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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1934
Page
8
A truck loaded with iron and machinery rolled down a steep mountain grade in Jennerstown Pennsylvania killing one man and critically injuring two others. The incident occurred on May 18 as the vehicle lost control and plunged the slope.
Richard Axil of Toana Virginia is dead. Wade Thomas, 24, also from Toana, and a man only identified as Gleason of Williamsburg West Virginia remain hospitalized in Johnstown. The truck brakes failed and Thomas, driving, lost control as it sped down a grade. It struck a telephone pole, rolled over more than a dozen times, and crashed in a field, burying the men beneath.
The Chanters of Winchester perform Olivet to Calvary at the Lutheran Church in Stephens City on Sunday at 3 PM with Mrs. Stouffer at organ and Floyd Haines directing. Admission is free and the program recalls Holy Week scenes with solos and choruses by fifty Winchester youths.
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