Ripley, NY Trolley Wreck, May 1932
Two Burn To Death In Trolley-Truck Collision
RIPLEY, N. Y., May 24.---(UP.)---Two unidentified men were burned to death here last night when their truck crashed head-on with a trolley car.
John Wojonski, Dunkirk, N. Y., operating the trolley, escaped injury, although the explosion of the truck gas tank sprayed the trolley with flame, destroying it.
Efforts to extricate the truckmen from the burning mass were futile. The truck carried Michigan license plates.
Clearfield Progress, Clearfield, PA 24 May 1932
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Transcribed by Linda Horton. Thank you, Linda!
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