Source: Tampa Tribune - Tampa,
Florida - Page 1
Dated: Saturday, Aug. 25, 1906
TRAIN RAN OFF TRESTLE
And Engine and Eight Cars Were Dropped Into
the River
(By Associated Press)
BRISTOL, Va., Aug. 24. - The result of a washout, a
freight train on the Virginia and
Southwestern Railway ran off a trestle over
Moccasin river this morning.
The engine and eight cars plunged into the river.
The dead are R. E. Bocker, brakeman, and J.
A. Cleet, fireman. |