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Merriel J Fellows

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Merriel J Fellows

Birth
Salamanca, Cattaraugus County, New York, USA
Death
6 Mar 1929 (aged 21–22)
Allegany, Cattaraugus County, New York, USA
Burial
Salamanca, Cattaraugus County, New York, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.1570901, Longitude: -78.6941244
Plot
Section D
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The Kane Republican Kane, PA Wednesday March 6, 1929 Page 1

Two Are Killed in Crash near Bradford
(By International News Service)
BRADFORD, Pa., March 6 - Two Salamanca, N.Y., youths were killed early today and two other injured when the truck in which they were enroute to Olean crashed into a telephone pole on a curve near St. Bonaventure College, Allegany, N.Y.
Merle Fellows, 21, a nephew of the chief of police of Salamanca, and Leo Robert O'Laughlin, 20, were killed, while Warren Brown. 20, were injured.
The four had been in Olean last night for a game and had returned home to Salamanca when for some reason they started again for Olean when they crashed into the pole on the curve.
Fellows died soon after the accident, while O'Laughlin died in the Mountain Clinic, at Olean institution.
Cattaraugus county authorities are investigating.

Contrubutor: Doug Johnson #48480056
The Kane Republican Kane, PA Wednesday March 6, 1929 Page 1

Two Are Killed in Crash near Bradford
(By International News Service)
BRADFORD, Pa., March 6 - Two Salamanca, N.Y., youths were killed early today and two other injured when the truck in which they were enroute to Olean crashed into a telephone pole on a curve near St. Bonaventure College, Allegany, N.Y.
Merle Fellows, 21, a nephew of the chief of police of Salamanca, and Leo Robert O'Laughlin, 20, were killed, while Warren Brown. 20, were injured.
The four had been in Olean last night for a game and had returned home to Salamanca when for some reason they started again for Olean when they crashed into the pole on the curve.
Fellows died soon after the accident, while O'Laughlin died in the Mountain Clinic, at Olean institution.
Cattaraugus county authorities are investigating.

Contrubutor: Doug Johnson #48480056


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