| From the Memphis Appeal |
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| April 11, 1862 |
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| Railroad Accident |
| A serious accident occurred to
a train on the {Memphis &} Charleston
railroad yesterday about four miles east of Grand Junction. By the
displacement of a pair of tracks, several cars were thrown from the
track suddenly, while the train was moving with speed, resulting in
the following casualties: Col. W. C. Baily, Macon, Tenn, killed; O.
Kennedy, Ky., thigh broken; Dr. G. T. Hunter, Macon, Tenn. seriously
injured; H. M. Williams, Shelby county, thigh broken; --- Simmons,
Lafayette county, Miss, badly bruised and some ten or twelve others
slightly injured. |
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