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

Written Accounts

1862-12-19, Richmond Dispatch; drunk woman falls into the canal near Castle Thunder – infant drowns, she put in the cage
1863-01-03, Richmond Dispatch; Simon Jones, marine on CSS Beaufort, wounded at dock by careless firing of 2 soldiers. Soldiers sent to Castle Thunder.
1863-01-05, Richmond Dispatch; men who accidentally shot marine on CSS Beaufort let off
1863-01-12, Richmond Dispatch; Boy accidentally shot on basin bank. City Battalion barracks on southern bank, but no one there guilty.
1863-01-15, Richmond Dispatch; freight train accident near Ashland on the RF&P RR
1863-01-15, Richmond Dispatch; little boy shot at basin dies. Inquest determines he was accidentally shot by unnamed man in D25VaBn, from location of Bennett’s warehouse, south side of basin & 9th sts.
1863-01-28, Richmond Dispatch; important account of bridge collapse at 8th st.
1863-01-29, Richmond Dispatch; update on bridge collapse – inquest, etc. Three federal soldiers remain to be accounted for. F. Padican, 18th Miss., corpse fished out of canal, too. Local burial. Not part of bridge collapse?
1863-01-30, Richmond Dispatch; Libby update. 4 men (unnamed) died there 1/29. 1183 POWs now there.
1863-03-12, Richmond Dispatch; extensive fire at the Public Warehouse, 8th and Canal streets. Estimated loss is $200,000.

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