| From the Richmond Daily Dispatch |
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| March 29, 1861 |
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| Railroad accident |
| On Wednesday last, as the freight train of
the {Virginia} Central Railroad Company
was passing between the University of Virginia at Charlottesville, a
steer, whose net weight was about 1,400 pounds, broke through the
floor of one of the cars, and was killed; the passenger car
attached was thrown from the track and broken to pieces, the
captain of the train, Mr. Sims, and the owner of a number of sheep
from Augusta, were also injured. Had the car
been constructed of the right material, the accident would not have
occurred. |
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