Powder Springs History: a 1907 train wreck – Cobb Courier

[This is an evergreen article that we periodically update and republish, first published in the Courier in May of 2024] Before the rise of the airlines and the automobile, rail was also the dominant means of long-distance passenger travel. Railroad news was prominent in newspapers in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Even mundane things like arrival and departure schedules and the opening of new rail stations were front-page news. So, as you can imagine, train wrecks would be the top front-page headlines. The March 2, 1907 issue of the Atlanta Georgian was dominated by multiple stories about the wreck of a Seaboard train in Powder Spring. Not only was the lead article about the wreck, but the edition included separate testimonies from people involved in the wreck, an article about the engineer who was killed, and an injury list (follow this link to browse all the articles). Here’s the text of the lead article (the Courier did not correct typos and grammar in the original): Georgia Historic Newspapers is a part of the GALILEO project and is housed at the University of Georgia. It’s an amazing resource for anyone with an interest in the history of Georgia and its
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