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Hudson Lake, IN Train - Auto Wreck, Aug 1924

Posted November 17th, 2007 by Jill

BRIDAL COUPLE IN THS TRAGEDY, TOO.

Laporte, Ind., Aug. 11.—ALVIN BUSH, 26, MYRL, his bride of a month, and JOHN JEFFREY JR. all of Three Oaks, Mich., were dead and JOHN JEFFREY II., Jeffrey’s three year-old son, was dying with a fractured skull in a local hospital today as the result of a grade crossing crash at Hudson Lake, Ind., near here.

Jeffrey’s small sedan stalled on the interurban tracks and was struck by the Chicago, Lake Shore and South Bend limited as the party was enroute [sic] to a family picnic.

The Zanesville Signal, Zanesville, OH 11 Aug 1924
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Transcribed by Jill. Thank you, Jill!

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