NP, AG 2/12B/1861

From the Alexandria (Va.) Gazette
 
February 12, 1861
 
   A shocking accident occurred at the Depot of the {Richmond &} York River Railroad, this morning {actually, the 10th} about five o'clock. A man named Thomas Devlin, in attempting to step from one car to another while the train was in motion, fell through, Both legs and one arm were horribly crushed. The shock to the poor man's nervous system was so great, that he died before a physician reached him.

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