| From the Memphis Appeal |
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| May 16, 1862 |
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| Serious Railroad Accident |
| The Petersburg Express
says that quite a serious accident occurred on the Petersburg and Weldon
railroad {Petersburg RR}, on Saturday
afternoon, which resulted in the injury of some half a dozen soldiers,
and the loss of several cars to the company. About thirteen miles this
side of Weldon, the track in undergoing some repairs, and the rails were
torn up for some yards. An extra train with the 37th North Carolina
regiment, Col. Lee, came along about four o'clock, but whether the train
was signalized or not, or if signalized, whether the signal was observed
by the engineer, we could not ascertain. The train ran off at the place
of repairs, burying the engine in the ground, and very badly damaging a
number of cars. Six men were injured more or less, mostly by jumping off
the cars -- two of them, we regret to learn, so seriously as to render
it dangerous to bring them to Petersburg. |
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