| From the Savannah Morning News |
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| June 2, 1863 |
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| Fatal Collision |
| A terrible collision occurred
on the South Carolina Railroad last Saturday night, at a point about
fifteen miles above Branchville. An extra down train, laden with
negroes, came into collision with several cars which a previous train
had left on the track. A terrible smash ensued, and eleven of the
negroes were killed outright. Many others were more or less bruised. |
| The negroes, some five or six
hundred in number, belonged to Gen. Wade Hampton, and were on their way
from Mississippi to Columbia, S. C. |
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