NP, TD 4/17/1862

From the New Orleans True Delta
 
April 17, 1862
 
Serious Railroad Accident
Two Lives Lost
   We learn from the Mobile Tribune that a serious accident occurred on Wednesday last, on the Montgomery Railroad, owing to the road being washed out on three places between Greenville and Montgomery {Alabama & Florida (of Alabama) RR}. At one place the trestlework gave way and threw the train off the track. A piece of iron protruded through the boiler, which bursted and killed the engineer and one or two of the firemen; also wounding several soldiers.

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