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Subject: Killed Instantly - Thursday, January 30, 1908 Wayne County Journal
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 22:19:09 -0500

Killed Instantly - Thursday, January 30, 1908 Wayne County Journal

John Honea, Section Hand, Iron Mountain Railroad

John Honea a laborer on the Piedmont section of the Iron Mountain R.
R.. was instantly killed Tuesday afternoon.
The section gang, three men and the foreman, were on the hand car on
their way to Piedmont from the south end of the section. On going around a
sharp curve they met the Mexican Flyer, a train that runs only Tuesdays and
Fridays.
The train was first seen by Daniel, the Foreman, who giving the warning
jumped. Honea in attempting to get out of the way stepped from the car to
the track, but before he could get off the track the train struck him
killing him instantly.
The body was taken to Leeper and from there to Piedmont on a return train.
Mr. Honea was a married man with no children. His was has been very
low with pneumonia and is now in a very precarious condition. He was a
member of the Maccabee lodge.

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