Train Delay (1876)
The engine pulling the western bound passenger train on Sunday last broke down one mile this side of Chatata, causing a delay of two hours. The engine managed to get to this place so that Ace PENDERGRASS could “set her up” and send her on her way rejoicing.
Source: Weekly Herald (Cleveland, TN); 4 August 1876. Available online at Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers.