Around four o'clock in the morning, a portion of an early mail train on the Fall River Railroad derailed near Myricks, Massachusetts. Breaking a rail, the rear carriage was thrown down an embankment and many of the thirty-five passengers aboard injured, three of them seriously. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
"Accident on the Fall River Railroad," New York Times, October 27, 1860.
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Type
Crime/Disasters