| From the Charleston Courier |
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| January 7, 1861 |
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| A Melancholy Occurrence -- Rail Road Collision |
| On Wednesday night, at 11:10, the two
Express trains {of the North Carolina RR} --
one from Raleigh and the other just from Charlotte, bound to Raleigh,
collided about two miles beyond Queries Turn Out, the point at which
they should have met, and fatal injuries have been received by some of
the Road hands. |
| The facts, as far as we have been able to
learn them, are, that the Train which left Charlotte passed two miles
beyond the station, in consequence of the inability of the engineer to
shut off the steam, when the down train met in collision. |
| The engines were badly smashed. |
| Engineer White on the down train was badly
cut around the abdomen and otherwise injured; thought to be fatal. |
| The engineer on the up train was slightly
injured. |
| Two train hands -- free negroes -- were
also injured; one of them very seriously if not fatally. Dick had both
legs broken. |
| The passengers -- a large number -- with
the exception of three, escaped without injury. Those three were very
slightly bruised. |
| Rufus Barringer, Esq., of Concord, was on
the train bound to Charlotte, and escaped, we are pleased to state,
without receiving serious injuries, although he is somewhat bruised in
consequence of being thrown against the door of the car when the
collision occurred. |
| A searching investigation will no doubt be
made to ascertain why the up train was not stopped and delayed at the
Turn Out. We hope it will be satisfactorily shown that the occurrence
was purely accidental. |
| Charlotte (N. C.) Bulletin |