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Toccoa, GA Train Wreck, Oct 1902

Posted November 17th, 2007 by Audrey

HELD FOR TRAIN WRECKING.

Toccoa, Ga., Aug. 27,--Officials of Oconee county, S, C. have taken into custody three men, Henry Love, John Howard and Thomas Howard, whom they charge are responsible for the wreck of the Southern railway’s limited new Toccoa last Monday. The results of the investigation of the accident show that the train was deliberately derailed. Prints of wrecking tools have been discovered upon the rails.

The Fort Wayne Sentinel, Fort Wayne, IN 27 Aug 1902
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