Boxcar of Sugar Derailed at Louisburg Station, Dec. 5, 1919

From the front page of the Franklin Times, Louisburg, N.C., Dec. 5, 1919

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.