| From the Charleston Mercury |
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| November 28, 1864 |
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| Railroad Accident and Loss of Life |
| The Greenville train
{Greenville & Columbia RR}, last evening, when about twenty miles
distant from the city, at a point known as Wallace's Farm, encountered
one of the severest and costliest accidents that has occurred in the
history of the road. The rear truck of the third car from the engine --
jumped the track, and all which followed it -- some five or six, as we
are informed -- met with the same fate. Three passenger cars were
smashed. Among the passengers was the company of Capt. Townsend, from
Union. Of these, a young man named Crawford was killed outright, and
another named Mitchell sustained a compound commented fracture of the
right leg and right arm. It is thought he will not survive. Two or three
others were injured, but not seriously. Our informant paid a high
compliment to Conductors Medlock and Walsh, who were on the train, for
their coolness, skill and energy in allaying fears, restoring order,
disentangling the wreck, and rescuing those who were buried beneath the
ruins. The engine and one car arrived in the city about dark, bringing
the mails. It is said that both sufferers were standing on the platform
when they were crushed. Another warning to travellers who indulge in
this habit. |
| Columbia Carolinian, 27th |
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