Broken Rail Spills Eight Freight Cars April 3, 1925

Train Wrecked at Four Oaks. . . Broken Rail Causes Eight Freight Cars to Turn Over. . . Some Completely Wrecked

Four Oaks, April 3—This morning about 2 o’clock one of the rails in the railroad track broke near here, causing eight freight cars to be turned over. The cars were loaded with lime, lumber and pipes. Some of the cars were completely destroyed. The wreck train has been working all day trying to clear the tracks but only one track is cleared for trains. The workmen are working hard to fix the tracks as soon as possible.

The physics class of the high school here studied powers some time ago, but had not seen much of it, so Mr. Hatcher, the teacher, took them down to observe airbrakes, power and the force of the wreck train.

From the front page of the Smithfield Herald, Saturday morning, April 4, 1925

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