November 1948
Events that took place in Fairfax County in November, 1948:
- November 11 – 3-year-old Linda E. Titcombe is killed when she falls out of a truck driven by her grandfather Aubrey Dailey near his store in Forestville.[1]
- November 14 – After liberating a truck from his employer, Floris dairy farmer Carter Magill, 29-year-old James R. Fincham kills 19-year-old Robert L. Wells when Wells crashes his motorcycle on Lee Highway near Centreville.[2][3] Fincham flees the scene and is arrested on November 21 near Front Royal, Virginia.[4]
- November 25 – 4-year-old Mary M. Proctor is mortally injured when she falls out of a second-floor window of her family's house at 212 N. Cherry street in Falls Church. She dies two days later at the Arlington Hospital.[5][6]
References
- ↑ "Fairfax Girl, 3, Killed in Fall from Truck." The Washington Post (1923-1954): 1. Nov 12 1948. ProQuest. Web. 31 July 2016.
- ↑ "Hit-Run Death Truck found but Driver is Still Missing." The Washington Post (1923-1954): 1. Nov 16 1948. ProQuest. Web. 13 Aug. 2016.
- ↑ "Hit-Run Driver Who Killed Boy Given Three Years." The Washington Post (1923-1954): 1. Apr 30 1949. ProQuest. Web. 13 Aug. 2016 .
- ↑ "Auto Kills Pedestrian; Hit-and-Run Arrest made." The Washington Post (1923-1954): 1. Nov 22 1948. ProQuest. Web. 13 Aug. 2016.
- ↑ "Girl Placed in Iron Lung After Fall." The Washington Post (1923-1954): B1. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Washington Post (1877-1995). Nov 27 1948. Web. 20 Feb. 2012.
- ↑ "Girl Dies of Injuries from Fall." The Washington Post (1923-1954): M22. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Washington Post (1877-1995). Nov 28 1948. Web. 20 Feb. 2012.
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