NP, WJ 11/11C/1861

From the Wilmington Journal
November 11, 1861
 
   A terrible accident took place on Saturday morning, at Florence, on the Wilmington & Manchester Railroad, the boiler of an engine belonging to a dirt train exploding while at the water tank, killing three persons instantly -- a Mr Kirby, of Timmonsville, S. C., a man named Murphy Kelley, and a negro fireman. The engineer, David Carpenter, was blown about one hundred yards and deposited in a cotton field. Dr. White, who was at Florence on his return from Wilmington, attended to the injuries of the engineer.
   The noise of the explosion was heard ten miles. The cause of the accident is not stated.

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