NP, MAP 8/1/1862

From the Memphis Appeal
 
August 1, 1862
 
Richmond, July 25, 1862
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   Speaking of railroads, it is a sad and striking proof of our callous familiarity with the loss of human life and with extensive human suffering, that nothing more than the merest casual mention was made by our papers of an accident on the South Side road on Tuesday last by which sixty-two persons were injured, seventeen of them seriously, of whom four are already dead! The accident was caused by the loss of a tie, throwing the rail from its proper position and toppling the cars over an embankment. In the present dearth of railroad iron in the country, it is to be feared that too little attention is paid by superintendents of roads to the condition of their tracks. Proper precaution certainly would have averted this recent casualty. Let us hope that it will serve as a warning to our companies.
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Dixie

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