Bradbury, OH Auto Plunges Into Creek, Feb 1948

7 DROWN AS AUTO PLUNGES IN CREEK.

Pomeroy, O., Feb. 18. - (AP) - Seven persons drowned last night when their automobile plunged into a flooded creek at Bradbury, three miles southwest of here.
The submerged automobile was found early today by Mrs. Emmett Lightfoot, who lived nearby. She had heard a crash about 10:30 p.m.
The automobile, an old model, four-door sedan, had missed a bridge over the creek on State Road 125.
The victims, all residents of Jackson, O., were:
WILBUR KELLER, 27;
MRS. ROY KELLER, 52, his mother;
MRS. CLARA DILES, 54;
MRS. GOLDIE LAMBERT, 23;
HENRY LAMBERT, 7, her son;
MRS. GEORGE STURGILL, 18;
and RICHARD TREGO, 8.

The Kokomo Tribune Indiana 1948-02-18