NP, MT 1/23A/1863

From the Macon (Ga.) Telegraph
 
January 23, 1863
 
Accident and Loss of Life on the Central {(of Georgia)} Railroad
   On Friday night last, about twenty minutes past 12 o'clock, while the down passenger train from Macon was passing the 126 mile post between Gordon and Millen, the rear truck of one of the baggage cars broke, letting the car down on the track. This caused the upsetting of the passenger cars, the demolition of the baggage cars, and the instant death of James Creed, Express messenger, and Patrick Dodd, baggage master on the Savannah car, Miss Lamar, sister of G. B. Lamar, of this city, had her collar bone broken. A gentleman from Alabama received a severe blow on the head by a fragment of the wreck. A negro fellow, Joe, property of the estate of Dasher, received severe internal injuries. Henry, property of Jas. A. Miller, of Houston county, had his right leg fractured.
   In the Savannah baggage car were a gang of negroes from the plantation of Mr. Miller, of Macon county, some of whom received injuries.
   The track was torn up for some two hundred yards, but has been repaired, and the road is again in running order.
   The bodies of Creed and Dodd were brought to Savannah on Saturday evening, both of whom leaving families.
Sav. Rev. 19th

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