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were soldiers discharged and on furlough. A mess of five who had together faced death a thousand times on the bloody fields of battle was reduced to one—a single survivor as we learn, and the only unmarried one of the five.A few minutes before the accident, a veteran soldier who had been three years at the front, and once a prisoner in Lib* by, and -luring all that time had seen his family but once, spoke tearfully to a passenger of wife and children, and passing forward to speak to a comrade was among the first struck down. His lifeless remains will go forward to his desolate home to morrow.The baggage car was not wrecked, and though dealing death in its course through the passenger car no one aboard it was seriously injured Mr. Chase, the Mail Agent, Steve Taylor, J onty Lewis and others jumped from the car and escaped with slight sprains.Joseph Callow, traiu-boy, was severely injured.W. Blisbco, Esq., an attorney of Cas-sopolis, Mich., was very efficient from of the accident until a late hour last night, rendering aid to the wounded and collecting information for the benefit of the relatives of the (lead.The soldiers no sooner comprehended the disaster and its cause than they became clamorous for the Engineer of the cattle train, and had he been found they would have taken his life.The farthers in the vicinity of Culver’sStation came promptly and rendered invaluable aid. The fences were taken down with cheerful consent, and fires built for the comfort of the wounded.It is a singular fact that all the carsa 1 f\ir\ ♦vuitlr A nlra
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La Porte Weekly Union
La Porte, Indiana, US
Wed, Nov 09, 1864
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