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Information about accidents in Richmond, VA during the Civil War.

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1861-06-07, Richmond Dispatch; description of the explosion at the house of a chemist who was mixing fulminating powder; injured parties are at St. Francis de Sales Hospital
1861-07-01, Richmond Dispatch; member of the Tredegar Battalion is wounded by a bursting gun
1861-07-02, Richmond Dispatch; description of "Mason's Hall," (GH#26) notes that it was opened 4 weeks ago for Tennesseans. Notes that more Tennesseans are at Company G Hall and Temperance Hall.
1861-07-02, Richmond Dispatch; more on the wounding of a member of the Tredegar Battalion by a bursting gun
1861-07-04, Richmond Dispatch; lengthy (and graphic) account of an explosion near Thomas' Factory and the State Armory which killed local chemist Joseph Laidley
1861-07-04, Richmond Whig; fatal explosion at the Armory
1861-07-10, Richmond Dispatch; report of a collision on the Virginia Central and R. F. & P. RRs
1861-07-13, Richmond Dispatch; description of cartridge making in Thomas' factory, and refutation of the claim that care is not taken there
1861-07-22, Richmond Dispatch; wounded Kentuckian is taken to the hospital at the "new Alms House" (future GH#1)
1861-08-03, Richmond Dispatch; great description of train accident on the Central Railroad, near Hanover Junction

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