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December 18, 1897
The Age Herald
Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama
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An Alabama Great Southern passenger engine backing up collided with a crowded South Highlands street car at Twentieth Street crossing, lifting it off the track with its cow-catcher and causing panic among passengers, but no serious damage occurred.
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HOISTED BY A COWCATCHER.
A. G. S. Engine Ran Into a Street Car at
Twentieth Street Crossing
An Alabama Great Southern passenger engine ran into a South Highlands street car at the Twentieth street crossing about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The car was lifted from the track by the cow-catcher of the engine.
The street car was crowded with ladies and the collision created a panic. The locomotive was stopped before any serious damage was done.
The Alabama Great Southern locomotive was backing under the passenger shed to couple on to the outgoing passenger train. It had just backed across the track and was standing with its pilot but a few feet from the street car track. The motorman of the street car stopped his car, but was given the signal of the white flag by the railroad flagman to go ahead. But just as the street car was half way across the track the engineer of the locomotive started forward and moved two or three feet,
the cow-catcher lifting the street car from the track.
IT WAS COMIC, YET SERIOUS.
A. G. S. Engine Ran Into a Street Car at
Twentieth Street Crossing
An Alabama Great Southern passenger engine ran into a South Highlands street car at the Twentieth street crossing about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The car was lifted from the track by the cow-catcher of the engine.
The street car was crowded with ladies and the collision created a panic. The locomotive was stopped before any serious damage was done.
The Alabama Great Southern locomotive was backing under the passenger shed to couple on to the outgoing passenger train. It had just backed across the track and was standing with its pilot but a few feet from the street car track. The motorman of the street car stopped his car, but was given the signal of the white flag by the railroad flagman to go ahead. But just as the street car was half way across the track the engineer of the locomotive started forward and moved two or three feet,
the cow-catcher lifting the street car from the track.
IT WAS COMIC, YET SERIOUS.
What sub-type of article is it?
Disaster
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Misfortune
Catastrophe
What keywords are associated?
Train Collision
Street Car Accident
Cow Catcher
Passenger Panic
Railroad Crossing
Where did it happen?
Twentieth Street Crossing
Story Details
Location
Twentieth Street Crossing
Event Date
Yesterday Afternoon About 3 O'clock
Story Details
Alabama Great Southern engine backing up collided with crowded South Highlands street car, lifting it off track with cow-catcher, causing panic but stopped before serious damage; motorman signaled to proceed by flagman, but engineer moved forward unexpectedly.