Item #32753 The Stone Creek Wreck. W. F. Combs.

The Stone Creek Wreck

London, New York: F. Tennyson Neely, 1896.

Hardcover. Octavo. xii, 301 pages, [15] pages of advertisements. Illustrated with frontispiece and photographs. Light brown cloth hardcover with black borders and silver title on the front cover. Silver title on the spine. Cloth spine is darkened, rubbed, and chipped head and base. Corners are bumped and scuffed on the front. Covers stained. Front hinge is broken and rear hinge cracked. Interior contents clean. Scarce. Fair only.

The contents concern the sabotage of the Railroad in Twiggs County Georgia that caused a wreck less than 10 miles southwest of Macon, Georgia. Three men were killed and 39 people injured in the wreck. Two men were arrested for the plot and found guilty. Fair. Item #32753

Price: $200.00

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