Bryan, Alabama Train Wreck
May
27, 1903
THIS ACCOUNT OF A WRECK IS NOT PADDED
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 27.-Two freights on
the Southern Railway, one of them a double
header, collided near Bryan, Ala., today. The
dead:
ENGINEER ACTON.
MISSING-ENGINEER
CHESTER
THREE FIREMEN
FATALLY HURT-Engineer
Johnson, Brakeman J. D. Hill.
Both trains were destroyed by fire.
Reno Evening Gazette, Reno, NV 27 May
1903
DIES IN COLLISION.
Crash of Freights on Southern Railroads
Ends Fatally.
Birmingham, Ala, May 27.-Two freights
on the Southern railway, one of them a double
header, collided near Bryan, Alabama, this
morning. The dead are:
ENGINEER ACTION.
The missing are:
Engineer Chester.
Three firemen were fatally hurt, also
Engineer Johnson
and Brakeman
Hill. Both trains were destroyed by
fire.
Ottumwa Daily Courier, Ottumwa, IA 27
May 1903
Articles transcribed by Linda
Houston. Thanks, Linda!
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