NP, RD 9/27/1861

From the Richmond Daily Dispatch
 
September 27, 1861
  
Distressive Accident
   James Grubb, a lad of 12 years of age, wishing to have a high ride on a train at Atlanta, Ga., a few evenings ago, mounted the top of a box car, and while the car was in motion he fell between the bumpers on the track, and the wheels crushed him to death. He was the son of a Widow lady.

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