NP, ASCY 4/19A/1862

From the Southern Confederacy (Atlanta, Ga.)
 
April 19, 1862
 
The Cause of the Rail Road Accident   {on the Atlanta & West Point RR}
   There were several box cars in the train belonging to the South Carolina Rail Road. The truck under one of these was in some way defective, or had got out of order, so that, in turning a curve, the wheels could not accommodate themselves to it. This caused it to run off the track, thereby throwing off a number of others. The great wonder is, that the damage is so small. It seems almost miraculous that in such a terrible smash up, only one should have been killed, and so few maimed. We suppose no blame can properly be attached to any one, on account of this unfortunate accident.

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