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---v ------- - --On 8«torday mnrelng about half pastall o'clock, a oollislnn occurred at Golds* boro between two trait)* of tba W. A Wt R. R. Tha mail whlok waa a few mlnate* behind lima rsu Into tha flrefiiht which w« making up Ha train and had to ©ecu-pv both tracks for that purpose. That awara no lives lost bot con alder able dam*aga waa dona tn tba engine of tha pataen*gertrain, which won Id h*ra beta greater, had It not been tor tba coolnasa and prompt action nfeeglnear John Hesatnger^ Capt. Browning had obarga of tha mail train and Capt. W ataan of the freight. At1 theaa officers are old and experienced man, and na blame should bo attached to any af them,Tba accident was owing to a heavy fog which enveloped every thing and made It a difficult matter to see anything at all.
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Weldon Roanoke News
Weldon, North Carolina, US
Wed, Mar 13, 1878
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