Item #72606 The Story of the Wreck. A Full and Complete Account of the Great Hurricane Creek Disaster on the Savannah, Florida and Western R'Y Near Blackshear, Ga March 17, 1886. A Beautiful Poem of One Hundred and Thirty-Three (133) Verses, Giving the Names and Place of Residence of the Killed and Wounded. N. M. Pattford.

The Story of the Wreck. A Full and Complete Account of the Great Hurricane Creek Disaster on the Savannah, Florida and Western R'Y Near Blackshear, Ga March 17, 1886. A Beautiful Poem of One Hundred and Thirty-Three (133) Verses, Giving the Names and Place of Residence of the Killed and Wounded

Savannah: Byck & Selig, [1888]. Paperback. 19pp. Foxed throughout, edge of title chipped with no loss to text. Wraps worn and creased with some loss, else a good, complete example. Good. Item #72606

Uncommon poem that memorializes the tragic Hurricane Creek train disaster near Blackshear, Georgia, on March 17, 1888. The derailment occurred when a loose brake mechanism tore apart a wooden trestle, plunging passenger cars into the dry riverbed and resulting in significant casualties.

OCLC loctaes no copies.

Price: $350.00

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