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East St Louis, IL Auto Accident, Mar 1936

Posted November 20th, 2007 by Linda Horton

Auto Hits Woman, Tiny Baby Born as She Lies in Street.

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill., March 19 (AP).---A tiny baby girl, was born three months prematurely while its mother, Mrs. May Womack, 39, lay in the middle of the street after being knocked down by a truck.

The baby, who weighed fifteen ounces, died Thursday night, twenty-four hours after the accident. The mother suffered only bruises of the hip and leg.

Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX 20 Mar 1936
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Transcribed by Linda Horton. Thank you, Linda!

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