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Railroad accident.

Bellows Falls,Vt. Jan. 23.
--A cattle train on the Rutland and Burlington Railroad, consisting of fourteen cars, last night broke through the bridge between Bellows Falls and Chester, Vt. Five cars went through, killing fifty sheep and four cattle. No injury was sustained by the men on the train.

The Daily Dispatch: January 24, 1861. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. January 24, 1861. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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