NP, GP 11/24/1864

From the Greensboro (N. C.) Patriot
 
November 24, 1864
 
Destructive Fire
   The Manchester depot, of the {Richmond &} Danville Railroad Company, was destroyed by fire on Monday morning, between three and four o'clock, involving a loss in buildings, cars, etc., of about $50,000. The origin of the fire is unknown. It is said that a fire had been built on the floor of one of the cars of the previous night's down train, by some soldiers, who had guarded against accidents all the way through, by keeping the fire on a piece of sheet iron. When the train arrived, they left the fire, and the train, after being emptied, was backed into the depot, where, during the night, took fire from the debris left by the soldiers, with the above results.
{The Richmond papers give the date of the fire as November 11}

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