Father: Thomas Duncan
Mother: Mary Bolden
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The Muncie Star, Sunday, October 7, 1956, page 14A
Funeral services for members of the Fred D. Beal family and two close relatives, all of whom lost their lives Wednesday night in an auto crash southwest of Muncie, will be at 1p.m. Monday at the Faulkner Chapel of Chimes.
The Rev. W.R. Thompson will officiate and burial will be in Beech Grove Cemetery.
Services will be held for Beal, his wife, Lillian; their children, Inez, 8, Chestina, 6, Vickie Lynn, 5, and Claudia, 4; Beal's sister, Loretta Beal Witherspoon, 36; and Mrs. Marie Clark, 60, other of Beal and Mrs. Witherspoon.
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Handwritten-Thurs., Oct. 4, 1956
Head-On Crash Near Muncie Fatal to 10
Four Young Sisters Among Victims of Head-On Collision
MUNCIE, Ind. (UP)--Indiana's worst automobile accident in history killed 10 person Wednesday night, including four young sisters, in a head-on collision on a highway.
Nine of the dead were jammed together in one car. The accident happened seven miles southwest of here on Ind. 67, a main highway between Muncie and Anderson, at about 10:15 p.m. CDT.
A family of six was wiped out as the cars crashed together with such force one of them was hurled 88 feet from the point of impact.
The dead included Mrs. Loretta Beal Witherspoon, 36, who state police said was expecting a baby within two months.
Mrs. Witherspoon's brother, his wife, their four daughters, the children's grandmother and a friend were killed. There were no survivors in either car.
State police said there was "evidence of alcohol" in the car driven by Fred Beal, 32, into which nine of the victims were crowded.
Officers identified the other dead as Beal's wife, Lillian, 30; their daughters, Claudia, 4, Vicki Lynn, 5, Christina, 6, and Inez, 8; Beal's mother, Mrs. Marie Clark, 50, and Jesse Price, 37.
......
Policeman John Nicewander said skid marks at the point of impact indicated the car driven by Beal apparently swerved across the westbound lane over the center live and crashed into Burns, eastbound car.
All the victims except one were killed instantly, Nicewander said. Lillian Beal died shortly afterward on the operating table of the Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie.
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ACH Museum "1955 Mar-April 1958" Scrapbook
Image 68
Transcribed by Janice Vasilovski
Contributor: Karin King (47469179)
Mother: Mary Bolden
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The Muncie Star, Sunday, October 7, 1956, page 14A
Funeral services for members of the Fred D. Beal family and two close relatives, all of whom lost their lives Wednesday night in an auto crash southwest of Muncie, will be at 1p.m. Monday at the Faulkner Chapel of Chimes.
The Rev. W.R. Thompson will officiate and burial will be in Beech Grove Cemetery.
Services will be held for Beal, his wife, Lillian; their children, Inez, 8, Chestina, 6, Vickie Lynn, 5, and Claudia, 4; Beal's sister, Loretta Beal Witherspoon, 36; and Mrs. Marie Clark, 60, other of Beal and Mrs. Witherspoon.
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Handwritten-Thurs., Oct. 4, 1956
Head-On Crash Near Muncie Fatal to 10
Four Young Sisters Among Victims of Head-On Collision
MUNCIE, Ind. (UP)--Indiana's worst automobile accident in history killed 10 person Wednesday night, including four young sisters, in a head-on collision on a highway.
Nine of the dead were jammed together in one car. The accident happened seven miles southwest of here on Ind. 67, a main highway between Muncie and Anderson, at about 10:15 p.m. CDT.
A family of six was wiped out as the cars crashed together with such force one of them was hurled 88 feet from the point of impact.
The dead included Mrs. Loretta Beal Witherspoon, 36, who state police said was expecting a baby within two months.
Mrs. Witherspoon's brother, his wife, their four daughters, the children's grandmother and a friend were killed. There were no survivors in either car.
State police said there was "evidence of alcohol" in the car driven by Fred Beal, 32, into which nine of the victims were crowded.
Officers identified the other dead as Beal's wife, Lillian, 30; their daughters, Claudia, 4, Vicki Lynn, 5, Christina, 6, and Inez, 8; Beal's mother, Mrs. Marie Clark, 50, and Jesse Price, 37.
......
Policeman John Nicewander said skid marks at the point of impact indicated the car driven by Beal apparently swerved across the westbound lane over the center live and crashed into Burns, eastbound car.
All the victims except one were killed instantly, Nicewander said. Lillian Beal died shortly afterward on the operating table of the Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie.
......
