Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1862-10-31
Terrible Railroad Accident.

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wounded.
1T appears that gravel train, under the manage
ment of Sidney Hinton, engineer left Raleigh in the
morning just in rear of the mail train for the North,
when it should have gone earlier in the rear
of the freight train. This gravel train met the
accommodation train, filled with passengers, as it
gas coming South towards Raleigh and the collision
between the two was terrible. Lieut.. 81. j. B.
CLARK, of Craven of the I'd State troops, Mr. Mes
bitt of Concord, and Mr.. j. j. Berryhill, of Char
lotte, were instantly killed and Mr.. Thomas Row.
land, of Stanly County, received injuries Of which
he died in the course of two hours. The following
were wounded:
Col. Robt Newman and son, Newberry, S. O.,
very slightly.
W. D. Kivvin, Darlington District S. c., slightly.
Serg't Hardy, 69th Regiment BERTHE county, N.
c., breast bruised, not seriously.
VIM. G. Templeton, Iredell county, N. c., contu-
sion in face. $685.
Andrew J. Wright, Granville county, left leg
broken.
Mrs. Jane Hayworth, Davidson county, N T.,
badly bruised, no bones broken.
Mrs. Eva 9. Roland, Stanly county, N. c., left
leg broken.
Mr.. Roscoe Barrus, PolIOcksville, Jones county,
N. c., breast bruised
John A. Barrus ditto, bruised in abdomen, not
seriously.
Alexander G. Barrus, ditto years old, hip and
leg bruised
William Moore, High Point, N. O., arm shattered.
L. L. Conrad, Davidson county, N. c., left foot
cut off.
Albert Ellington, Henderson, Granville county, N.
G., both legs broken below the knee.
Dick, servant of Mr.. White, Louisburg, N. G.,
ankle broken.
Henry, brakesman, servant of Maj Vass, Treas
urer of the R. & G. R. R. Company, legs bruised.
messenger was sent to Raleigh for medical aid,
when Surgeon General Warren, and Doctors Hill
and Mckee promptly repaired to the scene of the
accident and did all they could for,the unfortunate
sufferers. The bodies of the dead were brought to
this City, under the special charge of Mr.. John R
Harrison, and on Wednesday morning those of
Lieut. Clark, and Messrs. Rowland and BerryhiIl
were sent to their friends, and the body of Mr..
Nesbitt was inferred in the graveyard near this
City. Mr.. Ellington, at his urgent request
sent back to Henderson, and the rest of the wounded
The most distressing case perhaps, that OF Mrs.
Rowland, of Stanly. She had been to Richmond
for the body of her deceased husband, and the
corpse on the train, accompanied by Mr.. Thomas
Rowland his father, and herself Mr.. Rowland was
killed. and the lady referred to had her left leg shat
tered just above the ankle She was removed to
the house of Mr.. j. G. Bromel at the old CASTOR
depot where she now is, doing well, we are glad to
learn, and receiving every attention from the family
of Mr.: Bromell and from sympathizipg friends.
Her leg was amputated on Tuesday evening, by
Surgeon General Warren and Doctors Hill and
Mckee, and there is every prospect at present that
she will recover.
Mr. Conrad and several others were removed to
the hospital at the Fair Grounds, under the charge
of DR.. E. Burke Haywood. His leg has been am
putated, we learn, by Dr. Haywood and he is doing
we'll.
The tender of the accommodation train was driven
back through the first passenger coach, crushing
and mangling it went The wonder is that all
who were in that coach were not killed or wounded,
but there were number of fortunate escapes.
Capt. Mitchell of Caswell in the front part Of
the first coach, and escaped unnured, while Sergt
jured The Conductor, Mr.. Williams. was stand
ing in the aisle of the same coach and escaped I'M
injured Mr.. Barrus of Jones, and his son and
grandson escaped serious injury, while two persons
sitting by or near them, were killed Maj Thomas
D. Hogg of this City, was in the front part of the
second car, which was broken in. His escape was
a very narrow one.
We have conversed W 18th the Conductor, Mr. Will
liams and the Engineer Of the accommodation train,
Mr.. Hoieman, and we satisfied that they are
not to blame in any respect for this frghtfu acct
dent Mr. Holleman informs US that his fireman
first called his attention to the approaching gravel
train, when about one hundred yards distant He
instantly whistled down the brakes and reversed
his engine, and by that time the gravel train was
within some twenty yards of him. He jumped for
life-st:uck on bis feet then on his head, and as
he recovered himself he heard the crash The En-
gneer of the gravel train Sidney Hinton, was rum
ming out of time, and seems to be the one who is
most, if not alone to blame for the calamity. 1t is
said that he manifested much emotion at the suffer-
ing he had caused but soon made his escape, as he
was seriously threatened by the passengers.
Tits is the first accident of any magnitude which
has occurred on this Road. 1t has always been
we'll conducted, and its trains are generally very
prompt to time We trust it will not be our duty
soon to record a similar accident on any of our
Roads. ...
The revival in this City in the Methodist Churches,
white and colored, continues with much interest.
About 100 in the white charge have protested re-
lgion, and number in the African church.
The People of Wilmington.
. We have been kindly permitted by Surgeon Gen.
eral Warren, to publish the following letter, ad-
dressed to him by John Dawson, Esq, the Mayor
of Wilmington -
Mayors OFFICE, WILNINGroN, N. c.