| From the New Orleans Times Picayune |
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| April 10, 1861 |
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| Texas |
| The Galveston News, of the 6th
inst. says: |
| On Wednesday last, the army
worm appeared in such immense numbers on portions of the track of the B.
B., B. & C. Railroad {Buffalo Bayou, Brazos &
Colorado RR}, and such was the resistance they offered to the
progress of the cars that the motion of the engine was impeded by them,
and the engineers had to resort to various expedients to overcome the
difficulty. At intervals the wheels became so slimed and clogged, as to
arrest the motion of the train entirely. Imagine the power of a steam
engine to be set at defiance by an army of worms. |
| The train did not arrive here
until nearly three hours after it had become due, in consequence of the
delay occasioned at Harrisburg, from the above cause. |
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