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Sunday, July 26, 2020

Willie Daniels and HIs 10-Year-Old Daughter Killed When Train Strikes Their Car, July 25, 1920

From the Dunn Dispatch, July 27, 1920

Two Killed at Grade Crossing Near Wilson. . . Willie Daniels and His 10-Year-Old Daughter Killed. . . Three Others Severely Hurt

Wilson, July 25--At Graves' crossing, one mile west of Stantonsburg, a party of automobilists was struck by the engine on the westbound passenger train on the Norfolk Southern Railroad which resulted in the death of Willie Daniels and his 10-year-old daughter, and severely injuring Mrs. W.W. Farmer, Stephen Daniels and his 10-year-old son. All of the party are from near Elm City.

The dead and the injured were brought to this city on the train that ran into them and the injured taken to a local hospital.

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