| From the Chronicle & Sentinel (Augusta,
Ga.) |
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| December 14, 1864 |
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| Yankees Attempting to Blow Up Railroad
Trains |
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The Quincy, Fla., Dispatch, of Nov. 19th, says the
Yankees have been attempting to blow up trains of cars on the
Florida, Railroad with torpedoes. On Tuesday last a torpedo
containing sixty-eight pounds of powder was taken up by our men,
between Baldwin and Gainesville, some fifteen miles from Baldwin.
Two trains had passed over the torpedo without exploding it! It was
buried in the centre of the track, and was to be fired by means of a
lock and cap attached to a musket barrel, and laid under one of the
rails, and connecting with the torpedo by a gutta percha tube. A
piece of iron happened to be left between the lock and the cap,
which prevented the explosion when the cars passed over. |
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On examination, no trick of persons were discovered in
the vicinity, and the earth above the torpedo was smoothed over so
as to preclude any suspicion that the road bed had been disturbed.
We were informed that one or two attempts, of a similar character,
had previously been made, on the same Railroad.
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The Yankees are supposed to have come across from Black
River, about twelve miles from the place where the torpedo was
discovered and thy probably did their work in the night time. |
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Columbus Sun |
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