| From the Richmond Dispatch |
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| November 5, 1864 |
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| Railroad Accidents -- Several persons injured |
| Between five and six o'clock on
Thursdayafternoon, an accident occurred to the down train on the
{Richmond &} Danville
road, which delayed its arrival till two o'clock yesterday morning.
Upon reaching a point within about one mile of Amelia Courthouse, one
of the rails broke in two, which hung to
the wheels of the two hindmost box cars, and, after tearing up about
thirty yards of the track, threw them down an embankment, several feet
in depth, injuring severely two soldiers and three negroes who were on
board. Conductor George W. Lindsay, who was on the train at the time,
had the wounded parties transferred to one of the passenger cars,
which was attached to the train, and brought on to this city, when
they were carried to the Seabrook
Hospital, yesterday morning, and carefully attended to. To add to the
misfortunes of the trip; the ladies coach ran off during the same
afternoon, but, fortunately, no person was injured. |
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| The early train on the {Richmond
&} Petersburg road collided, yesterday morning, when about
one mile from the city, with a coal train, breaking off the
cow-catchers attached to each, but, fortunately, doing no other
damage. |
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