Petersburg-Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gamble, Dr. Robert A., 1933 

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NORFOLK DOCTOR SLAIN IN AUTO-TRUCK CRASH NEAR HERE 

DR. R. A. GAMBLE, DIES INSTANTLY OF HIS INJURIES 

Four Others, Occupants of the Two Machines, More or Less Injured 
   in Collision Near Windsor On Route 52. 

BLAME FOR MISHAP YET TO BE FIXED 

Dead Physician, Who, With Party, Was On Way to Washington, 
   Widely Known in Tidewater Section. 

  Dr. R.A. Gamble, well-known Norfolk physician, was instantly killed and four 
others injured at 11:30 today when a sedan and truck collided on Route 52, 
four miles east of Windsor. 

  The injured were: 

  Mrs. O.F. Marshall, 1125 Bedford Ave., Norfolk, fractured skull, fractured 
pelvis, cuts about face and leg broken at right knee. 

  L.D. Jernigan, 913 Boissevain Ave., Norfolk, scalp wound, cuts about face 
and leg. 

  Paul Scott, Elizabeth City, N.C., head injury, cuts about face and body. 

  Joe Billups, Negro, Elizabeth City, N.C., cuts about face, head and body 
bruises. 

  All of the injured were conscious when brought to Lakeview hospital for 
treatment except Mrs. Marshall, who is believed to be seriously hurt. 

  The Norfolk people were headed toward Washington to attend the annual 
convention of International Bible Students.  Scott and his driver, Billups, 
were returning from Richmond, where they had delivered a load of corn. 

  While surgeons were dressing his wounds, Jernigan described the accident. 
He said that he noticed the approaching truck, and that Dr. Gamble had called 
attention to the fact that it was running in the middle of the road. 

  Billups, while waiting to get on the operating table, said that he did not 
see the motor car until just before the accident.  The car, he said, swerved 
in front of his truck. 

  Dr. Gamble was instantly killed.  His body was brought to the funeral 
parlors of I.O. Hill & Co. to await instructions from relatives. 

  Dr. Gamble was well-known in Tidewater for his radio lectures and his use 
of the Abrams treatment, a system for determining the degree of stages of a 
disease.  He was also prominent among the International Bible Students 
Society. 

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CRASH VICTIMS SHOW NO CHANGE IN CONDITION 

Dr. Gamble To Be Buried At Old Blanford Cemetery, Petersburg Tomorrow; 
   Inquiry Awaits Improvement of Injured Principals. 

  The condition of the three men and one woman injured in the auto-truck 
accident near Windsor yesterday in which Dr. Robert A. Gamble, of Norfolk, 
was killed, was reported as unchanged at Lakeview hospital this afternoon. 

  Mrs. O.F. Marshall, of Norfolk, who suffered a fractured pelvis, fractured 
skull, broken leg and minor injuries, and Paul Scott, of Elizabeth City, who 
was hurt internally and about the head, were regarded as being in a critical 
condition.  L.D. Jernigan, of Norfolk, and Joe Billups, Negro, drivers of the 
car and truck, were seriously injured but not as badly as Mrs. Marshall and 
Scott. 

  Preparations for the burial of Dr. Gamble were completed, with the 
announcement that interment will be made in Old Blandford cemetery, 
Petersburg, Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. 

  With all persons involved in the crash unable to testify, no effort has 
been made by authorities to determine the circumstances causing the fatal 
collision. 


Dr. Robert Allen GAMBLE, Norfolk physician, 
b. 3 Jul 1873, Downing, Schuyler Co., MO, killed in collision 14 Apr 1933, 
interred in Blandford Cemetery*, Petersburg, 16 Apr 1933, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 11, No. 19, Fri., Apr. 14, 1933, pp. 1 & 3; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 11, No. 20, Sat., Apr. 15, 1933, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

Photos of his monument - added by Mandy W - are posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #28475347. 

D.Cert. 9458 (Chuckatuck #116) 


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