| From the Savannah Republican |
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| June 2, 1863 |
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| Accidental Death |
| Between three and four o'clock
on Saturday afternoon, William, a negro boy about ten years of
age, the property of Mrs. Dr. Beeler, of South Carolina, at present
residing in Macon, Georgia, was accidently killed on the railroad
leading through Liberty street, between Lincoln and Habersham streets. A
locomotive and tender were backing from the
{Savannah, Albany &} Gulf Railroad to the Central
{(of Georgia)} Railroad; the negro boy got
on the tender unperceived by the engineer. In trying to get off, he fell
on the track, the wheels of the tender passing over his lower
extremities. When taken out from under the tender he told the engineer
where he lived in the city. He survived the injuries but a short while.
The engineer stated to Mr. Thos. Eden, who is the agent of Mrs. Beeler,
that when trains have been passing over the road parents have noticed
their children to leave the stoops of their houses and seen them jump on
the cars while they were in motion. Remonstrance has been made
frequently against this dangerous practice, and no attention paid to it.
Frequently young negroes had to be whipped off the cars. This is the
first accident that has occurred on the road since the track was laid. |
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