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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1899
Page
3
The Southern has positioned a switch engine at Johnson City due to rising local work. The Embreville crew could not attend, so Engine No. 126, under John Benton, arrived Saturday evening and will remain permanently.
Ep Com. Wm. Jobbing left for an extended western trip as far as St. Paul Minnesota. L. B. Moulton of the tannery planned a two week visit to Bea ton Massachusetts. D. S. Bowers and W. L. Gibson were mentioned as having possibly escaped harm after a depot incident. Burial of a deceased man occurred today, with relatives handling the funeral. J. Logan of Grand Rapids Michigan, representing Covel Manufacturing Chicago, arrived to sell equipment for saw care and filing room needs.
Nathaniel H. Peathers, a 22 year old single white man, was instantly killed when a No 2 locomotive wheel ran over his chest and severed a leg as he rode the baggage car at Johnson City bound line. Local freight crew reports he boarded at a passing train and was fatally injured during a backing maneuver.
The Graham Ice Company has sold its plant in this city to foreign capitalists. It will be repaired and put into operation by the new purchasers. Dirt was broken Monday on the Knoxville and Bristol road at Mooresburg and near Galbreath's Springs. Mrs. J. A. Summers cast the first spadeful of soil at Mooresburg, and Miss Tillie Rogers did so at Galbreath's.
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