Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-08-15
Terrible Railroad Accident.

Terrible Railroad Accident.
IL is our duty TO record very serious,
accident, which occurred ON the WHINING
ton and Weldon Railroad yesterday after
noon, by whichseveral persons were more
or less ginJured--one or two it is thought,
mortally <g
Aboat a o'clock in tho afternoon, as the
down train from Weldon got within a short
distance of the trestlc work over Yellow.
Marsh, eightmiles this side of Goldsboro,
the axle OF the driving wheel of the loco
motive broke. The engineer, finding it
impossible to stop the cars before reaching
the trestle work, endeayored to rush the
train over and reach the ,embankment on
the other side. Tho trestle work at this
point is short, but some twenty or twenty
FIVE feet in height The train passed over,
but just as did so, the cars were thrown off
the track and down the embankment. tho
locomotive in its disabled state tearing up
a portion of the slecpers and rail. The
engine and tender remained upon the track.
The baggage car rolled down the, gully
The smoking car rolled over several times
somo distance from the road the passen-
ger cars, containing some twenty-five or
thirty passengers, were thrown off, the last
ono rolling over several times, These cars
wore aH.smashed up. Persons were imme-.
diately despatchcdto Goldsboro for assis-
tance, and some of the injured parties were
taken there, some placed in the ncighbor-
ing houses, and those slightly injured, or
who escaped unhurt, were brought here
this morning.
The following persons, so far as we know,
were injured by this dreadful accident:
Capt. G. ID. Ellis, of this town, head cut
and leg sprained.
Z. ID. Browning, conductor of the train
injured in the back, confined to his bed.
Mr. Little, Agent for Adams g. Co.'s
Express, seriously injured, (taken to Colds
boro.)
Thos Cromclin, of Montgomery, Ala
bama, head cut and leg bruised, arrived
this morning covered with blood, but is not
seriously hurt. Mr.. G. was accompanied
by his three sisters, one only of whom was.
injured and that slightly. ...,.
Elias Bell, of Johnston County, slightly
hurt. - r-s
Another. young man from the same coun-
ty, name not, known, considerably bruised,
carried to Goldsboro
Mrs. Mcknight an elderly lady of
Charleston, South Carolina, was severely
injured. Sho was taken, to the house of
MIR. Rhodes, near the scene of the accident.
whcro her wounds worc dressed, and eycry
attention paid her.. She isstill at Mr.. RS
house. She was travelling without a pro
teotor. It was reported this morning that
Hho was delirious, and fears wore entertained
for her recovery.
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Several other pers n, names unknown,
werc taken to Goldsboro--cxtcnt of iniu.
rics We could not ascertain.
A negro man named Curtis, train hand.
slightly hurt. a negro woman of this
place, said to belong to tho Langdon estate.
was injured seriously. 1t is thought she
will die.
Also negro woman owned in Augusta,
Ga, seriously hurt.
Fortunately, a number of passengers .es-
capped unhurt, among whom we may name
Mr. Hall, the sheriff of this county, Mr.
Burkhimor and lady, two daughters of
Capt Ellis, and Miss Moore, all of this
town.
The train, at the time the axle broke.
WAS going at a moderate speed, otherwise
it is probable that many lives would have
been lost. Asit is, however, tits the most
painful and terrible accident that has ever
happened on the road Itis attributable,
to no neglect or fault on the part of any
person., as NO, have been informed that no
human foresight could have guarded against
it.
The injury to the track is unimportant,
and is probably repaired ere this, SO that
there will be no detention in the transmits
sion of the mails and passengers.
WIlmingtoq Hwo{d, 5h. /.
PLor AeAINsrTnE EMnERoR' LIFE.--
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the recent italian plot against the life of
the Emperor. The Nioniteur has the fol-
lowing;
:. For moro than month the police has
mad proof that aplot had been formed in
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