Mr. & Mrs. S. B. Moss

AGED COUUPLE HAD CLOSE CALL

Buggy Hit by Passenger Train Monday

Occupants are Injured

Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Moss badly shaken up in accident at Jenkinsburg at an early hour Monday night.

Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Moss, residents of Henry county, were seriously injured Monday night, when the buggy in which they were riding was struck by southbound passenger train No.28, just above Jenkinsburg.

Mr. Moss was injured about the head and face, while Mrs. Moss was also injured about the head and face and otherwise bruised. The train stopped and picked up Mr. and Mrs. Moss and brought them to Jackson where they were given medical attention They were taken to the Buchanan Hotel and the local Southern Railway physician was summoned and they are being given every medical attention.

It seems that Mr. Moss was attempting to cross the railroad track a short distance above Jenkinsburg when the southbound passenger train hit the buggy, throwing the occupants to the ground. The train was slowing up for the stop at Jenkinsburg, and this fact alone probably accounts for the accident being no more serious. Had the train been running at full speed both Mr. and Mrs. Moss would likely have been killed outright.

The injuries received are both painful and serious. Last reports state they are doing as well as could be expected and it is said they have a chance to recover

(Jackson Progress Argus - Butts County Ga. - Week of December 28, 1917)

Submitted by Don Bankston