A Horrific Scene

ID: 1065 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University
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A Horrific Scene

Given the terrible nature of the accident, it is not surprising that news outlets sought to make sense of the tragedy through sketches and eyewitness testimonies. This image represents artist Roy L. Pope's efforts to outline the immediate aftermath of the wreck.

This file appears in: The Immortal Ten

By Megan Danner
On January 22, 1927, tragedy struck Baylor University when a collision near Round Rock, Texas, ended the lives on ten students en route to an athletic event. Aboard the bus that day were twenty-two young men from Baylor University bound for a…