ACH Museum "1955 Mar-April 1958" Scrapbook
Image 68
Transcribed by Janice Vasilovski
Contributor: Karin King (47469179)
Father: Thomas Duncan
Mother: Mary Bolden
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The Muncie Star, Sunday, October 7, 1956, page 14A
Funeral services for members of the Fred D. Beal family and two close relatives, all of whom lost their lives Wednesday night in an auto crash southwest of Muncie, will be at 1p.m. Monday at the Faulkner Chapel of Chimes.
The Rev. W.R. Thompson will officiate and burial will be in Beech Grove Cemetery.
Services will be held for Beal, his wife, Lillian; their children, Inez, 8, Chestina, 6, Vickie Lynn, 5, and Claudia, 4; Beal's sister, Loretta Beal Witherspoon, 36; and Mrs. Marie Clark, 60, other of Beal and Mrs. Witherspoon.
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Handwritten-Thurs., Oct. 4, 1956
Head-On Crash Near Muncie Fatal to 10
Four Young Sisters Among Victims of Head-On Collision
MUNCIE, Ind. (UP)--Indiana's worst automobile accident in history killed 10 person Wednesday night, including four young sisters, in a head-on collision on a highway.
Nine of the dead were jammed together in one car. The accident happened seven miles southwest of here on Ind. 67, a main highway between Muncie and Anderson, at about 10:15 p.m. CDT.
A family of six was wiped out as the cars crashed together with such force one of them was hurled 88 feet from the point of impact.
The dead included Mrs. Loretta Beal Witherspoon, 36, who state police said was expecting a baby within two months.
Mrs. Witherspoon's brother, his wife, their four daughters, the children's grandmother and a friend were killed. There were no survivors in either car.
State police said there was "evidence of alcohol" in the car driven by Fred Beal, 32, into which nine of the victims were crowded.
Officers identified the other dead as Beal's wife, Lillian, 30; their daughters, Claudia, 4, Vicki Lynn, 5, Christina, 6, and Inez, 8; Beal's mother, Mrs. Marie Clark, 50, and Jesse Price, 37.
......
Policeman John Nicewander said skid marks at the point of impact indicated the car driven by Beal apparently swerved across the westbound lane over the center live and crashed into Burns, eastbound car.
All the victims except one were killed instantly, Nicewander said. Lillian Beal died shortly afterward on the operating table of the Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie.
......
ACH Museum "1955 Mar-April 1958" Scrapbook
Image 68
Transcribed by Janice Vasilovski
Contributor: Karin King (47469179)
Mother: Mary Bolden
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The Muncie Star, Sunday, October 7, 1956, page 14A
Funeral services for members of the Fred D. Beal family and two close relatives, all of whom lost their lives Wednesday night in an auto crash southwest of Muncie, will be at 1p.m. Monday at the Faulkner Chapel of Chimes.
The Rev. W.R. Thompson will officiate and burial will be in Beech Grove Cemetery.
Services will be held for Beal, his wife, Lillian; their children, Inez, 8, Chestina, 6, Vickie Lynn, 5, and Claudia, 4; Beal's sister, Loretta Beal Witherspoon, 36; and Mrs. Marie Clark, 60, other of Beal and Mrs. Witherspoon.
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Handwritten-Thurs., Oct. 4, 1956
Head-On Crash Near Muncie Fatal to 10
Four Young Sisters Among Victims of Head-On Collision
MUNCIE, Ind. (UP)--Indiana's worst automobile accident in history killed 10 person Wednesday night, including four young sisters, in a head-on collision on a highway.
Nine of the dead were jammed together in one car. The accident happened seven miles southwest of here on Ind. 67, a main highway between Muncie and Anderson, at about 10:15 p.m. CDT.
A family of six was wiped out as the cars crashed together with such force one of them was hurled 88 feet from the point of impact.
The dead included Mrs. Loretta Beal Witherspoon, 36, who state police said was expecting a baby within two months.
Mrs. Witherspoon's brother, his wife, their four daughters, the children's grandmother and a friend were killed. There were no survivors in either car.
State police said there was "evidence of alcohol" in the car driven by Fred Beal, 32, into which nine of the victims were crowded.
Officers identified the other dead as Beal's wife, Lillian, 30; their daughters, Claudia, 4, Vicki Lynn, 5, Christina, 6, and Inez, 8; Beal's mother, Mrs. Marie Clark, 50, and Jesse Price, 37.
......
Policeman John Nicewander said skid marks at the point of impact indicated the car driven by Beal apparently swerved across the westbound lane over the center live and crashed into Burns, eastbound car.
All the victims except one were killed instantly, Nicewander said. Lillian Beal died shortly afterward on the operating table of the Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie.
......
ACH Museum "1955 Mar-April 1958" Scrapbook
Image 68
Transcribed by Janice Vasilovski
Contributor: Karin King (47469179)
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