Four Killed in Apex When Trains Collide Head On, May 19, 1924

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Raleigh, May 19—Henry Jones, news butcher of Raleigh, four negro men and one negress were killed when two Seaboard trains met in a head-on collision near Apex Sunday afternoon. One is believed fatally injured and five others were less seriously hurt.

The collision is believed to have been caused by a mistake in signals. Passenger cars were smashed to kindling wood.

From the front page of the Elizabeth City Daily Advance, Monday, May 19, 1924

A news butcher was a person who worked on railroads selling newspapers, candy and cigars to passengers.