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Robertson County,
Tennessee
News Articles
Two Trainmen Killed In Tennessee Wreck
Springfield, Tenn., March 18 – Two trainmen were killed and another was probably fatally injured Tuesday in the wreck near here of a through freight train of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, bound from Nashville to Evansville, Ind.
H. L. Russell, fireman, and Aaron Moss, brakeman, both of Evansville, Ind., were killed, and Joe Crandall, engineer, also of Evansville, was probably fatally burned.
R. H. Dowden, ticket agent at Springfield, said the boiler of the locomotive exploded and the men were blown 100 feet in the air. Eighteen cars were derailed.
Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas, March 19, 1930 – transcribed by Amanda Jowers
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