Wreck at Station. . .
Car of Sugar Hangs on Embankment. . . A Little Further and It Would Be in
Street. . . Overhangs Sidewalk
While placing a car of sugar on the siding for the P.A.
Reavis Co. to unload early Monday morning the car broke away at the top block
at the end of the train just as the top of an embankment adjoining the sidewalk
and dropped one end of the car almost clearing the tracks off the embankment
over the sidewalk leading to the station, adding the third wreck to the list
for this identical point—the other two times the engine went over, one of which
the engine and tender both dropped over into the street and killed Tommie
Macon, colored.
Evidently the train was backing at a greater speed than was
realized and it was a miraculous occurrence that no one was hurt, although it
was stated that Mr. W.W. Holmes was passing at the time and thoroughly experienced
the thrill. The damage to the car was slight.
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