| From the Wilmington Journal |
| November 11, 1861 |
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| A terrible accident took place
on Saturday morning, at Florence, on the Wilmington & Manchester
Railroad, the boiler of an engine belonging to a dirt train exploding
while at the water tank, killing three persons instantly -- a Mr
Kirby, of Timmonsville, S. C., a man named Murphy Kelley, and a negro
fireman. The engineer, David Carpenter, was blown about one hundred
yards and deposited in a cotton field. Dr. White, who was at Florence
on his return from Wilmington, attended to the injuries of the
engineer. |
| The noise of the explosion was
heard ten miles. The cause of the accident is not stated. |
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