Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-02-06
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

LOYAL AFFAIRS.
DINEER To-NIdHT.-A number of citizens Of
Mnnesota, At present sojourning In the city, pro-
| pose giving q dinner tonight, At the National
Hotel, to the lst regiment Minnesota volunteers,
who are row on their way home on furlough,
they having fe-enlisted.
| TERRIBLE RAILROAD ACCIDENT AT THE LoNa
| BRIDGr.-Ttro Men Killed and Number Bsdly In
jured This morning = sad railroad accident oo-
| CURED at the first draw At the Long Bridge. The
| facts as CLEANED by our reporter are as follows:
| Between 10 and II O'Clock this morning lumber
| train of FIVE cars, drawn by the locomotive
| " "Chaunoey Viyid,n started for Alexandra from
the Military Railroad Depot on Maryland AveRue.
On the train were 4 number Of re-enlisted men Of
| veteran regiments who had been homo on fuTlough
and were now returning TO the army and avAled
| themselves OF the first down train 10 proceed to
| Alex xAndria. The draw OF the bridge had been
| opened TO allow the passage down Of a vessel, but
the officer OF the guard on duty at the bridge
| (Sergt. Whitney, list regiment l. c. seeing that
the engineer did not seem TO notice II, took nag
aud proceeded up the road warning II all the time
| From some cause he could not attract the after.
| tion Of the engineer until the tram was within
| about ten rods OF the draw. As soon as the signal
WAS noticed the whistle was given TO down brakes,
but II too late the engine tender and two cars
| were preeipitAteu In the opening Ihs nremAn VI
| the tram, ISAAC CobelI' Jumped oil the engihelus'
before 1t went down. The engineer wi" eAtneu
| down with the cars and 10 probably now laying
| under the engine at the bottom OF the river. A
number Of the soldiers were more or less injured.
| The following Ne the names OF 'he Nlleo Ahu
| wounded:
LSvayre T. Perkins, Co. ID, ~ vermont NoIun'
teersi seriously INJURED dlca hter nelhs 'HKeh 10
| the hospital,
| untsers; nose and mouth badly mashed.
| Chris. Roesner, Co. D, 6Ist Pennsylvania right
| leg badly mashed, amputAtion necessary.
Wallace A. McKinItry, Co. Z, I'D Vermont; right
| leg badly crushed AmputAtion necessary.
| WIN, MerrimAp, Co. c, 6Ist PennsylvanIa vol
unteersi right arm broken.
Sergeant W. German, Co. c, 6Ist Pennsylvania
leg badly bruised.
| Jonathan Young, Co. C, sIst Pal face bruised,
| wrist Bpralned.
ThoB. Best, Co. d. 6ist Penn arm and breast
bruised
Adam Keister, Co. C, 6Ist Pennsylvania thigh
Il bruised.
Il J. P. Gage, I'd Vermont vols.i badly bruised Iu-
ternally.
Matthew Hopkins, sd Vermont YolI.i shoulder
bruised.
The wounded men wete conveyed to Armory
Square Hospital, where every attention was paid
to them by the officers In charge. One OF the sol
dIers lived only few moments after being brought
into the hospital.
Great praise is due to the company OF the Inv
Corps, now on duty at the bridge, and also two
noble ladies' Mrs. II. L. Robinson and Mrs Kidder,
residing near the bridge for their kind attentions
to the wounded men hSforc their being conveyed
to the hospitals. This sad accident will be read
with sorrow by the friends of these soldiers so
lately at home with them enjoying the few days
furlough.
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DhLE"AiioN thoh Inn Niil CoINClLS 10
sALrihoKi-i" rye department q "'! C"g E--
dmhed-Ihe ten O'CLOCK Haih oil yesterday morn
ing oohNeyeu 10 the monumental ely ueIeBAuon
rom the City 'ouhciis, eohsishnB oil John H.
semmes, fLehuent Oh the board oil Aldermen,
george RANT anu 1ohh D. iufton, hidermeni j.
b. Ehls' N D. Larher, anu ohailes wilson, mem
bers oil the tsmAeR Couneili also, John J. Pea
oody' Chlei Ensineer oil the washington Fire De-
partment, anu Messrs' Larner and Reynolds,
citizens Asbury Lloyd, E'q', President oi the
Boad OF Common Council, and Thomas Lewis,
! Esq, member OF the Board OF Aldermen, went in
the afternoon train.
Upon their ArrirAlin Baltimore they were met by
, committee coIiSting OF John G. Wilmot, OF the