Scene of an accident at rural road intersection

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20039120

Description

At this rural road intersection, an automobile and truck collided, killing three. W. A. Chappelear, 3, was among those killed. The automobile was struck as it was rounding the corner, the truck shoving the auto into a ditch, breaking off a utility pole. Only the empty road is shown. There are telephone poles alongside the road and a building in the background at left.

Archival Date

1940-09-09

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-993

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

Rights

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License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License

Subjects

Accidents; Automobiles; Trucks; Chappelear, W. A.; Roads; Traffic accidents; Utility poles