| From the Richmond Daily Dispatch |
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| February 5, 1863 |
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| Shocking accident |
| Mr. George B. Jones, proprietor of the
Manchester Foundry, lost his life in Petersburg
on Tuesday by a most shocking accident. He was proceeding to the depot
of the Richmond
{& Petersburg RR} train with his
father-in-law, Mr. Robert Baird, and while crossing Pocahontas bridge
was knocked down by a train of cars which were in the act of backing
on the Government track. One or more of the car
wheels passed over Mr. Jones's left leg, striking him near the groin,
and splitting the limb asunder from the groin down to and through the
foot. The leg was frightfully lacerated, and the bones of the foot
crushed into many pieces. The unfortunate man was immediately placed
in an ambulance and taken to the Ladies' Hospital on Bollingbrock street, where, after a long delay, it was decided that in the absence of the
Surgeon Dr. C. F. Couch, the patient could not be admitted. He was
then carried to a dwelling house, where several physicians were called
to his assistance; but the shock to the nervous system had been so
violent, that all medical aid proved unavailing. At a quarter to seven
o'clock, the unfortunate man breathed his last. He retained his
consciousness to the last, and repeatedly expressed the opinion that
he could not live. Mr. Jones was about 39 years of age, and leaves a
widow and two children in Manchester. |
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