NP, CJ 7/16/1861

From the Clarksville, Tenn. Jeffersonian
 
July 16, 1861
 
Accident
   Mr. John Conroy, who has the contract with the {Memphis, Clarksville & Louisville} Railroad Company, for transferring the baggage at the Tennessee river, while getting a loaded hand-car up the inclined plane, at the river bank on Thursday last, fell over the embankment, a distance of twenty-five or thirty feet, breaking his right leg and severely injuring his left ankle.

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