| From the Athens (Tenn.) Post |
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| September 26, 1862 |
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| Death of the Hon. Wm. S. Ashe |
| On Friday evening the 14th
inst., Hon. Wm. S. Ashe of N. C., President of the Wilmington & Weldon
Railroad, was riding over the road on a hand car and came in collision
with the Passenger train near Goldsboro. He was horribly mangled and
bruised -- one leg being cut off at the thigh by the wheel of the engine
running across it. The other leg was broken and had to be amputated,
with many other wounds and bruises. He died on Sunday evening, the 14th
instant. |
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