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FROM THE ARCHIVENov 21, 1912·Johnson City, Tennessee

EXPENSIVE TRAIN WRECK COSTS COMPANY

Scanned from The Comet, Nov 21, 1912
EXPENSIVE TRAIN WRECK COSTS COMPANY
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7 TwentyNinth Year JOHNSON CITY TENNESSEE THURSDAY NOVEMBER 21 1912 Whole Number 143 1 E TO RIMED BYSOUTHERN IN THREE OF THE LARGE CITIES SOUTHERN LOST HEAVILY FROM WRECK OF SPECIAL Ilristol Nov 10 The wreck of the Memuhis Sieoial five miles south of Bristol during the past summer proved one of the most expensive accidents the Souihorn lailwuy has sustained in this KCtioi in several years. The Southern has just paid 7000 to. Mrs Bruce A ilodgs of this city widow of a mail cleilt killed. In the wreck It com promid with M L Hodges llm a T hllhlK lm O O or ineiniureu man cierns paying Liru 300 Other mail clerks who were in jured received money in el lenient of their claims About thirty passenge 8 were injured.

In addition to the large amount p lid out for personal injury claimes the property loss of the wreck was very heavy. Will Enlarge Work of the Land and Industrial Department by Opening. The New Offices Washington Nov 15 The South ern II nl way Company will on Nov 15 enlarge the work of its Land and. In dustrial Department in the South by opening three new officers.

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