Mrs. Patterson Killed When Train Strikes Car; Her 6-Month-Old Baby OK, Oct. 31, 1925

Mrs. Patterson Killed by Train

Weldon, Oct. 29—Mrs. Francis Patterson, wife of textile mill official of Roanoke Rapids, was almost instantly killed by Atlantic Coast Line train No. 80 at a grade crossing. She lived but minutes after the accident.

Two other women and Mrs. Patterson’s six-month-old baby were in the automobile, but escaped injury. The car was demolished.

Mrs. Patterson, prior to her marriage, was Miss Catherine Paxton of Buena Vista, Va. She was about 25 years old.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Oct. 31, 1925

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