| From the Richmond Daily Dispatch |
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| July 7, 1864 |
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| Fatal accident |
| An accident occurred at the Fredericksburg
Railroad {Richmond,
Fredericksburg & Potomac RR} depot, on Broad street, on Saturday morning, by which Wirt Ellis, aged nine years, son of
Lester P. Ellis, formerly of this city, was so severely injured that
he died in a few hours afterwards. The little fellow and his sister
were passengers on the 9 o'clock train, and on arriving at the depot,
but before the cars had finally stopped, he fell or was pushed from
the steps of the passenger coach on which he was standing, and being
caught on the track one or two of the ponderous wheels passed
diagonally over his right leg from the foot to a few inches above the
knee, mashing and lacerating the bone and flesh in a horrible manner.
He was soon after removed to the residence of his uncle, Mr. Charles
Bates, where he remained in an insensible condition till half past 12
o'clock, when death put an end to his sufferings. As soon as the sad
occurrence became known an extra train was sent up by the
Superintendent of the road for the parents of the little boy, living
at Kilby's Mills, about twelve miles from the city, a station on the
road at which Mr. Ellis is agent. They arrived barely in time to see
the little fellow breathe his last. |
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