16. Diary Received from Mr. B. E. Holloway—24th March, 1924. Referred to in another item above, details events on daily basis, February 9–29 and March 1, 2 and 4. On Feb. 6 trains ordered by military to be in sight of each other, one stopped short, three wounded, driver later died. Feb. 10 two engines damaged, 9 freight cars & two cabooses destroyed; crews captured but later released unharmed. Feb. 23 Passenger engine driver taken prisoner by rebels and shot "as an example to railway men on orders of General Guadalope Sánchez who was apparently present for the execution." March 4, military train and Mexican Railway engines blown up on way from Vera Cruz to Mexico City, some soldiers killed but no railway employees., 3.24.1924

16. Diary Received from Mr. B. E. Holloway—24th March, 1924. Referred to in another item above, details events on daily basis, February 9–29 and March 1, 2 and 4. On Feb. 6 trains ordered by military to be in sight of each other, one stopped short, three wounded, driver later died. Feb. 10 two engines damaged, 9 freight cars & two cabooses destroyed; crews captured but later released unharmed. Feb. 23 Passenger engine driver taken prisoner by rebels and shot "as an example to railway men on orders of General Guadalope Sánchez who was apparently present for the execution." March 4, military train and Mexican Railway engines blown up on way from Vera Cruz to Mexico City, some soldiers killed but no railway employees., 3.24.1924, Box: 1. Mexican Railway Company Limited Records, 2014-22. Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin. https://archives.lib.utexas.edu/repositories/4/archival_objects/503520 Accessed September 25, 2026.