Taylor County Obits
September 1894

The Butler Herald
Tuesday, September 4, 1894
Page Three
A Fatal Accident
We are sorry to state that news was received in Butler Monday evening that Mr. J.H. Hammock, freight conductor on the L&N Railroad between Columbus and Birmingham was accidentally killed at Birmingham Sunday night.  (the rest of the article is torn, and this is how it appears) climbing a pair of steps (article torn) freight car while passing under bridge and was caught in some (article torn) between the bridge and the (article torn) fearfully crushed.  He was 24 years of age, a son of M(article torn) Hammock of Wilchar L(article torn) one of the most efficient (article torn).
The Marion County Patriot, No. 36
September 7, 1894
Page Three
Killed in Birmingham
Mr. Joe Hammock, who was raised over in the neighborhood of Tazewell and well known in this county, net a tragic death at Birmingham last Sunday. He was foreman of the switch engines in the Louisville and Nashville railroad yards and about 8 o’clock on Sunday night, while going out of the yard with a cut of cars, holding on a ladder attached to the side of the car, when the train passed under the bridge crossing at Twenty-second street, Mr. seriously injured internally that as stated he died during the night. The remains of Mr. Hammock were shipped to Howard, from which point they were taken to the family burying ground. Two hours after the accident of Mr. Hammock a boy who was riding to his
home in the same way was killed at the same place.

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