| From the Richmond Dispatch |
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| June 30, 1863 |
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| Railroad accident |
| On Sundayafternoon last an accident
occurred on the {Richmond &} Petersburg
railroad, which caused the loss of a valuable engine and bridge. Mr.
Stanley, superintendent of the Government road near Petersburg, came
to this city to obtain an additional engine, and was given the mammoth
locomotive "Jos. R. Anderson" {of
the Virginia Central RR}. Starting
from here with two white and two colored assistance, he proceeded in
safety to Swift Creek, two miles and a half from the Cockade city,
when the abutment of the bridge over that creek gave way,
precipitating the locomotive and tender
into the creek a distance of forty feet, smashing up the engine,
seriously injuring one of the negroes, and bruising the other four
slightly. One of the injured servants, it is thought, will die. In
consequence of this accident the passenger train will leave here at 5
o'clock A. M., and but one train each way will be run per day till the
bridge is repaired, which will probably be done in three or four days. |
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