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the Wreck of the old 97 occurred on September 27th 1903 when the southern railway freight train called the fast Mail or old 97 left the Tracks and crashed at the still house trestle bridge outside of Danville Virginia killing 11 people the Accident became a sensation with thousands of Spectators at the scene newspaper stories and even a series of musical Ballads the most popular of which became a hit on the country music charts in 1924 When it crashed the old 97 was route from Monroe Virginia to Spencer North Carolina the route usually took 4 1/2 hours but when the train Departed Monroe 1 hour late in attempt to preserve Trains reputation increase the locomotive speed to 50 miles per hour or a 10 miles per hour increase over its normal speed Southern railway officials later claimed he had pushed the speed as high as 70 MPH as the train Descended the curved tracks approaching The steelhouse trestle Broadey was unable to reduce the speed and reversed the engine in order to lock the wheels the speeding Train continued straight ahead as the Tracks curved soaring dramatically away from them before the locomotive and all four cars hit the Rocky bottom of the shallow Creek below 11 people were killed including the locomotive crew a number of clearks assigned oversee hauled on the train newspapers across the country ran photographs of the wreckage and reported on the thousands of people attending the scene of the accident women fainting at the Grisly sight of The Debris and firefighters summoned to put out the fires ignited by the steam Engine two of the inspectors were Fred Jackson Lewey whose cousin Albion clapp was one of the Firemen called to the Train and David Graves George a Pittsburgh county telegraph operator a number of ballads were Written about the Wreck the most popular which became an early country music hit and the first million selling record in the United States when recorded by Vernon dalhart For RCA Victor Records in 1924 that version was Credited to Lewey and his co-writter Charles W Noell an Earlier Version was recorded Virginia musicians G B Grayson and Henry Whittier for Okeh records the music was based in large on the late 19th century Ballad the ship that never returned by Hanry clay Work according to the Blue ridge institute at Ferrum college The Wreck of the old 97 also produced the first major lawsuit involving copyright when David Graves George subsequently sued RCA Victor company climbing the original authorship of the Ballad Through he won his case and was awarded $65,000 on sales 5 million records the record company managed to Tie the matter up in appellate Court long enough to prevent George from collecting damages the song the wreck of the Old 97 Long history of Folk songs about disasters it's lyrics lament the old 97 as the fastest train Even ran the Southern line and linger over the Grisly details of Broadey being Scalded to by the steam turning the story a cautionary tale for wives who shouldn't there husband's lest the agreement the last words the couple has together in 1959 the Kingston trio Recorded The MTA Song about a man trapped on the Boston Subway system became of a Fare increase using the same tone as dalhart's version and continuing the Tradition updating the disaster ballad for changing times the story of the Wreck of the old 97 lives on even in contemporary music through the country-rock band the old 97s formed in 1993 the Dallas Texas band takes it's name from the folk Ballad