Grady-Decatur County GaArchives Obituaries.....Wells, Ben July 13 1919
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The Cairo Messenger, Friday, July 18, 1919
Three Killed In Smash Near Bainbridge Sunday

As a result of the crash near Bainbridge last Sunday between an automobile and 
an Atlantic Coast Line west-bound passenger train, in which Clarence E. Hawkins 
of Faceville, was instantly killed.  Ben Wells, another occupant of the car, 
died Sunday night at the Bainbridge hospital and Sam Wells, still another 
occupant of the auto, died Monday afternoon of fatal injuries about the head 
and spinal column.

The car was completely demolished and all the occupants except Worth Wells, 
nephew of Ben and Sam Wells, were hurled into the air a great distance, Hawkins 
body being found 90 years from the crossing.

The dirt road near the point where the accident occurred, about four miles from 
Bainbridge, runs parallel with the railroad for a distance of a mile, when it 
crosses the railroad at a sharp angle.  Worth Wells, the only occupant of the 
car who was not killed, states that the party was coming to Bainbridge from 
Climax.  It was difficult to see a train approaching from the rear, he said, 
and just as they reached the crossing, Sam Wells was the train and gave 
warning.  Worth Wells made a quick leap, just as the train struck the car and 
thereby escaped with slight injuries. 

Ben and Sam Wells each leave a widow and six children.  C. E. Hawkins is 
survived by a widow and a little daughter.  All three men were prominent 
citizens of Decatur county.

A shocking feature of the accident was that Ben Well's little daughter was on 
the train going from Climax to Montgomery when the fatal crash came.  The 
funeral of Ben Wells took place at Faceville Monday afternoon. 

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