| From the Richmond Dispatch |
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| July 23, 1862 |
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| Railroad Accident |
| A train which left this city yesterday
morning {on the Richmond & Danville RR} with troops for
Lynchburg, reached the Junction in safety, and left that place ahead of the
regular mall train. After proceeding about five miles on the South-Side Road, the track gave way, and three or four cars were thrown down an
embankment. One soldier was instantly killed, one wounded mortally,
and ten or fifteen injured. The Conductor, Mr. had one of his hands
mashed. All the wounded were carried to Farmville, where every
possible attention was bestowed upon them. A telegraph pole was
knocked down, and the track was torn up for a distance of some fifty
yards; but no damage was done to the engine
or the forward passenger coach, which fortunately were not thrown off. |
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