Saturday, July 16, 2011

Trains


Trains played important roles in intra- and inter-county transportation.  Their accounts, such as these from March 12, 1926, often raised more question than provided answers.

MOTORMAN RUN OVER AND KILLED
A motorman on a train was thrown to the tracks and run over when his train “wrecked.”

MAN HURT IN LEAP FROM TRAIN, DIES
T.B. Branham died in the Jenkins hospital after he had jumped from a moving train on February 28.  No reason was given for the jump.

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