A Ford Minus Lights
and a Slippery Road. . . Such is the Probable Explanation of the Tragic End of
Elizabeth City Salesman
Night had fallen, the road was wet and treacherous, the
headlights on his automobile were not working, he was hurrying to reach the
hotel at Mackey’s before supper was over; in the darkness his car collided with
the iron railing of a concrete bridge. The car was going at a speed of 20 to 25
miles. When he struck the railing of the bridge he gave the steering wheel a
quick turn to the center of the road, the car skidded, struck the railing of
another bridge about 50 feet further on, broke thru the railing and plunged
into a creek, pinning him underneath. Such is the probably explanation of the
death of W. Howard Armstrong of this city, whose lifeless body was found in his
automobile in the water by the side of a bridge, about four miles from Mackeys
last Friday morning.
The body was found by Edgar R. Chesson of Mackeys about 8
o’clock Friday morning. The accident was supposed to have happened about 7
o’clock Thursday evening as Mr. Armstrong was seen at a store three miles
beyond the scene of the accident a little before 7 o’clock.
Howard Armstrong was 29 years old and was employed as a
traveling salesman for J.B. Flora & Co., of this city. He leaves a wife and
one small child. His father is C.H. Armstrong, who lives near Columbia, Tyrrell
county.
The funeral was held at the City Road M.E. Church this city
Sunday afternoon and the remains interred in Hollywood Cemetery with I.O.R.M.
honors.
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