| From the Macon (Ga.) Telegraph |
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| April 3, 1865 |
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| The Late Railroad Accident |
| We are indebted to Charley
Ells,
who was a passenger, for some additional particulars of the accident
on the Muscogee road on Thursday afternoon. Of the seven cars attached to the engine
two were freighted with five thousand pounds of powder and two boxes of
torpedo fuses sent forward from the Macon Arsenal to Mobile. It is
certain that those cars first ran off the track, and that an instant afterwards the
powder blew up with a force that shook the ground, and making a sound
that was heard for fifty miles. It is supposed that the concussion
exploded the torpedo fuses, by which the powder was ignited. |
| The body of young Henry
Ralston was blown one hundred and fifty feet. All his cloths, except
his shirt and drawers, was torn off; even his watch being broken into
several fragments. His was crushed and mangled in a truly horrible manner.
His negro boy, Bill, was mortally hurt but lived an hour afterwards.
No other persons were seriously injured. |
| The bodies of young Ralston
and his servant were brought up on the train Friday afternoon. |
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