| From the New Orleans True Delta |
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| April 14, 1861 |
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| Railroad Accident |
| On last Friday night, as the express train
was coming up between West's station and Vaden, on the Mississippi
Central railroad, the locomotive (W. F. Mason) ran into a
"break" made by the trestle work having been washed away by
the recent heavy rains. The baggage car plunged in after the engine,
and piled up in such a manner as to impede the headway of the
passenger cars. Fortunately no one was seriously hurt, but the
"iron horse" was put hors de combat -- rather badly smashed
into "smithereens," as Paddy has it. As usual, in such
cases, no one was to blame. |
| Oxford (Miss.) Intelligencer, 10th. |
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