NP, CC 12/10A/1863

From the Charleston Courier
 
December 10, 1863
  
Rail Road Accident
  
   We understand that an accident, involving a considerable loss of property, occurred on the Wilmington & Manchester Rail Road, on Monday afternoon. A train of cars from Wilmington for Augusta, principally laden with coffee, whiskey and a general assortment of blockade goods, was passing over Green Swamp Bridge, near Sumter Court House, when, after the engine and five cars had safely crossed, the bridge gave way, and the seven remaining cars were precipitated into the swamp, a distance of fifteen feet, crushing the cars and distributing the contents in every direction. More "real coffee" has been drunk in that neighborhood within a few days, than for a long time previously.

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