Bryan, AL Train Wreck, May 1903
Posted August 4th, 2008 by Linda Houston
THIS ACCOUNT OF A WRECK IS NOT PADDED
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 27.-Two freights on the Southern Railway, one of them a double header, collided near Bryan, Ala., today. The dead:
ENGINEER ACTON.
MISSING-ENGINEER CHESTER
THREE FIREMEN
FATALLY HURT-Engineer Johnson, Brakeman J. D. Hill.
Both trains were destroyed by fire.
Reno Evening Gazette, Reno, NV 27 May 1903
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DIES IN COLLISION.
Crash of Freights on Southern Railroads Ends Fatally.
Birmingham, Ala, May 27.-Two freights on the Southern railway, one of them a double header, collided near Bryan, Alabama, this morning. The dead are:
ENGINEER ACTION.
The missing are:
Engineer Chester.
Three firemen were fatally hurt, also Engineer Johnson and Brakeman Hill. Both trains were destroyed by fire.
Ottumwa Daily Courier, Ottumwa, IA 27 May 1903
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Transcribed by Linda Houston. Thank you, Linda!
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