Tooele County Chronicle | 1947-10-10 | Page 11 | Virginia Marks Site of 'Wreck of Old 97'

virginia marks site of wreck of old 97 DANVILLE VA famed in song and story the site of the wreck of the old 97 finally has been marked as an historical site by the state con ber commission an historical site sign has been erected at the point on danville s outskirts where the southern rail way s fast mail express tram train plunged from a trestle into a ravine that september day in 1903 nine were killed and seven injured in the wreck reason most widely given for the state s delay in putting up th marker designating the famous wreck is that until recently the ra vine where the 97 came a cropper was almost inaccessible the south ern railway changed its main line roadbed several years ago and later la ter tore down the trestle A new highway now crosses the ravine