NP, WJ 11/28A/1862

From the Wilmington Journal
 
November 28, 1862
 
Horrible Railroad Accident
   On Wednesday evening when the down Mail train on the Wilmington & Manchester Railroad was near to and approaching Florence, the hindmost car of the train was thrown off the track. Two young ladies, Misses Newbold, of Charleston, going to Wilmington were killed outright, and fourteen other passengers were wounded, two of them seriously. Among the wounded are James Dawson, A. M. Waddell and Thos. Gause, of this place.
   In addition to the above we have obtained from Mr. Brock, the conductor, the following particulars:
   The accident occurred about five miles west of Florence, and was caused by the breaking of a rail, which threw the hindmost car off the track and smashing it up. The following is a list of the wounded. The killed are mentioned above:
   Mrs. Sarah J. Pulliam, of Richmond, Va., skull fractured.
   T. T. Swan, of Georgia, shoulder dislocated.
   J. M. Brantly, of South Carolina, arm broken.
   ___ Battle, of Georgia, arm broken
   ___ Ancrum, of Charleston, badly bruised
   Mrs. Newbold, of Charleston, badly bruised
   Miss Waswick,   "     "     "     "
   Thos. F. Gause, of Wilmington, badly bruised.
   Mrs. Capt. Hawkins, of Georgia; and Messrs. James Dawson and A. M. Waddell, of Wilmington, and several others, were slightly bruised.
   An old gentleman from Georgia, whose name we could not ascertain, was badly hurt.
   Two or three physicians from Florence were in attendance, as soon as it was in their power to get to the scene of disaster, and rendered efficient aid in dressing the wounds of the crippled passengers.
   Surgeon W. L. Henderson, C. S. Army, of Columbia, S. C., was in attendance on the wounded, and rendered efficient service in setting the dislocated limbs. Those who were able to travel were attended to by Dr. Henderson, who came on the train with them to this place. Those unable to travel were left at Florence, and are receiving all the attention it is possible to render them.

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