Jacob Stuart Killed in Mining Accident

Jacob M. Stuart of Polk County, Tennessee, was killed in a mining accident near Whitwell in February 1891. An incline railway crashed, killing Jacob and wounding eleven other men, including Jacobs brother, Andrew Stuart. The story appeared in various newspapers. A telegram to Jacob's father appeared in the Fannin County Gazette (Georgia). That story spells his name as Jacob Stewart. 

"A telegram was received here last Sunday from Whitwell (Tenn.) Coal Mines for D. M. Stewart, of Wolf Creek, stating that his son Jake was killed and Andrew badly hurt. We have learned since that they, with a crowd other miners, were riding up to their work on an incline railroad when the cars became unmanageable and dashed into the drum house killing two instantly and wounding eleven."

[Source]: Stewart (untitled article), "Home News," Fannin County Gazette. (Mineral Bluff, Fannin, Georgia) 188?-1???, 5 March 1891, page 1 (image 1), The Georgia Historic Newspapers database, Digital Library of Georgia (GALILEO),  University of Georgia Libraries.