Sunday, January 11, 2026

C.A. Bell Dies When His Car Overturns, Pinning Him, Jan. 11, 1926

Wilmington Man Killed in Accident

Wilmington, N.C., Jan. 11 (AP)—C.A. Bell of this city, tobacco salesman, died at 7 o’clock tonight as a result of injuries received when his car turned turtle at the town creek road, Brunswick County, seven miles west of Wilmington late this afternoon. Mr. Bell was pinned beneath the car and his ribs crushed. Death was attributed to concussion of the lungs. The body will be carried to Dunn tomorrow for burial.

From the front page of The Goldsboro News, Tuesday morning, January 12, 1926. “Goldsboro Is the Gate City of Eastern North Carolina”

newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn93064755/1926-01-12/ed-1/seq-1/

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