NP, MT 12/4/1861

From the Macon (Ga.) Telegraph
 
December 4, 1861
 
Outrage on the Central {(of Georgia)} Rail Road
   The Central train due yesterday morning at nine o'clock, did not arrive until one o'clock in the afternoon. We learn that the cause of the detention was the tearing up of the track about sixty miles from Savannah, for the space of about twenty yards. The rails were raised from the stringers, and pine saplings put under them. The night was pitch dark, and a furious rain pouring down, The train was fortunately running at slow speed when it came up to the mutilated track, but all of it was thrown off, from the tender to the rearward car. Two or three box cars were badly smashed, but fortunately no one was seriously hurt, either among passengers or train hands. The scene of the mishap was level ground, and this fact makes it more difficult to explain the motives of the villains who removed the rails. Foot marks of four persons concerned in this felony were discovered, and efforts were being made to follow their trail. We devoutly trust they may be brought to justice, and meanwhile the affair should excite all our rail road to increased vigilance against the designs of the evil disposed.

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