Woman Killed on Way to Visit Powwow Doctor

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Woman Killed on Way to Visit Powwow Doctor

Lancaster. Fed 9. While driving to this city to visit a "powwow" doctor to receive treatment for rheumatism, a woman was instantly killed and husband and their two children were injured.


The dead woan was Mrs. Walter Rice, 47, who resided near Green Tree, Lancaster county. The husband and two children were brought to a local hospital.


Rice suffered cuts about the head while his son, Harry, 11, received probable fractures of both legs and his daughter, Blanche, 9, was bruised.


The accident occuree on the WIllow Street pke near this city. Rice attempted to pass a truck and his car skidded from the road into three telephone poles.


Mrs. Rice had been taking powwow treatments from teh local"doctor" for the last year.

Submitted on:  Sun, 04-Apr-2010, 18:58