Pegram, Tennessee Passenger and Freight Train Collision, 15 Sep 1909

Date: 15 Sep 1909 [unknown]
Location: Pegram, Cheatham, Tennessee, United States
Surnames/tags: Worldwide_Disasters Pegram_Tennessee_Passenger Freight_Train_Collision

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Pegram, Tennessee Passenger and Freight Train Collision, 15 Sep 1909

At 7:48 AM on 15 September 1909, Passenger Train No. 4 and Freight Train No. 51 collided about one mile west of Pegram's Station, Cheatham County, Tennessee. Both trains had been traveling at the speed of about 40 miles per hour.

Killed:

Joseph Gower, engineer, Passenger Train No. 4

Jesse Tarkington, engineer, Freight Train No. 51

Will Mogan, traveling engineer

Walter Roach, messenger

Sam Whited, fireman, Freight Train No. 51

S. B. Welp, Burns, Tennessee

William S. Stalcup, mail clerk, Martin, Tennessee

Luke Bailey, mail clerk, Martin, Tennessee

Injured:

Bob Hailey, fireman, Passenger Train No. 4 : two ribs broken, left side injured

Ellis Martin, conductor, Freight Train No. 51: head and internal injuries

Capt. T. Jobe, Burton, North Carolina: right side and neck injured

William Lunsford, Peachtree, North Carolina: right arm and shoulder bruised

W. L. Thomasson, Peachtree, North Carolina: left shoulder and arm hurt

R. W. Boyd, Almond, North Carolina: right shoulder and head hurt

Mrs. L. M. Lee, Tullahoma, Tennessee: right shoulder hurt

Mrs. Temple Lunsford, Murphy, North Carolina: shoulder and neck hurt

Mrs. A. C. Thomasson, Murphy, North Carolina: left ankle, shoulder, and neck hurt

May Thomasson, Murphy, North Carolina: right arm hurt

Mrs. Mary J. Jackson, McLean Branch, Tennessee: right arm and back hurt

Mrs. Joseph S. Lively, McMinnville, Tennessee: sprained knee

John Dunn, Cumberland Furnace, Tennessee: nose hurt

Mrs. John Dunn, Cumberland Furnace, Tennessee: nose hurt

Mrs. Sam Warren, Nashville, Tennessee: scratched under right eye

Mrs. M. J. Gillem, Nashville, Tennessee: slight bruise on hip

Sources

• "Eight Killed; Fifteen Injured and Several Bodies Burned." The Commercial (Union City, Tenn.), 16 Sep 1909, p. 6.
• "Eight Persons Killed and Fifteen Injured in Railroad Wreck." Nashville Tennesseean, 16 Sep 1909.
• Pegram, TN Passenger And Freight Collision, Sep 1909. GenDisasters.