| From the Richmond Daily Dispatch |
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| April 5, 1861 |
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| Fatal accident |
| The freight train on the Virginia &
Tennessee Railroad ran off a few miles above Forest Depot on Saturday
last. While assisting in the effort to replace the cars on the track,
Mr. John Nichols, of Lynchburg, an employee of the company, was forced into an embankment by a
detached car, and almost literally
buried. He was extricated with much difficulty, but the injuries he
received were of an internal character and have since proved fatal. |
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