Washout Delays Asheville Division Trains, Oct. 1, 1924

Washout Holds Up All Trains. . . Asheville Division Trains Are Held—Branch of Catawba River Washes Out Track

Hickory, Sept. 30—All trains between Statesville and Asheville on the western division of the Southern railway were tied up late tonight because of a washout between Catawba and Eufola.

Four passenger trains and several freight trains were being held at Catawba because of the washout, while a large crew of workmen, rushed to the scene from Morganton and Statesville, were repairing the damaged section of the track.

Engineers who passed over the division during the day reported that, with the exception of the washed out section near Catawba, the track was in good condition.

From the front page of New Bernian, Oct. 1, 1924

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