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Ropeline, LA Bridge Fire & Train Wreck, Feb 1892
Posted October 7th, 2007 by Stu Beitler
ON A BURNED BRIDGE
A Train Destroyed and the Two Engineers Killed.
The eastbound passenger train on the Texas and Pacific Railway was totally wrecked two miles west of Ropeline, La. It ran upon a burned bridge, and all the cars – one baggage, postal and express, two day passengers and one Pullman – were completely burned.
The engineer of the train was killed and Civil Engineer SMITH, of the road, was fatally burned. The corpse of a young woman in the baggage car was burned up.
The Cranbury Press New Jersey 1892-02-05
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Researched and Transcribed by Stu Beitler. Thank you, Stu!
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