Wreck of No. 3, The (Daddy Bryson's Last Ride)

DESCRIPTION: "On the thirtieth day of June, in the year nineteen hundred nine, Daddy Bryson climbed in his engine." "Down the hill on Jake's Creek, This wicked train did run." The crew know they must stop, but the sand in the airbrake fails. Daddy Bryson dies
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1981 (Cohen)
KEYWORDS: train wreck death
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
June 30, 1909 - TheTownsend wreck. Engineer Gordon A. "Daddy" Bryson and brakeman Charles Marion Jenkins are killed by logs falling from the train. Three other men survived by jumping (source: Lyle)
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Lyle-ScaldedToDeathByTheSteam, p. 195, "The Wreck of No. 3" (1 text, tune referenced)
Cohen-LongSteelRail, p. 274, "The Wreck of No. 3 (notes only)
Roud #14030
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Red Wing (I)" (tune)
File: LSRa274I

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