NP, RR 7/5/1862

From the Raleigh Register
 
July 5, 1862
 
Rail Road Accident
   Wilmington, July 1. -- The train from Weldon {on the Wilmington & Weldon RR}, due here this evening, met with a disaster thirty miles from town, by breaking an axle. One passenger was killed and three others wounded. -- The Locomotive arrived at 8 o'clock for assistance.

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