NP, RS 6/30/1863

From the Richmond Sentinel
 
June 30, 1863
 
A Bridge Broken Down and a Locomotive Submerged
   Sunday evening, about 4 o'clock, the large locomotive J. R. Anderson started on a trip to Petersburg, and got on very well until reaching Swift Creek, three miles this side of that city. The creek is spanned by a bridge, about one hundred feet in length, which, when the engine was in the center, broke down with a crash, plunging the locomotive into water twelve feet in depth. We hear that the engineer had a leg broken, but no further casualty occurred. The Anderson was formerly used on the {Virginia} Central route, for hauling trains over the Blue Ridge, and has of late been in use in this city for moving heavy burden trains from the {Richmond &} Petersburg to the {Richmond,} Fredericksburg {& Potomac} depot, for which its great power rendered it especially suitable. It was to have been placed on the route between Petersburg and Weldon {the Petersburg RR}.  

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