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Traverse City Record-Eagle
January 21, 1950


              Train Kills Two Near White Cloud
              
              WHITE CLOUD, MICH., Jan. 21 - (UP) -
              
              Two men were fatally injured when their car was struck
            by a frieght train near White Cloud and their bodies were
            discovered several hours after the accident, Sheriff
            ROBERT HART reported today.
              The dead were idnetified as WILLIAM GARNETT, about 62,
            of Baldwin and WILLIAM TAYLOR, about 60, of Grand Rapids,
            both Negroes.
              The sheriff said the Chesapeake and Ohio freight crew
            apparently was unaware of the accident, which occurred
            about 7:30 last night, and kept going. A second freight
            train crew observed the wreckage shortly before 1 a.m.
            and relayed the news to a railroad dispatcher, who 
            phoned officers.
              HART said the car was swept down the tracks about two
            miles from the scene of the accident at a crossing about
            two miles northwest of White Cloud.
              GARNETT'S body was found about two miles from the
            scene of the collision and that of his companion was
            located about three-fourths of a mile from the crossing,
            HART said.
              GERNETT apparently was killed outright. TAYLOR died
            in Gerber hospital at Fremont early today.
            
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Ludington Daily News
January 21, 1950

              2 Are Killed at White Cloud
              
              Baldwin - WILLIAM GARNETT, 64-year-old Baldwin Route 1
            carpenter, and WILLIAM TAYLOR, 60, of Grand Rapids and
            former Baldwin resident were killed in an accident on M-37
            at 7:30 p.m. Friday when their car struck a northbound 
            C & O freight train two miles north of White Cloud.
              Mr. GARNETT was dead when police officers arrived at
            1 a.m. after they had been called by crew members of
            another freight train. Mr. TAYLOR died shortly after
            being taken to Gerber hospital in Fremont.
              Members of the crew of the train, which was enroute to
            Ludington when the accident occurred, were unaware of the
            accident which happened during a heavy snow storm. Sheriff
            ROBERT HART of White Cloud said the accident occurred at
            an angle crossing, scene of several previous accidents.
              Stephens funeral home in Scottville is in charge of
            funeral arrangements for Mr. GARNETT.
            
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