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Dick Wetherby |
The Courant American |
Cartersville, Georgia |
September 14, 1899, page 1 |
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Bridge Gave Way. Columbia, S. C., Sept. 10 – Last night 200 feet of trestle on the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens road over Broad River, near this city, gave way under a trainload of granite. Several cars and an engine fell fifty feet into the water. The following were killed: Engineer Dick Wetherby of Columbia. William Bates, an extra fireman, went down with the wreck, but was dug out from under tons of granite without even a scratch. James Watson, superintendent of explosives at the granite quarry, jumped from the train and landed fifty feet below unhurt. The bridge had just been completed, and only yesterday was pronounced in first-class condition. |
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