A Fatal Accident

Article taken from The Massillion Independent, September 26, 1898

 

Portsmouth, Sept. 24,-[By Associated Press]-A Norfolk & Western train broke in two at the Franklin Furnace at 2 a.m., came together again and was derailed.

Richard Calloway, of Lynchburg, Va., were killed, and Berry Mack fatally hurt. They were going to Columbus, O., to work in a steel plant. All were colored.