PERRYSVILLE — Train derailments were huge stories a century ago, when there was far more traffic on the rails than there is today.
So, when a train derailment described of “monumental proportions” occurred on July 7, 1927 just west of the railroad crossing at Perrysville, near the old bridge span of State Route 95, it rocked the community.
Local families helped clear away the debris with teams of work horses, and in order to clear the tracks as fast as possible much of the debris was carted off by the families.
Residents salvaged what they could from the debris, including canned food — one family reportedly made off with 125 cans of corn.
Ironically, in what should have been a major story for the era, the Loudonville Times made no note of the accident.
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