threw the woman and child out.
     The child was not hurt, and she got up and went to her mother, who was lying on her stomach. She turned her mother over who gave a gasp or two, but could not talk. The child ran several hundred yards to the Gillette & Coffield farm for help. Mrs. Baldwin ran to the woman, but found her dead.
     The right side of her head was smashed in letting the brain ooze, and her right shoulder was badly mangled and bruised.
     Coroner Merle Chapman was summoned, who left for the scene of the accident immediately but did not hold an inquest, as he deemed it unnecessary.
     The body was brought to Goldendale and prepared for burial, internment taking place yesterday in the Centerville cemetery.
     Mrs. Bunnell was a widow, her husband, George Bunnell, dying about a year ago. She was about 45 years of age, and leaves a daughter nine years old. She has resided in Klickitat for several years, and was held in high esteem by all who knew her.

The Klickitat County Agriculturist, Goldendale, WA., July 20, 1912, page 4

MRS. BUNNELL FATALLY INJURED

     Mrs. George L. Bunnell of Centerville, wife of the late G.L.Bunnell who was well known in this city, was killed last Monday morning as a result of a runaway, and her little daughter, who was with her at the time, was painfully injured. The accident occurred near Mrs. Bunnell's ranch a few miles below Maryhill. The woman left Centerville early in the morning for her ranch. When the nearing her destination the horses became frightened and ran away, throwing the occupants of the buggy out and fatally injuring Mrs. Bunnell, who lived only a few minutes.
     The funeral services took place at the Christian church in Centerville, July 17th, 1912, Funeral Director, Merle W. Chapman, of this city, having charge of the remains.

The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., July 19, 1912, page 8

WOMAN KILLED
Dashed Against Rocks Head First

     Goldendale, Washington, July 17 - Mrs. George Bunnell of Centerville was killed in a runaway on the old grade from the Klickitat valley down the Dalles mountain to the Bunnell ranch to the Columbia river near Fallbridge. Her only child, a 9 year old daughter, was in the rig with her but escaped unhurt. The child says that something broke about the harness just after they had started down the grade, and the horses started to kick and run. When almost to a point of safety the buggy struck a rock and Mrs. Bunnell was thrown out on her head, killing her instantly.
     The little girl went to a farm house a quarter of a mile away for help. They found the woman with her brains dashed about on the rocks. Mrs. Bunnell was the widow of a Klickitat stockman who died two years ago and she has since been looked after the ranch and stock interest belonging to the estate.

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