Train Accident resulting in Death of Caroll, Sarah A., n. d. -1905
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- Title
- Train Accident resulting in Death of Caroll, Sarah A., n. d. -1905
- Date
- 1905-10-07
- Description
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An article for the Times-Dispatch which reads,
"KILLED BY TRAIN AT BLUE RIDGE
Women Hurled to Death, While Little Child Escaped Unhurt
BLUE RIDGE SPRINGS, VA., October 7. - Mrs. Sarah A. Carroll met with a tragic death about 11 o'clock this morning on the railroad, one mil [sic] west of this place.
In company with her little grandson, five years old, she walked along the Norfolk and Western roadway. They saw a coal train slowly pulling the up-grade approaching them, and leisurely crossed to the right, totally unconscious of the fast freight that came thundering along on the parallel line.
They were making their wa [sic] to Sunday school picnic at Glade Creek, a short distance away, where the pilot of the engine struck and dashed her body high in teh [sic] air and it fell a lifeless corpse ten feet from teh [sic] roadway.
The little grandchild was unscathed , and being teh [sic] only attendant and preserved a wonderful equilibrium for one so young. His escape was due to the fact that he walked outside the rail, about two feet to the right of his grandmother.
This distressing acident [sic] is rendered doubly horroring, from the fact that Mrs. Carroll was the mainstay and support of an aged mother." - Creator
- The Times-Dispatch
- Format
- image/jpeg
- Subject
- Blue Ridge Springs
- Train
- Railroad
- Type
- Text
- Publisher
- The Times-Dispatch
- Coverage
- Blue Ridge Springs, Virginia
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- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/
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- Community
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