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The Daily Dispatch: April 7, 1862., [Electronic resource], [correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.] (search)
Collision. --An extra passenger train on the Virginia Control Railroad, coming to this city, and a train of empty care, drawn by two engines, collided Sunday morning about 1 o'clock, three miles this side of Hanover Junction. The fireman on the down train a Mr. Miller a soldier, whose name we did not bear, and a small child, were killed. Some thirty persons were more or less injured, two or three of whom have since died. The child was in the arms of its mother at the time of the collision, and strange to say, was thrown against the our with such violence as to cause its death, while the mother was entirely uninjured. On the engine of the passenger train were the engineer, a pilot, and the fireman, the two first of whom jumped from the engine, and escaped unhurt. It is proper to remark that every precaution was taken by the General Super intendant of the Central Road, and we are unable to say, with the statements as furnished us, where the fault lies. Those in charge of the