30 Minutes Rail Delay At River Rd.

30 Minutes Rail Delay At River Rd. Mrs. Fannie May, 64, injured in a Camden automobile-train accident, died at 12.30 p. m. today in Cooper Hospital. A Camden couple was injured today when their car collided with the front of a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train on River ave. north of Federal st. In critical condition in Cooper Hospital is Mrs. Fannie May, 72, of 1223 N. 21st st. Under observation at the hospital was her husband, John, 65. A crossing watchman, Angelo Longo, of 45 Marlton pike, told police the May car, a 1937 Packard, skidded past him and crashed into the train as it moved through the crossing. Patrolman Joseph Kane said the May car was heading north and after colliding with the engine was tossed along the railroad siding and landed near the watchman's shack. Kane said he believed the couple might have been killed instantly were it not for the size and weight of the old car. Mrs. May suffered a possible skull fracture, internal injuries and multiple cuts and bruises, the hospital said. Her husband was treated for head and face cuts and shock. Railroad officials said the train, bound from Pemberton to Camden with its one passenger car and about 15 passengers, was held up about a half-hour after the accident happened at 8.38 a. m. The engineer was Samuel F. Sypherd, 431 Unruh st., Philadelphia, and the conductor, Oran Rives, 2904 Stevens st., the railroad said.