Stephens County GaArchives News.....Three Killed in Wreck March 30, 1903 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Linda Blum-Barton http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00003.html#0000645 March 18, 2006, 1:55 am The Weekly Constitution, Atlanta, GA March 30, 1903 Toccoa, Ga., March 23--Southern railway passenger train No. 36, which left Atlanta this morning at 3 o'clock, three hours late, was wrecked at Currahee Crossing, 4 miles south of Toccoa, at 6 o'clock, and as a result Engineer Ed Miller, of 319 Pulliam street, Atlanta, Fred Thompson, fireman, of 24 Lucy street, Atlanta, died at 2 o'clock this afternoon from injuries received. A negro tramp, said to be Quince Wright, of Westminster, S. C., who was supposed to be stealing a ride between the engine and the fast mail car, was literally torn in pieces, so that his identity would only be guessed at by his clothing. Mail Clerk Wilson, of Norcross, Ga., who was the only person in the mail car next to the engine, was badly scalded about the face and hands. The wreck was caused by a landslide, the result of the very heavy rain during the past two days. The first-class passenger coach was derailed, but the sleepers were left on the track and the passengers escaped unhurt, although they were badly shaken up. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/stephens/newspapers/threekil1220gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb