| From the Richmond Dispatch |
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| December 2, 1861 |
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| Fatal locomotive Explosion |
| On Mondayafternoon last, at half past 12 o'clock, says
the New Orleans Picayune, the locomotive Mississippi,
of the {New Orleans &} Carrolton Railroad, exploded at the depot in this city, just as
it was switched off from a train just coming in. The engineer, named
Martin Daughney, was killed on the spot, and Adam, the fireman, and
another man, named Jacob, were dangerously wounded. One of the pieces
of the locomotive, weighing several
hundred pounds, was thrown to a great distance, falling on a house on
Bacchus street, inhabited by Mr. H. Lindo, going through the roof and
smashing everything in Mr. Lindo's bedroom, just as a bombshell might
have done. The bell of the locomotive
was found on Thalia street. |
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