1949 — Oct 16, auto hits horse, on-coming car skids into the auto, 7M  S of Sicily Isl. LA–  6

–6  Ada Evening News, OK.  “Six Killed When Auto Goes Wild.” 10-17, 1949, p. 1.

–6  Monroe News Star, LA. “Six Killed After Auto Hits Horse.” 10-17-1949, p. 1.

Narrative Information:

Oct 17, Monroe News Star: “Ferriday, La., Oct. 17. – (Special) – Six persons were killed and another seriously injured when an automobile crashed into a horse, skidded across the highway and collided with an on-coming vehicle shortly before 7 p.m. Sunday seven miles south of Sicily Island. Among those instantly killed in the fatal accident was a Louisiana State University professor, his wife and their two young sons. The Baton Rouge professor was identified as Cecil Sydney Camp, 42…head of the hydraulics engineering department at L.S.U. Other victims were: Mrs. Anita Pettit Camp, 42, his wife, and their two children, Robert 10 and Arthur 9.

“[Also] Francis Mitchell, of Fayetteville, Ark., an engineering student at L.S.U.

“Leo Frank Jackson of Rayville.

“The only survivor of the accident, Miss Mable Fussell, a Winnsboro nurse, is hospitalized in a Ferriday clinic with serious injuries.

“Witnesses said the cars struck with such terrific impact that they had to be pulled apart to remove the victims.

“The accident occurred with a 1949 Ford believed to have been driven by Jackson struck a horse. The on-coming Camp automobile applied its brakes, causing the car to skid to the other side of the highway, resulting in the Jackson vehicle plowing through the Studebaker….” (Monroe News Star, LA. “Six Killed After Auto Hits Horse.” 10-17-1949, p. 1.)

 Sources

Ada Evening News, OK. “Six Killed When Auto Goes Wild.” 10-17, 1949, p. 1. Accessed at:

http://www.newspaperarchive.com/FullPagePdfViewer.aspx?img=49026493

Monroe News Star, LA. “Six Killed After Auto Hits Horse.” 10-17-1949, p. 1. Accessed 9-4-2023 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/monroe-morning-world-oct-17-1949-p-1/

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