Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-07-15
THE SOUTH SIDE.
xrr,oxr TRAINS coILIDE-xEcrNSs
AND CABS DAMAGED
! pleasant Party or for rurops-Injury
20 the Tobacco crop-oshsr
Matters, &C., -.

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PETERSBURG, Va, July IA, 1856.
Tho following are the particulars OF
ne collision Of freight trains which oc.
CURED last evening on the Norfolk aud
Westsrn railroad about one mile east
Of Blackstone The extra freight
coming cast was ordered TO await at
Blackstone the arrival Of the regular
freight going west, but the order was
not carried out, and the two trains met
in collision At the point above stated.
Both engines were wrecked, eight cars
were broken to pieces and thrown from
the track, their contents being. scat
tered over the ground, and some fifteen
or twenty other cars were moro or less
disabled. when il was seen that col
lision was inevitable the engineers and
flremen jumped to the ground to save
their lives. and escaped injury, with
the exception of Fireman Smith
who was considerably hurt by his fall
but not seriously. The loss to the
company by the accident is heavy. The
eastern passenger train due in this city
at 1880 7. II. could no. pass the place
of the accident, and q transfer OF pas
sergsrs, mails, and baggage was made
to . special train sent up to receive
them from this end. They arrived here
about / o'clock this morning. AS soon
as possible large force was sent to the
spot to clear the track, and this work
vas done so promptly as to prevent any
delay in the regular trains to-day. Inc
company will, OF course, as is usual In
case Of any accident, make q thorough
investigation as to the cause Of this
one.
A pleasant company left our city to-
dsy for Europe. II consisted OF Mr..
John McGill and wife, Misses Fannie
and Dora McGill. and Miss Annie Wat
son. daughter of r. L. Watson, ESQ.
Mr.. and Mrs. McGill will be absent
several months, and the young ladies
probably for a longer period. They
bear with them the good wishes OF the
community. A large number Of friends
ssse mbled at the depot TO bid them
goodbye.
From the best information to be
gained relative to the growing tobacco
in this section it is believed that the
crop has been injured about 90 or %
Der cent. by the rains. A good season
hereafter will only save the crop from
further damage.
A severe rain-storm, accompanied by
brilliant discharges Of electricity, swept
over the city last night between II and
IL o'clock. The rainfall was very
heavy.
Mr.. Abram Tucker, a venerable and
bighly.respected citizen Of Prince
George county, died day or two ago.
He was one Of the best men in this Sec
ton.
Some four hundred persons left this
city on the steamer George Law this
morning for Sandy Point, on James
river, on an excursion given by the
Friends of Temperance.
The white woman Annie Parkinson,
who attempted to end her life last
night by swallowing laudanum, was
saved by the prompt and vigorous ef-
forts Of the attending physician.
Nearly all of the lady teachers in the
public schools of this city have gone to
Salem to attend the Normal Institute
now in session at that place. The train
from Norfolk yesterday also carried up
number Of the teachers from that city.
ROBIN ADAIR.