A serious accident on the detour from Governor’s Island to Bryson was fortunately averted Monday night as No. 19 came into town. Mr. P.O. Burlingame and his family were coming home from a ride up the road, and his engine stopped just as he made one of the crossings. The family was fortunate enough to get the car off the track before the train came. The car was demolished, and the tender torn from the engine. The train was delayed only a short time.
The detour, which everyone is forced to use as they come into town, is a very dangerous one, as people are forced to cross the railroad track four times from Governor’s Island here. The crossings are blind and one is very steep. The road is narrow and nothing has been done to the detour to make it more passable. It will be in use for some time as work from the bridge to Bryson is not really under way yet on the main highway.
From the front page of the Jackson County Journal, Sylva, N.C., Wednesday, September 23, 1925
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