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Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 5/20/1946

Two Lockport men and a
Buffalo sailor were killed and
another Buffalo Navy veteran
was injured seriously Saturday
midnight in a head-on collision
between two automobiles on
Transit Road near the Cobble
stone School.
The dead are:
John lesie Cummings, 50, RD
3, Transit Road near Dundee Road,
Lockport.
Clarence Julian Gordon Sr., 43,
Negro, a neighbor of Cummings.
Ernest A. Maddox, 34, of 471 Uni-
versity Ave., Buffalo.
The injured veteran is:
Frank W. Davidson, 27, also of 471
University Ave., Buffalo, who suffered
a cerebral concussion and
multiple abrasions. He was taken
to Lockport City Hospital where attendants
today reported his condition
"fair."
A World War I veteran, Cummings
was killed instantly. Maddox died
in City Hospital Sunday at 3:56 A.
M., and Gordon at 6:30 A. M.
Both Cummings and Gordon were
employed by George bewley. Lockport
contractor. MaMdox and Davidson
served in the Navy during World
War II. The latter was discharged
last Wednesday and Maddox, also
recently discharged, had been living
temporarily with the Davidson
family.
Sheriff Henry E. Becker, who is
continuing his investigation of the
tragic accident, today reported no
witnesses have been found. He ques-
tioned Davidson briefly Sunday
afternoon at the hospital, but the
veteran's condition prevented him
from giving an account.
To Resume Questioning
"This afternoon I hope to be able
to question the veteran again,"
Sheriff Becker said. So far we
have only meager details. Both cars
were badly smashed. They wen
still in the middle of the highway
when deputies arrived at the scene.
The deputies reported Cummlngs
body was jammed under the dashboard.
The vet's father, Cecil O. Davidson,
visited him Sunday afternoon
and again today.
Summoned by a phone call from
a man calling from a Transit Street
restaurant. Sheriffs Deputies Albert
Haner, of Wilson, and Victor
Van Den Bosch, of Lewiston. arrived
at the scene Sunday at
12:20 A. M. The dead and injured
were brought here m the Kennedy
ambulance and the ears were towed
to Heuston's Service Station, State
Road at Prospect Street.
Mrs. Walter Korff, Gasport, a sister
of Cummings, said Sunday that
she had been "out of touch" with
her brother for some time and did
not know where he was living until
informed of the accident.
Cummings Served Overseas
Born March 9, 1896, at Akron,
Cummings served in France during
World War I. He Is survived by two
other sisters, Mrs. August Wruck,
Akron, and Mrs. Grace Hall, Allegany,
and two sons, Howard, U. S.
Army, and Kenneth, Lockport His
wife, Mrs. Bertha Benteen Amlong
Cummings, died some time ago.
Gordon leaves his wife, Mrs.
Theresa Wimby Gordon, seven children,
including 32-month-old twins;
his father, Henry James Gordon,
Chicago, and a sister, Mrs. Sarah
Andrews. Tulsa, Okla.
Mrs. Gordon related Sunday that
her husband and Cummings rode to
and from work together. Mr. Gor-
don formerly was employed as a
furnace man by the american
Magnesium Corporation, Buffalo,
for five years.

Family/Spouse: BENTEEN, Bertha. Bertha (daughter of BENTEEN, Christian and Augusta) was born about 1880 in New York; died between 1941 and 1946. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. CUMMINGS, Howard was born about 1921 in New York.
2. CUMMINGS, Kenneth was born about 1922 in New York.