Death Casts Gloom on Mardi Gras-- A festive Mardi Gras parade suddenly turned to sadness when a 17-year-old participant in the Krewe of Orleans parade jumped from the trailer on which he was riding and was crushed to death beneath the wheels. The body of Phil Warren Stratton, Jr., (arrow) Tulane Univ. student lies covered by a blanket as horrified fellow krewe members await the arrival of an ambulance.

Associated Press · [ca. February 1953]

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