Mobile Register

July 9, 1861

Page 1

THE LATE COLLISION ON THE MOBILE AND OHIO RAILROAD—The company on the train which was broken up by the recent collision, was the Thompson Cavalry, from Oxford, Miss. The Oxford Mercury says:

The first car, containing Capt. Bowles and twenty-five of his men, was the only one injured, and among the boys the following received injuries; Robert Goodwin, dangerously, and thought fatally, hurt in the abdomen and body; Strickland, of Springdale, left arm broken; Lee and Gill bruised, but not badly. No one else received any injury worth mentioning. The horses were badly frightened, but none hurt. Five broke loose from their cars and made off, but all were got back except one. On the other train the engineer and conductor sprang from their positions, and as they ran swiftly off it is supposed they were not hurt. Three or four brakesmen were badly injured, and one is reported to have had an arm broken. Two horses belonging to army officers in Virginia were killed on that train. The wounded were left at Dyer’s Station, where they were kindly cared for.

[Transcribed by Sharon Strout]