DOUGLAS, Garold Deane - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

Veedersburg, March 25 – John Nance, 23 of Waynetown RR 2, his wife Alice Louise, 21, and her two brothers, Gerald Dean Douglass, 6, and Richard Clarence Douglass, 3, were killed in a tragic accident here at 4:55 o’clock Sunday afternoon when their car was struck by a freight train headed east on the Nickel Plate. The crash occurred at the Third Street crossing here in Veedersburg. Two other occupations of the death car, Doris Mae Douglass, 14 and Gene Nance, 14 were injured, the former seriously.  The driver, John Nance, was killed instantly, while his wife died enroute to the St. Elizabeth Hospital in Danville. The two Douglass boys, whose parents, Everett and Elva, reside in Veedersburg died shortly after arrival at the hospital. Gene Nance, who condition was believed to be favorable last night is a brother of John Nance. Engineer of the train, Freight No 41 is L Burns, Charleston Ill and the conductor is HL Kinderman, 204 1.2 W Washington Street, Frankfort. The accident was investigated by State Policeman Clarence Short and Coroner Carl Fishero. Bodies of the four accident victims are at the Fishero Funeral Home here. - kbz

Source: 1940s obituaries collected by Rose Marie Sutherlin provided to kbz via Betty Dotson (one great lady and genealogist – both were and ironically, I have been cleaning my genealogy things out and found this on the day Betty passed – probably had it for years when Rose Marie passed as fairly sure Betty received much of her things and Betty likely already had one of these)