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The Daily Dispatch: April 24, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
d from a trip on the Philadelphia railroad, whither they had been dispatched to burn the bridges. They reported that they permitted the early morning train to pass without molestation, but required the engineman to go back with his locomotive. Immediately after passing the Canton bridge that structure was set on fire and burned. They then proceeded to the Gunpowder bridge and burned out the draw, which was deemed sufficient for all needful purposes. They then returned and destroyed the Back river bridge. It was the intention to have gone on to Havre de Grace and take possession of the ferry boat, but as it was said there were other boats which could be used for the purpose of conveying troops across the Susquehanna, that intention was abandoned. attack on Turner Hall. On Saturday it was rumored through the city that the Turner Rifles, a German company, whose armory is in Turner Hall, West Pratt street, had on Thursday last sent a number of their arms to Washington, and t