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A Disastrous Collision

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Parent Issue
Day
27
Month
July
Year
1888
Copyright
Public Domain
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A terrible accident occurred ou tho Norfolk & Westera railroad at Forest Depot, about eight miles trom Lynchburg, Va., on th: ïiiufiiiiitf of Ule 2-Jud. ïeu men were killed. A freight train which left Lyochburg the iiight before about midnlght cometed at a cut near Poreít De])Ot wlth an c:ist bountl material train, causing a complete wivrk 0Ï boili traiiiH, the fireuian uf tlic material train and Beven lolored train men, vvhose ïuuiH's are onkriown, wero killed. Fireman Maya !' tlie freight train was fatally iiijiucil. The conductor oscaped with slight bruises. The accident was caused, it is clatmed, by the conductor of the material train misunaerstanding orders The los s Mtlmated at $hki,ouü.

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Old News
Ann Arbor Democrat