| From the Richmond Dispatch |
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| July 23, 1861 |
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| Sad accident |
| An accident occurred last
Saturday on the railroad near Weldon, N.
C. {any one of 4 railroads}, by which two privates in Capt. Brevard's Company, of the Second
Florida Regiment, lost their lives. Their names were Searcey and
Russell. They were on the top of one of the cars, and the unfortunate
soldiers were knocked off as the train passed under a bridge. The
practice of riding on the top of care is unsafe, even when travelers
are acquainted with the road over which they may be passing; and
warnings like that above noticed should be heeded by our troops whose
lives are now valuable to the country. |
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