One of the saddest moments on the Queets is the death of this couple.
Within a few months, they were taken together.
..." Kerr finally married a white girl. On their way in to the Clearwater, they stopped at the Indian hotel at the Agency (Taholah). There a tornado smashed the hotel and killed both Dave and his bride."...
..."He himself with his new wife lost their lives in a bad storm which blew down the Indian hotel at Taholah, where they were stoping in the winter of 1903 or 1904
Dale Northrop’s wife Eva’s sister Mary had been married to Dave Kerr of Clearwater. They were returning to their homestead on Clearwater from Hoquiam. They stopped overnight at Taholah with Harry Shale and his wife Jessie who were Indian friends of Dave’s. It was a stormy night and a tornado blew down the house and the Indian church nearby. They were sleeping up stairs and were killed instantly...."
Dale Northrop’s wife Eva’s sister Mary had been married to Dave Kerr of Clearwater. They were returning to their homestead on Clearwater from Hoquiam. They stopped overnight at Taholah with Harry Shale and his wife Jessie who were Indian friends of Dave’s. It was a stormy night and a tornado blew down the house and the Indian church nearby. They were sleeping up stairs and were killed instantly...."
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