NP, ASCY 1/10B/1863

From the Southern Confederacy (Atlanta, Ga.) 
 
January 10, 1863
 
Accident on the Brunswick {& Albany} Railroad
   We learn that the locomotive Augusta exploded on Wednesday last, on the Brunswick Railroad, while on her way to Tebeauville, No. 9 Gulf Railroad, killing Mr. Powell, the engineer, and a negro man named Ben, a fireman, belonging to Dr. Hazelhurst. Another engineer, whose name we could not learn, was badly scalded. We learn that Mr. Powell leaves a wife and two children. The explosion took place just as the engine passed over the bridge on the Satilla. The engine, we learn, was an old one. The explosion was a severe one, and Mr. Powell's body was blown to pieces -- his head was found about a quarter of a mile from the place where the accident occurred.
Savannah Morning News

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