Running an hour late, the southbound passenger train No. 14 was derailed between Rome and Plainville, killing three, including James and Maggie Scott, of Rome, and injuring a large number. The train left the track at a sharp curve while going at a rapid rate of speed. The cause was believed to be spreading of the rails.
A special wreck and hospital train was made up quickly and rushed to the scene, and number of local physicians being carried to assist. When the cars turned over the scene was indescribable. Women’s screams and moans of the injured and wild shouting by trainmen created confusion, but as is generally the case, cool heads soon controlled the situation. S.J. Powers and Mrs. Ethel Hiles Moorman, of Rome, were in the observation car and were thrown to the floor. Miss Joy Harper and J.B. brooks, in the same car, were on the inside of the train’s curve and were not hurt.
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The steamship Dixie was at the Rome wharf undergoing repairs. … Several bands of Gypsies passed through Livingston, telling fortunes and trading horses. … The Rome football season opened with games between Rome High School and Darlington, Darlington’s first team being defeated 25 to 0. ... The cupola on the City Hall on West Fourth Avenue, which was damaged by fire caused by lightning, was being removed from the building. … George stiles won the $1,000 stake at the Memphis racetrack with his pony pacer, Our Doctor. … One long blast of the big mill whistle at Lindale brought out the firefighters to the Lindale Barber Shop, where a blaze destroyed the furnace room. This was the first fire in six months at Lindale. …
Miss May Davis, daughter of W.B. Davis, of 611 Avenue A, was injured when struck by Lanham’s automobile delivery wagon, driven by Sam Thompson, at the corner of Fourth Avenue and Broad Street this week a half century ago. She was standing in the street awaiting a street car when the machine struck her a glancing blow. Thompson had his windshield up as it was raining at the time, so he could not see her until she had been knocked down. … Ben Corenblum was painfully injured when his wagon of bananas was sideswiped by a street car on East Second Avenue. It overturned, scattering bananas in all directions and throwing the driver to the pavement. … Rosa Nell Gresham, daughter of James V. Gresham, was knocked down and bruised when a tree fell on her between 8th and 9th streets on Second Avenue, where the chain gang was engaged in roadwork. The dirt around the tree had been dug away preparatory to removing it, when the tree fell onto the sidewalk. … Mrs. Hines M. Smith died at her home on Fourth Avenue. … A.J. Denson succumbed at his home in Lindale from injuries received when he fell from his veranda on Sept. 6. …
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Upon receipt of a sensational letter claiming that sick animals were being killed and the meat sold in Rome, City Council began an investigation into the market conditions of the city. … Council granted a request that $1,000 be appropriated from the closets, water connections and up-to-date sanitary appliances in North Rome School. … In order to preserve the shade trees on East 9th Street, the street committee reported favorably on the request of several East Side citizens to lessen the proposed East 9th Street 15 feet from the original plan. The space for the street railway was reduced to 19 feet, while three feet were taken from each of the two driveways. … The Etowah Vehicle Company of Rome received the contract from the city of Chattanooga to build a second automobile patrol car for that city, the same company having built one several years before for Chattanooga. …
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