Concrete Slab on top of Indian Ridge Railroad Tunnel
January 4, 1907, four men were killed in an accident while building the Indian Ridge railroad tunnel in the Knob Creek Community of Washington County. The men were buried on top of the tunnel with four flat markers. Only part of a poured concrete monument with hand lettering was found.
MONUMENT
Jan. 4, 1907
Hands Off
M Hop ____
J.C. Hicks
The right bottom portion of the slab has been broken off. It was assumed that the other two names were listed there.
The Clinchfield Papers in the Archives of Appalachia at East Tennessee State University starts with 1912 accident and injury reports. No newspaper articles about the 1907 accident has been found.
If anyone has additional information about these men, please share with us. Betty Jane Hylton, bjhylton@comcast.net.
Surveyed, transcribed and donated to the Washington County TNGen Web 2004 by Margaret & George Holley, Donna Cox Briggs and Betty Jane Hylton member of the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee.
Copyrighted 2012 by the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee. No part may be copied without written permission from the Cemetery Survey Team.