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near Toutle river bridge north of Cas-1 *stie Rock Saturlay night about halfpast nine o'clock, when Grant’s car,going south, crashed headon into onedriven by Vernon Hanson of CastleRock, bound north on a trip to VaderLloyd Hanson, 20, who was ridingwith Vernon Hanson, was instantlya broken leg, broken arm, broken col*were dislocated. He is being caredfor at a Longview hospital. First report was that the young men werecousins, but this was a mistake.They were unrelated, although havwere so burned beyond recognitionthat it was not until after midnightSaturday that their identity was established. His car number furnishedby Chief Floyd Peasley and Patroldepartment revealed the names of histwo women companionsVernon Hanson was able to talkapproaching from the north at a highrate of speed on the wrong side of thehighway and brought his car to ahit. The Hanson car was turnedon the highway. The Grant car wascompletely wrecked by the impactIt was an Oldsmobile roadster andall three occupants were in the driver’s seatThe car burned more than an hourfiercely that nothing could be donetoward saving the occupants, and itwas only after Castle Rock firemenapplied chemicals some time that itwas possible for the bodies tS* be reylt;killed. Vernon Hanson, 24, suffered f(lar bone, broken nose and both hips ]vmoved to the Scholz Hubbardchapel at Castle Rockfiing the same family name. -yGrant’s car caught fire and tiGrant, Mrs. Morris and Mrs. Ratliff iythe only clue and later investigation | cman A1 Blair of the Chehalis police +immediately following the accident, *and told Frank Hubbard, Castle Rock i,mortician, that he saw the Grant carcomplete stop just before his car was f
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Chehalis Bee Nugget
Chehalis, Washington, US
Fri, Jul 10, 1931
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