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Rolled Down An Embankment

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Parent Issue
Day
26
Month
February
Year
1895
Copyright
Public Domain
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Grkesville, Ala., Kob. -Jñ.- The j I bound passenger train on the Louisville and Nashville was dorailed three milos below Greenville and 1 fearful wreek reI sulted. The ears rol led down an ( bankmeal and caaghc lire. Five of them j were burned, inoludlng two passenger coaches, tho b'iggage and c.xpress cars, ; and une sleeper! tho englne tore its way along the road-bed tor soine distanee, tearing up the raus A large numberof passengers were on board, inany of theiu i en route to the Mardi Gras at Mobile and New Orleaná When rln' cxteiit of the damage was ' i certained it seenied little lesa than n mlrncle thal only om; life was lost, that of C. R. Walsb, of Birniinghain, who was killr.d outright Several were moro or lees serlously injured as foUows: Mrs. G. H. Annslron, of Buffalo. N. Y., lelt. shoulder and inn brokon and badly cut; Mrs. G W. Morey, of Shelbyvillo, Tenn., arm brokotl, left anklc sprained; Margaret Moody, of Shelbyville, Tehn., badly burned and cut; Mr. W. H. Johnson, of Xewcnstle, Ind., seriously hurt in baok andgroin; Mrs. S:illie Johnson, of Birminghain, Ala., righfc leg scalded; Mrs. W. C. Thoflia, of Montgornery, Ala., knoe. sprained ; Mr. V. R. Johnson, of Toledo, O-, hip cut; Airs. W. H. .Schoolcraft, of Montgomery, Ala., hcail cut and hand mangled. About forty others received glight bruises, but were able to resume thelr journey.

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Ann Arbor Argus
Old News