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Camp Creek train wreck
The Camp Creek train wreck is a railroad disaster that took place on 23 June 1900 just outside of McDonough, Georgia, USA. The northbound Southern Railway train hit a washout 1.5 miles north of the town, plunging 60 feet into the swollen creek below before bursting into flames, killing 39 of the 49 aboard the train.
== Events preceding the wreck ==
The train, consisting of Southern engine No. 7 with two coaches and a Pullman sleeper car attached, departed Macon, Georgia at 7:10 PM with railroad engineer J.T. Sullivan at the controls. Sullivan was not supposed to be the engineer that night, but the scheduled engineer's daughter had come down with pneumonia. Sullivan agreed to fill in for his fellow engineer. The train arrived in McDonough on time, where it usually would be coupled with a connecting train from Columbus, Georgia, which would then in turn be hauled north to Atlanta. However, by no small miracle for those on board, the train from Columbus did not arrive on time, and No. 7 departed north towards Atlanta without its usual load of passengers. It was raining heavily and some passengers were nervous about travelling in such adverse weather. When Sullivan was told of this he remarked, "We'll either be having breakfast in Atlanta or Hell." He received orders to leave McDonough and head north at around 9:45 PM.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 date= 2008-08-30 )〕
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