The Payette Independent
Thursday, November 17, 1927
Word was received last week by Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lewis that Helen Pinkerton, 14 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Pinkerton who live 10 miles from Roseburg, was killed by an automobile accident last Tuesday. She and her sister were returning from school and their car collided with a truck. She was thrown through the wind shield cutting her nick so badly that she bled to death. Mr. and Mrs. Pinkerton lived on the place now owned by James Deal north of town for a number of years.