The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-04-09
Railroad Items.

Wilmington RecieU learns tina
Capt. T. NJ. Wootten fell from the de
Dot platform at Florence, breaking hi
arm, and injuring his leg.
A s~leeping-car on the M~acon-Savan
nah, X. K. took fire, and nine passen
gers, including a lady, had a close escape
All fled in their night clothes, ~leavin.
money, jewelry, clothes, etc.
Col. Moncure Robinson's Hamlet
Cheraw, and Charleston r. R., has beer
let to contract, and there is reason to be.
lleve our people can go to Florida, OF
Augusta via Hamlet, ere New Years
day.
The Cape Fear r. r. has reached
Lumber Bridge, 16 miles South East OF
Fayetteville, and now we shall soon look
for some of our subscribers among the
Scotch Macs to visit their capital.
The R. & d. R. r. has contracted
with an English l.olling Mill for so, 600
tons of steel rails. and will relay most of
its track through this State in order to
make fast time from Atlanta to Balti-
more which is to be the main point here
after. A bridge will be built at Wash
ington.
The Durham meeting gave warm
support to the proposed R. R., from
L~ynchburg through South Boston to
Durham. Maj P. A. Wiley presided !:
Capt. 6. E. Webb, Secretary. Messrs.
Alex Walker, c. B. Green, E. J. Parish.
j. 5. Lockhart, and others spoke in IA
vor. 1t was announced that a
of capitalists would build the Road, if suit
ably encouraged. The meeting pledged
active support.
Negro train hand knocked off the
Western n. c. R. R. train by Shober's
bridge in Salisbury, and instantly killed.
THE big six-driver engine at the
K. y ID. yard in Charlotte plunged down
an embankment with four men, and three
box cars. The crash was SO terrific an
alarm of fire occurred, the city engines
appeared. and an immense crowd of spec
tators. No lives lost.
The authorities of the Western n.
G. R. r., Maj. Andrews, Gov. Jarvis.
Col. w. E. Anderson, F. H. Busbee.
and others, went to Waynesville yester-
day to attend the jollifcation over the
coming of the Steam %critter. The gener-
Gus citizens gave a dinner to the convicts,
also, and there was generally good feel
ing. Waynesville is about 33 niles west
Of Asheville, and will get a large share of
the summer travel.
Capt. B. R. Harding brings an ac-
count of the accident at the Navassa
bridge on the CC&ARR r. It was an ex-
act repetition of the accident at same
place a year or two ago. A train came
along on the Wilmington, Columbia and
Augusta R. r. and as there is a consider
able rise on the other side of the river,
the engineer put on steam. Too late he
that the draw bridge was open. The
brakes stopped the train, but the locomo-
tive made the plunge, and now lies with
its nose stuck in the mud oil the liver
bottom hind legs just visible above
-Angered by the lynching in Rock Hill.
scoundrel fired the cotton on the
In that town. 100 bales were
burned, together with the freight and pas
depots, and several carloads of
The G. G. & A. R R. is oper-
tied as q branch of the r. & d. r. r.
Charlotte Observer says:
Mr.. j. +. Roach, the Western Union
came near losing his life in the
his escape being considered quite
He made his way into the
depot for the purpose of making
effort to save his clothing, and Just
he entered the front door, the front
'art of the house fell in on him, securely
him in the building. Some Of
he crowd procured an axe and broke open
rear window, through which the fright.
ned operator made his escape.