| From the Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N. C.) |
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| November 3, 1862 |
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| Terrible Railroad Accident |
| A most frightful and distressing accident
occurred on the Raleigh & Gaston Railroad, between Huntsville and
Forestvillage, on Tuesday morning last, about 23 minutes before 7
o'clock, by which four persons were killed, and sixteen or seventeen
were wounded. |
| It appears that a gravel train, under the
management of Sidney Hinton, engineer, left Raleigh in the morning
just in rear of the mail train for the North, when it should have gone
earlier in the rear of the freight train. This gravel train met the
accommodation train filled with passengers as it was coming South
towards Raleigh, and the collision between the two was terrible.
Lieut. H. J. B. Clark, of Craven, of the 2nd State troops, a Mr.
Nesbitt, of Concord, and Mr. J. J. Berryhill, of Charlotte, were
instantly killed; and Mr. Thomas Rowland, of Stanley County, received
injuries of which he died in the course of two hours. The following
were wounded: |
| Col. Robt. Mowhan and son, Newberry, S. C.,
very slightly |
| W. D. Kivvia, Darlington District, S. C.,
slightly |
| Serg't. Hardy, 59th Regiment, Bertie county, N.
C., breast bruised, not seriously |
| Wm. G. Templeton, Iredell county, N. C.,
contusion in facer |
| Andrew J. Wright, Granville county, left leg
broken |
| Mrs. Jane Hayworth, Davidson county, N. C.,
badly bruised, no bones broken |
| Mrs. Eva C. Roland, Stanley county, N. C., left
leg broken |
| Mr. Roscoe Barrus, Pollocksville, Jones county,
N. C., breast bruised |
| John A. Barrus, ditto, bruised in abdomen, not
seriously |
| Alexander G. Barrus, ditto, 5 years old, hip
and leg bruised |
| William Moore, High Point, N. C., left foot cut
off |
| L. L. Conrad, Davidson county, N. C., left foot
cut off |
| Albert Ellington, Henderson, Granville county,
N. C., both legs broken below the knee |
| Dick, servant of Mr. White, Louisburg, N. C.,
ankle broken |
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| N. C. Standard {Raleigh} |
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