Manchester, TN Auto Hits Parked Truck, July 1939
FOUR IN FAMILY KILLED AS CAR HITS PARKED TRUCK.
Manchester, Tenn. -- (AP) -- Five members of a Coffee county family left home Saturday by automobile for a visit to Detroit.
Forty-five minutes later four were dead and the fifth critically injured -- victims of a collision with a parked truck.
The dead were D. T. LEWIS, 67 year old merchant; his wife, 58; a son, CLEBERT LEWIS, 38; and HILARY COOPER, 36, son of MRS. LEWIS by a previous marriage. MARVIN LEWIS, 29, suffered internal injuries.
Capital Times Madison Wisconsin 1939-07-30
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Researched and Transcribed by Stu Beitler. Thank you, Stu!
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