One of the worst wrecks that has occurred on this division of the Atlantic Coast Line railroad took place early yesterday morning when 14 heavily loaded cars on a freight train bound North from Wilmington were derailed at one of the trestles South of the city and between Goldsboro and the company’s bridge over Neuse River and traffic over that section was stopped then and there until repairs could be made. A wrecking crew was on the scene a few hours later and worked feverishly all during the day and all last night and at midnight it was reported that the track would probably be in shape for the passage of trains by today at noon.
Just what caused the wreck is a matter of doubt. Some stated that it was a spreading rail while others declared that it must have been a broken flange on one of the car wheels. But whatever the cause, it was complete. The 14 cars were right in the center of a long train and but for the fact that the engineer had the train under perfect control, it probably would have been worse.
The cars were loaded with lumber and general merchandise. There was one carload of sweet potatoes and the ground around that particular car was well strewn with the tubers.
Fortunately, no one was injured on account of the smash-up. It was necessary during yesterday and will be early this morning to transfer passengers on the north and southbound trains, also to transfer the mails.
From the front page of The Goldsboro News, Sunday morning, March 7, 1926
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