| From the New Orleans Daily Crescent |
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| March 17, 1862 |
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| Badly Crushed |
| Yesterday a German, a member
of the Gulf Guards, stationed at Camp Chalmette, was badly injured, in
consequence of falling off one of the platforms of the 1 o'clock
excursion train of the Mexican Gulf Railroad as it was on its way out
from the city. He was sitting balanced on the rail of the platform,
and a sudden jar threw him from his position in such a manner that all
of his person escaped the wheels except the right ankle. That was
completely severed, except a small portion of the tendon. The train
was immediately stopped, and the unfortunate man picked up. A surgeon
was on the train, who bandaged the limb very tightly above the wound,
to stop the bleeding, and rendered very other assistance in his power.
The sufferer was left on the side of the road, in charge of two men,
until the train returned, when he was placed on board and brought back
to the city. The train stopped to put him out two or three squares
before reaching the depot, in front of his own residence, where his
wife was sitting at the door, little expecting his return in that
condition. |
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