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Drowned mother and daughter in car plunge at Ohio Basin Slip
Jamestown reports a tragedy when a Wilcox family car was pushed into Ohio Basin Slip by a truck trailer on Saturday. Wife Sadie Colwell Wilcox, 48, and daughter Bernice Wilcox, 17, died. Husband Tracy Wilcox survived by briefly closing a window and escaping through a submerged car. Chauffeur James Van Auken, driver of the truck, is held on an open charge in Buffalo.
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Jamestown
Buffalo
Tracy Wilcox
Wilcox Apartments
East Fifth Street
Ohio Basin
Sur- Face
James van Auken
West First Street
Erie
B. H. Scott Transportation Company
Louisiana Street