A Train Wrecked.
A Train Wrecked.

A TRAIN WRECKED.

    POTTSVILLE, August 2.--This evening a train consisting of an engine and one car, the latter containing 16 men, en route for Mahoney, was badly wrecked near Tamaqua. The train collided with a construction train. The engine was thrown down an embankment. Col. Wynkoop, who was in command of the party, was slightly bruised, the others escaped unhurt.


Source:

Unknown, "A Train Wrecked," The Daily Constitution, Atlanta, Friday, 3 August 1877, page 0_4.

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