| From the Atlanta Intelligencer |
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| September 15, 1863 |
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| Railroad Accident on the Western &
Atlantic Road |
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The train which left here last night at 7 o'clock, on the
Western & Atlantic road, for Dalton, returned this morning, not
having been able to proceed on account of a collision between up and
down trains of yesterday afternoon. The collision occurred on the
Etowah grade, four miles beyond Altoona. The up-train was run by the
locomotive Senator, Mr. Scofield, engineer; the down train was
run by the locomotive Chieftain, Mr. Howden, engineer. The
up-train had on board the 10th Tennessee regiment, 1st Tennessee
Battalion, and 50th Tennessee, and we regret to learn that some 10 or
15 were killed, and about 30 or 40 wounded. They were clearing the
wreck when our informant left, and we have been unable to learn any
further particulars.
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