Thursday, February 19, 2026

J.S. Bolick, Cole Williams Killed When Freight Train Struck Their Wagon, Feb. 20, 1926

Two Killed by Train

Newton, N.C., Feb. 20 (AP)—J.S. Bolick, 60, of Maiden, and Cole Williams, about 60, of East Maiden were instantly killed this afternoon about 1:45 o’clock when a freight train backing out of Maiden on the Carolina & Northwestern Railroad track, struck their wagon and ground them beneath the wheels.

From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Feb. 20, 1926

newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92073201/1926-02-20/ed-1/seq-1/

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