5 Killed When Southern Train Struck Their Car Aug. 30, 1925

5 Persons Killed at Grade Crossing

Reidsville, Aug. 30—Five persons were killed at a grade crossing here about 7 o’clock tonight, when the automobile in which they were riding was struck by Southern passenger train number 35. The dead are: Jack H. Carter of Reidsville and New York; Mrs. Eugene Irvin of Reidsville; Mrs. Manton Oliver of Reidsville, wife of the publisher of the Reidsville Review; Mrs. John Oliver, widow of John Oliver of Reidsville; and Mrs. Nina Johnson Cone of New York.

From page 4 of The Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C., Monday, Aug. 31, 1925

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