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FROM THE ARCHIVEJan 11, 1935·Elizabeth City, North Carolina

AUTO AND TRAIN CRASH TRAGEDY

Scanned from The Independent, Jan 11, 1935
AUTO AND TRAIN CRASH TRAGEDY
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Rnlelsb t The Independent i ir 0 CO _ _ C NO I111 ASKS ElJZAIiETHClTYN C FRIDAY JANUARY ll7i35 SINGLE COPY 5 CENTO jr and Lack of Crossing Signals Blamed fr fffetful Midnight Auto and Train Crash j j ch Well Known Bootlegger and Woman 0 anion Met Death at Camden Crossing j xdlcggers lost a formidable competitor orobna highways added two outre to their iires when an Oldsmobile sedan driven iuncc of this city crashed into a freight cade crossing near Camden Tuesday night ance and his female companion. Mrs her Xewbern d highway fatal n a radius of 101 in tli past three. I ii worst smash j a ia many a day larn R R grade 34 near Camden lights gates bell e warning device of several ac even with normal st cannot see a crossing until short distance ritht a heavy fog even more danger urud for Elizabeth e of speed his cus driving when he ty in his path the Southbound mes thru Elizabeth i dock each night y Ca 11anee ap and swerved hard. The front and left struck the freight car down the cet before the car idled down an en ne to.

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