Grade Crossing Tragedy

Double funeral services were held at the Baptist church Saturday at 4:00 p.m. for Catherine Irene Calloway, aged 15, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charley Calloway and Ruth Dickerson, age 15, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Dickerson of Farmers Branch. At 6:00 p.m. Funeral services were held for Edwin Tracy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Marion Tracy. All were victims of a grade crossing accident Friday evening on the Duncanville road. The two girls were instantly killed and little Edwin Tracy, 3 years old, only lived five hours but never regained consciousness. His mother, Mrs. Cleo Cox Tracy, 22, was critically injured and is still unconscious at Methodist hospital in Dallas. Doctors say there is a slight chance of her recovery. Lige Lawson of Midlothian driver of the car was the fifth victim. Lawson was instantly killed, funeral services were  held Sunday at Midlothian.

Rev. Glascow preached the funeral sermon for miss Dickerson; Rev. Thos. J. Ramsey preached the sermon for the Edwin Tracy funeral; Rev. Orbin Turner preached the sermon for Miss Colloway.

The Carrollton Chronicle - August 3, 1934
Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams

Four Dead, Fifth Dying As Result Crossing Crash

DALLAS, July 28, Four persons were dead and a fifth was dying as officials launched an investigation today into the train-automobile crash at a grade crossing on the Duncanville road eight miles southwest of Dallas.
Three persons riding in a small coupe were killed instantly as the Santa Fe two-car motor train crashed into it on the crossing. A two-year-old child died later and its mother is reported near death.
The dead are:
Liege Lawson, 40, Midlothian, Texas; Catherine Irene Calloway, 17, Farmer's Branch; Ruth Dickerson, 16, Farmers Branch, and Edwin Tracy, two, Farmer's Branch.
Mrs. Cleo Tracy, 25, was not expected to live, physicians said.

The Corsicana Daily Sun - July 28, 1934
Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams