| From the Richmond Dispatch |
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| February 21, 1863 |
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| Terrible Railroad Accident |
| Mobile Feb. 20 |
| A dispatch from
Jackson
to the Advertiser and Register, dated the 20th says that as the
out-freight train from
Meridian {on the Southern (of
Mississippi)} came to Chunky
Bridge
last night it gave way, precipitating the engine
and four cars into the river. A large number of passengers were on the
train, and from 50 to 100 are reported drowned. The bridge cannot be
repaired until the water falls. |
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