Wrecks

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20037112

Description

A giant freight van loaded with groceries crashed deep into the Draper Grocery when it failed to make a turn at Hemphill and Kellis. The Chevrolet truck is smashed into a display of seeds. There are boxes of flour, Quaker corn meal, Light Crust flour, potatoes, tomato juice, Carnation evaporated milk, and vinegar are strewn across the store and Kotex pads on the shelf. Spectators can be seen through the back left window. The room has hammered tin ceiling panels and transom windows. The light globe fixtures have chain and string switches.Clipping:"BLUE POINT BLUES—A giant freight van, loaded with groceries, smashed deep into the Draper Grocery, 4351 Hemphill, late Thursday, amid a shower of plate glass fragments and canned goods. The driver of the truck, Richard Jimmie Daniel of Denton, and two youths working in the store, Bobbie Draper and La Moyne Ray, escaped injury. The truck failed to make a turn at Hemphill and Kellis. (Staff Photo)." "(Staff Photo)" Published Star-Telegram Eve. May 25, 1945.

Archival Date

1945-05-24

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-619

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

Rights

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License

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Subjects

Accidents; Trucks; Boxes; Stores & shops; Grocery stores; Disasters