| From the Richmond Dispatch |
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| May 6, 1862 |
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| Serious Railroad accident |
| We learn from the Petersburg Express that
quite a serious accident occurred on the Petersburg
and Weldon Railroad {the Petersburg RR} on
Saturdayafternoon, which resulted in the injury of some half a dozen
soldiers and the loss of several cars to the company. About thirteen
miles this side of Weldon, the track is undergoing some repairs, and
the rails were torn up for some yards.
An extra train, with the 37th North Carolina regiment, Colonel Lee,
came along about four o'clock, but whether the train was signalized or
not, or, if signalized, whether the signal was observed by the
engineer, we could not ascertain. The train ran off at the place of
repairs, burying the engine in the ground, and very badly damaging a
number of cars. Six men were injured, more or less, mostly by jumping
off the cars--two of them, we regret to learn, so seriously as to
render it dangerous to bring them to
Petersburg
. The other four, whose names we give below, were brought to town
yesterday morning and placed in the
North Carolina
hospital. Their injuries are comparatively light: |
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F. E. Ashley, Co. B,
Capt. Hurton. |
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G. W. Norris, Co. B, Capt. Hurton. |
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W. A. Helms, Co. D, Capt. Ashbury. |
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Cearence Carter, Co. A, Capt. Hartrow. |
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