Three Killed In Auto Accident
Clarence Hawkins ls Killed, and S. D. and B. F. Wells Died Later at Hospital.
One of the worst automobile accidents in the history of the county occurred about four miles out of town Sunday morning. The west bound Atlantic Coast Line passenger train hit a Ford car driven by Ben Wells.
In the car, besides the driver were Sam Wells, Worth Wells and Clarence Hawkins. The Ford was hurled thirty five yards from the crossing and one of the men was thrown thirty feet further. Worth Wells, who was sitting on the front seat of the car with Ben Wells, jumped from the auto and escaped with a few minor injuries.
Clarence Hawkins was killed outright. The train was stopped and the other two men were hurried to the Bainbridge Hospital. Ben Wells died soon after reaching the hospital. Sam Wells lived until Monday afternoon. The three men were buried at Faceville where they had formerly lived.
Sam and Ben Wells were living, at the time of the accident near Climax.
Ben Wells was coming to Bainbridge to meet his daughter, who was on the train that hit the car. The accident seems to have been one of those things that. happen with no way to explain how. The most plausible explanation perhaps is that Mr. Wells was not accustomed to driving this make of car and when he made an effort to put on the brake he merely shifted the gears and the car rolled onto the track in low gear.
The Wells brothers are each survived by a wife and six children. Mr. Hawkins was formerly a resident of this county but had recently moved to Youngstown, Fla.
(Link provided by Find A Grave contributor C Bozeman)
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Clarence Hawkins ls Killed, and S. D. and B. F. Wells Died Later at Hospital.
One of the worst automobile accidents in the history of the county occurred about four miles out of town Sunday morning. The west bound Atlantic Coast Line passenger train hit a Ford car driven by Ben Wells.
In the car, besides the driver were Sam Wells, Worth Wells and Clarence Hawkins. The Ford was hurled thirty five yards from the crossing and one of the men was thrown thirty feet further. Worth Wells, who was sitting on the front seat of the car with Ben Wells, jumped from the auto and escaped with a few minor injuries.
Clarence Hawkins was killed outright. The train was stopped and the other two men were hurried to the Bainbridge Hospital. Ben Wells died soon after reaching the hospital. Sam Wells lived until Monday afternoon. The three men were buried at Faceville where they had formerly lived.
Sam and Ben Wells were living, at the time of the accident near Climax.
Ben Wells was coming to Bainbridge to meet his daughter, who was on the train that hit the car. The accident seems to have been one of those things that. happen with no way to explain how. The most plausible explanation perhaps is that Mr. Wells was not accustomed to driving this make of car and when he made an effort to put on the brake he merely shifted the gears and the car rolled onto the track in low gear.
The Wells brothers are each survived by a wife and six children. Mr. Hawkins was formerly a resident of this county but had recently moved to Youngstown, Fla.
(Link provided by Find A Grave contributor C Bozeman)
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Three Killed In Auto Accident
Clarence Hawkins ls Killed, and S. D. and B. F. Wells Died Later at Hospital.
One of the worst automobile accidents in the history of the county occurred about four miles out of town Sunday morning. The west bound Atlantic Coast Line passenger train hit a Ford car driven by Ben Wells.
In the car, besides the driver were Sam Wells, Worth Wells and Clarence Hawkins. The Ford was hurled thirty five yards from the crossing and one of the men was thrown thirty feet further. Worth Wells, who was sitting on the front seat of the car with Ben Wells, jumped from the auto and escaped with a few minor injuries.
Clarence Hawkins was killed outright. The train was stopped and the other two men were hurried to the Bainbridge Hospital. Ben Wells died soon after reaching the hospital. Sam Wells lived until Monday afternoon. The three men were buried at Faceville where they had formerly lived.
Sam and Ben Wells were living, at the time of the accident near Climax.
Ben Wells was coming to Bainbridge to meet his daughter, who was on the train that hit the car. The accident seems to have been one of those things that. happen with no way to explain how. The most plausible explanation perhaps is that Mr. Wells was not accustomed to driving this make of car and when he made an effort to put on the brake he merely shifted the gears and the car rolled onto the track in low gear.
The Wells brothers are each survived by a wife and six children. Mr. Hawkins was formerly a resident of this county but had recently moved to Youngstown, Fla.
(Link provided by Find A Grave contributor C Bozeman)
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Clarence Hawkins ls Killed, and S. D. and B. F. Wells Died Later at Hospital.
One of the worst automobile accidents in the history of the county occurred about four miles out of town Sunday morning. The west bound Atlantic Coast Line passenger train hit a Ford car driven by Ben Wells.
In the car, besides the driver were Sam Wells, Worth Wells and Clarence Hawkins. The Ford was hurled thirty five yards from the crossing and one of the men was thrown thirty feet further. Worth Wells, who was sitting on the front seat of the car with Ben Wells, jumped from the auto and escaped with a few minor injuries.
Clarence Hawkins was killed outright. The train was stopped and the other two men were hurried to the Bainbridge Hospital. Ben Wells died soon after reaching the hospital. Sam Wells lived until Monday afternoon. The three men were buried at Faceville where they had formerly lived.
Sam and Ben Wells were living, at the time of the accident near Climax.
Ben Wells was coming to Bainbridge to meet his daughter, who was on the train that hit the car. The accident seems to have been one of those things that. happen with no way to explain how. The most plausible explanation perhaps is that Mr. Wells was not accustomed to driving this make of car and when he made an effort to put on the brake he merely shifted the gears and the car rolled onto the track in low gear.
The Wells brothers are each survived by a wife and six children. Mr. Hawkins was formerly a resident of this county but had recently moved to Youngstown, Fla.
(Link provided by Find A Grave contributor C Bozeman)
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