Kern County Obituaries

Wm W Miller

Submitted by Don Stowell; 13 Feb 2008

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Source Unknown; 18 Nov 1943

ACCIDENTS CLAIM TWO YOUNG LIVES
When his motorcycle hit a bump during the speed trials held Sunday morning at Rosamond 
Dry Lake, Fenton Clay Grinler, Jr., 21, of 3300 Hyde Pk. Blvd., Los Angeles, received a skull 
fracture when his body was thrown a distance of 240 feet after the motor had flopped end over 
end for a distance of 60 feet. Grinler was taken to the Lancaster Community Hospital where he 
died two hours later.
In a similar accident at 9:15 the same morning, Wm W Miller, 26, of  228 East 24th St, Los 
Angeles was instantly killed . Officer Clark of the California State Highway Patrol investigated 
the accidents.