| From the Charleston Mercury |
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| September 2, 1864 |
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| Fatal Accident |
| Wednesday afternoon, about six o'clock, as
a special train freighted with negroes, was approaching the city, and
when near the Seven Mile Pump {South Carolina RR},
a boy belonging to Mrs. Anne Elliott, while passing from one car to the
other, fell between and was literally cut in two. His death was of
course instantaneous. The body was brought to town and an inquest held
over it yesterday by Coroner Whiting. The verdict of the jury was death
by accident. |
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