Thursday, November 28, 2024

Theodore Bandy, 74, Killed When Train Strikes His Car, Nov. 29, 1924

Prominent Catawba County Man Is Killed Instantly When Car Stalls on Tracks and Is Struck by Train

Statesville, Nov. 28—Theodore F. Bandy, aged 74, former sheriff of Catawba county, met instant death at Bostain bridge, crossing near this city at 5 o’clock this evening when the Ford car in which he was driving stalled on the railroad tracks and was struck by a Southern train.

Mr. Bandy was one of the most prominent citizens of Catawba county and at the time of his death was employed as county surveyor.

From the front page of The New Bernian, Saturday Morning, November 29, 1924.

newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn96086034/1924-11-29/ed-1/seq-1/#words=NOVEMBER+29%2C+1924

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