| From the Southern Federal Union
(Milledgeville, Ga.) |
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| August 20, 1861 |
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| Two Terrible Casualties |
| This morning, about the hour
of ten, a man of the name of Rowell Bates, from the country, was
knocked down and run over near Nisbit's Foundry, by the South-Western
train backing in to its position at the passenger depot, and instantly
killed. His head was nearly decapitated. He was standing on the track
looking at the departure of the Macon & Western train, and did not
hear of heed the warning to get off the track till too late. |
| About the same hour, near the
switch on the Central {(of Georgia)} Railroad,
a lad of the name of William Ferrell, son of Mrs. Ferrell, in this
city, was run over by the Central train going out, and dreadfully
mangled. He lived but a little while after he was conveyed to his
mother's residence. |
| Macon Citizen 10th |
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