NP, MAP 4/27A/1863

From the Memphis Appeal
 
April 27, 1863
 
   The capture of three additional trains on the Southern {(of Mississippi)} railroad on Friday last, was prevented by the children of the sectionmaster on that portion of the road. The trains were coming west -- one of them being the regular passenger and mail train, having on board an unusually large mail. The children witnessed the commencement of the destruction at Newton, when they hurried eastward on the track to where their father was at work, a distance of three miles, and gave the alarm. A hand car was immediately brought into requisition, and the trains stopped at Hickory station and turned back. The act deserves an honorable mention, if not a more substantial reward. We regret our inability to give the sectionmaster's name.

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