Engineer W.W. Briggs, 61, Killed Instantly When Engine Turns Over, Crushes Him, July 9, 1922

Engineer Killed When His Engine Turned Over

Winston-Salem, July 8—Engineer W.W. Briggs, aged 61, was killed instantly at 4 o’clock this afternoon at Rockford when his engine, attached to passenger train No. 6, returning from North Wilkesboro to this city on the Southern railway, turned over, Mr. Briggs being caught under it and crushed to death.

The body was rescued late this evening and brought here tonight. The accident occurred at a road crossing on which mud had been washed by a heavy rain storm earlier in the afternoon. Fireman Arthur Yarbrough escaped with a painful bruise on his left arm. Mr. Briggs has been on the passenger run between Greensboro and North Wilkesboro for 16(?) years or more, and was highly esteemed. He is survived by his wife and one adopted son.

From the front page of The Charlotte Observer, Sunday, July 9, 1922