Lelia Mae Fawns

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From Findagrave.com:

August 11, 1924

FOUR DIE AT CROSSING

Oxford, Ohio

Four persons from Ringo Mills, KY, were killed and a fifth was seriously injured in an automobile which was struck at a crossing of the Cincinnati, Indiana, & Western Railroad near here late Sunday. The persons were on their way to New Castle, IN.

The dead are Roy Fawns, aged 20, Lelia Fawns, age 15, a sister, and JE Johnson, age 35, and his daughter Dolores, age 11. Mrs Roy Fawns, a bride of two days, was probably fatally injured.

According to the engineer of the train, the automobile was speeding up a grade toward the crossing when he first noticed it. The automobile had crossed half the track when the engine struck it, throwing the machine about 50 feet. The gasoline tank exploded, covering the wrecked auto with fire.

Mrs Fawns was burned on the head and body, and physicians said at the hospital she probably would die.

Mr & Mrs Fawns, the newly married couple, intended making their home in New Castle.