Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-08-12
FTsm the Wilmington Herald, of August 5th.
Terrible Rail Road Accident.

Terrible kali Road Accident.
1t is our duty to record a very serious ac-
cident which occurred on the Wilmington
and Weldon railroad yesterday afternoon, by
which several persons were more or less in
jured-one or two, it is thought, mortally.
About A O'Clock in the afternoon, as the
down train from Weldon got within a short
distance Of the trestle work over Yellow
Marsh, eight miles this side of Goldsboro',
the axle of the driving wheel of the LOGON.
motive broke. The engineer finding it i'm.
possible to stop the cars, before reaching the
trestle work, endeavored to rush the train
over and reach the embankment on the 9TH
er side. The trestle work at this point is
short, but some twenty or twenty-five feet in
height. The train passed over, but just as
it did so, the cars were thrown off the track
and Town the embankment, the locomotive
in its disabled state tearing up a portion of
the sleepers and rail. The engine andtender
remained upon the track. The baggage car
rolled down the gully. The smoking car
rolled over several times some distance from
the road; the passenger cars, containing some
twenty-five or thirty passengers, were thrown
of, the last one rolling over several times
these cars were all smashed up. Persons
were Immediately dispatched to Goldsboro'
for assistance, and some of the injured par
ties were taken there, some placed in the
neighboring houses, and those slightly iniur-
ed, or who escaped unhurt, were brought
here this morning
The following persons, so fan as we know,
were injured by this dreadful accident, Capt.
G. d. Ellis, of this town, head cut and leg
sprained.
E. D. Browning, Conductor of the train
injured in the back, confined to his bed.
= Mr.. Little, Agent for Adams & Co.'S Ex-
5 press, seriously injured, taken to Colds.
= boro'.)
Thos. Cromelin, Of Montgomery, Ala,
5 head cut and leg bruised, arrived this NOR
t ming covered with blood, but is not seriously
3 hurt. Mr.. Q. was accompanied by his three
1 sisters, one only of whom was injured and
. that slightly.
Elias Bell, of Johnston County, slightly
: hunt.
: Another young man from same county,
name not known, considerably bruised, car
ried to Goldsboro'.
Mrs. Mcknight, an elderly lady of Charles
ton, 5. Q. was severely injured. She was ia
1f ken to the house of Mr.. Rhodes, near the
N scene of the accident, where her wounds
were dressed, and every attention paid her
70 She is still at Mr.. RS house. She was trav
cling without a protector. 1t was reported
q I'LL NV mug Oudb u was OClLElOuS, III
"a fears were entertained for her recovery.
Several other persons, names unknown
were taken to Goldsboro', extent of injuries
we could not ascertain.
rE A negro mar named Curtis, a train hand
o. slightly hurt. A negro woman of this place
ne said to belong to the Langdon estate, was in
jured seriously. 1t is thought she will die
Also a negro woman owned in Augusts
m Geo., seriously hurt.
re Fortunately a number of passengers e
ne capped unhurt, among whom we may nam
Mr.. Hal, the Sheriff of this county, Mr.. Burl
himer and Lady, two daughters of Capt. E
lis, and Miss Moore, all of this town.
to The train at the time the axle broke we
1t, going at a moderate speed, otherwise it
IL probably that many lives would have bee
IN lost. AS it is, however, it is the most pail
full and terrible accident that has ever hal
penea on the road. 1t is attributable to n
neglect or fault on the part of any person, a
he we have been informed that no human for,
e. sight could have guarded against it..
The injury to the track is ~unimportan
IN and is probably repaired ere this, so thu
there will be no detention in the transmissio
of the mails and passengers.
"a SINGULAR OCCURRENCE AT SALEM.-W
learn from a friend who has just returne
40. a. lSl " SdlClu, llldG Ol OuLludy HlSl
his last, an alarming explosion occurred in OF
40 of the rooms of Butner's Hotel, which pr
nd duced CONSERVATION among the crowded o
I6 cupants of that establishment, reused the
from their slumhers. and with the apprehe
,or sion of the building being on fire, started
hands to tumbling out baggage, &c. T.
mt fire, however, was soon extinguished, VIII
lad upon examination it was discovered that t
I'D explosion had occurred in the room ola N
he Staub, 1--WE believe the name u.s. who h
in. been a boarder in the house for the pa
at eight years, and that he was FRUSTRATED
,rs his bed, very much burned and speechleI
nd lie fingered till about 3 o'clock in the NOR
the ing, attended by DR.. Zevely and other Ph
his s%icians, when he died, without having be
able to give any account Of the accident.
rbt had not retired to bed, and it is supposed h
- been trying some experiments with powd
He was a foreigner, without any kno'
in relative in this country, and possessed
considerable property. The walls of his 70
,rv were blown down, and mis- furniture shaft
" ed, some of it blown into the street.
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