| From the New Orleans Daily Crescent |
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| January 28, 1861 |
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| Collision |
| From the Algiers Newsboy of
Saturday we clip the following: |
| Fatal Accident
{though no fatalities are mentioned} |
| The freight barge of the New
Orleans, Opelousas & Great Western Railroad was run into by a steamer
coming up the river, while she was lying at her landing at Algiers, and
her deck load of molasses, some 400 or 500 barrels, were knocked
overboard. |
| The boat which caused the
above accident, we learn, was the towboat Globe, and it was the result
of gross carelessness on the part of her officers. The barge of the
Opelousas Railroad was lying snugly moored at her landing. The owners of
the Globe are undoubtedly liable for damages, and should be mulcted
heavily. |
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