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Mrs. Charles Manis Killed When Logging Car Breaks Loose, Crashes Into Home, March 24, 1921

Woman Killed By Logging Car

Asheville, N.C., March 24—Mrs. Charles Manis was instantly killed, Mrs. M. Shelton fatally injured and Mrs. John Maghan and her eight-year-old daughter slightly injured Tuesday morning when a logging car of the Suncrest Lumber Company crashed into their home near Sunburst, N.C.

The car is said to have broken loose about 14 miles from sunburst and ran backwards through a trestle, demolishing the home of the victims which was located about 30 yards from the track. The injured were rushed to Waynesville.

According to reports from Sunburst, the car was being loaded when it broke loose. It was of steel construction and left the track on a curve and plunged into the house. The house was a long wooden frame building and was occupied by several families. A stove was overturned and the house caught fire, causing the victims to be severely burned. A statement as to the cause of the accident has not been issued by the company.

From The Hickory Daily Record, March 24, 1921

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