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He recounts an incident in 1895 as Jones's train approached Michigan City, Mississippi. He had left the cab with a fellow engineer Bob Stevenson, who had reduced speed sufficiently for Jones to walk safely out on the running board to oil the relief valves.
Casey was killed in a train wreck in Vaughan, Mississippi, April 30, 1900 at 3:52 a.m. The train had left from the Poplar Street Station in downtown Memphis, Tennessee on its way to Canton, Mississippi. He was the only one killed in the wreck.
2 Δεκ 2019 · The Story of Casey Jones and the Wreck That Made Him Famous. John Luther Jones was born March 14, 1863. His initial railroad experience was on the M & O Railroad at Columbus, Kentucky.
17 Αυγ 2023 · The trains collided as Jones attempted to hold on to the brake. The damage to both trains was severe. However, everyone survived but Jones, who died from a throat laceration, still clinging to the brake and whistle.
30 Απρ 2024 · On the early morning of April 30, 1900, the tranquility of Vaughan, Mississippi, was shattered by a tragic train wreck that would immortalize one man as an American folk hero.
Photo of John Markette. 121st Anniversary of the Wreck at Vaughan. John Luther "Casey" Jones is considered the most famous railroad engineer in American history. His notoriety came after his wreck at Vaughan, Miss. in the early morning hours of April 30, 1900.
Casey Jones, in case you don't know, was a famous engineer for the Illinois Central, killed in a railroad accident in the spring of 1900. What made him a hero and the stuff of folk legend was that he rode the train right into the collision, never taking his hand from the brake, and thus slowing the train enough to spare the lives of all the ...
