Monday, September 16, 2024

Robert Dixon, 17, Killed When Car Collided with Freight Train, Sept. 17, 1924

Greenville Youth Is Dead as the Result of Auto Smash

Greenville, N.C., Sept. 16—Robert Dixon, 17, of this city, was instantly killed near here this afternoon when the automobile in which he was a passenger was in collision with a freight train.

C.M. Krouse, who was driving the automobile escaped with a few scratches when he jumped form the car. The automobile was demolished. Dixon was the son of Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Dixon of this city.

From the front page of The Goldsboro News, Wednesday morning, September 17, 1924

newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn93064755/1924-09-17/ed-1/seq-1/

No comments:

Post a Comment