| From the Richmond Sentinel |
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| October 27, 1864 |
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| Negro Boy Killed |
| Yesterday about noon, as the
Camp Lee train was coming down the Fredericksburg railroad {Richmond,
Fredericksburg & Potomac RR}, Broad street, a number of
boys, white and black, as usual, jumped on to steal a ride. As the
train passed third street one of the boys, a free negro named Harris,
about fourteen years old, from some cause fell from the position he
had taken in rear of the tender. The passenger coach wheels passed
directly over his head, crushing his skull horribly and killing him
instantly. |
| Accidents of this kind are
constantly occurring on this road, but the warnings seem to be utterly
lost on the boys, who, we believe, would, in spite of the efforts of
the railroad officers to keep them off, continue to jump on the train
if a dozen of them were killed a day. |
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