| From the Richmond Enquirer |
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| June 5, 1862 |
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| The Connecting Railway -- Accidents |
| It has often been remarked
that boys have been permitted that boys have been permitted to play
about the cars on the railways connecting the principal depots
together, without any hindrances whatever. We observed, a day or two
since, some eight or ten little fellows on the track running from the {Virginia}
Central depot up Broad street. They were chasing the train as
it was steamed up the hill, one or two more were hanging on to the
last car, and the coupling pin attaching this car to the one before it
had been drawn nearly out by the strain upon it. Every moment the pin
was giving away, and the coupling was slipping. Fortunately the train
reached the top of the hill in time to save the car from being
precipitated back, and the limbs and lives of the boys, who were
following, from paying the penalty of their thoughtlessness. On
Tuesday evening, an accident, from the same cause really occurred upon
the road connecting the Petersburg with the Fredericksburg {Richmond,
Fredericksburg & Potomac} depot. Two of the cars broke from
their coupling, when the train had reached the Catholic church, and
rushing back, two youths, who were seated upon one of them for a ride,
were thrown from their positions, and one of them named Totty, had
both legs broken, and the other, Joseph Lowry, had both legs cut off,
and his skull fractured. The latter’s injuries were believed to be
fatal. |
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