Thelma Albright
June 24, 1918
The Muncie [Indiana] Morning Star
Dies From Injuries Sustained Sunday
Body of Miss Thelma Albright Will Reach Home Here Today
Miss Thelma Albright, 18, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William A. Albright, 916 South Plum street, died at Lancaster (O.) hospital yesterday morning about 10:30 o’clock, according to advices received her late last evening. The bidy will be brought here today for burial. Miss Albright was injured Sunday mornig when a Buick touring car in which she was a passenger, skidded and crashed down an embankment against a telephone pole, about one mile north of Lancaster. The machine carried six people and they were returning to lLancaster, having spent the evening in Columbuc. With the exception on the driver the entire party was thrown out, killing one of the boys of the party instantly and rendering Miss Albright unconscious, from which she never recovered. Her skull was fractured in two places and her left arm above the elbow was crushed, besides several minor cuts and bruises over the body. A telegram sent here Monday called the mother to the bedside as is was thought at that time that she would not live. Miss Albright would have graduated with this year’s high school class and she was one of the best known and highly respected girls of Muncie. She was a member of the FIrst Baptist Church. The funeral arrangements will not have been made until her mother arrives home with the body. Besides her parents, she is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Myrtle Mullen, of Lancaster, whom she was visiting; Mrs. Clyde Tsleger, of East First street, Muncie, and Mrs. Claude Cloud, of Richmond; four brothers, Jesse Albright, of 512 South Jefferson street; Chris Albright, who recently returned to Muncie from Cleveland; Charles Albright, of Winchester, and John R. Albright, in the navy yards in South Carolina.