A.W. Sikes Killed When Train Strikes Car in Mebane, June 29, 1925

Man Killed When Hit by Train at Crossing. . . His Wife, Son, Daughter and Son-in-Law Seriously Hurt in Same Accident

By the Associated Press

Mebane, N.C., June 29—A.W. Sikes was instantly killed and his wife, their son Humbert, their daughter Miss [Mrs.] Talton Job, and her husband, were seriously hurt when westbound Southern passenger train No. 111 struck the automobile in which they had started to Norfolk at 2:05 this morning. The family were prepared to take a vacation trip and left early in order to reach Norfolk by tonight. Mr. Sikes stopped the car when he saw the eastbound train 112 approaching. As he started to cross the track, however, the westbound train which he had not observed struck his automobile.

Mrs. Sikes, Hubert Sikes, and Mr. and Mrs. Job are all in a hospital as a result of the accident.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Monday, June 29, 1925. The son’s first name is spelled “Humbert” on first reference and “Hubert” on second reference.

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