| From the Richmond Dispatch |
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| October 7, 1861 |
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| Effects of the storm |
| A Railroad Accident |
| The Charleston Mercury leans
that a very serious smash-up of cars occurred on the Wilmington &
Manchester Railroad, beyond Marion C. H. on Friday, during the storm.
Some heavy trees, uprooted by the gale, were thrown upon the
trestle-work about a hundred yards in advance of the train, which was
going at full speed, and could not be checked in time to prevent the
accident. The engine and three cars were
thrown off the track into the marsh, where they yet lie, and unshapen
mass of fragments and splinters. Some other cars were left standing on
the track, but they also were badly shattered. The most singular and
most fortunate feature of the accident is, that notwithstanding such a
frightful smash-up of cars and engine,
nobody was seriously hurt, one man only having received a few slight
braises. |
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