11-Month-Old Child Drowned, Others Injured, When Car Crashed Through Bridge, Feb. 23, 1924

Child Drowned When Car Fell from Bridge. . . Another Child Was Hurt in Accident Which Occurred Near Salisbury

By the Associated Press

Salisbury, Feb. 23—The 11-months-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Fred F. Shamel was drowned and the parents and child of a neighbor were injured last night when the automobile in which they were riding crashed through a bridge into Town Creek, several blocks from the city limits of Salisbury.

All the occupants of the car except the infant were rescued by the heroic work of three negroes who were near when the car dived into the creek.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Feb. 23, 1924