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

Written Accounts

1908-05-24, Richmond Times-Dispatch; Sally Tompkins seriously injured by a fall in the street
1908-05-25, Alexandria Gazette; Sally Tompkins has fallen and seriously injured herself
1908-05-29, Shenandoah (Woodstock, Va.) Herald; Sally Tompkins has fallen and received a gash on her head “several inches long” – notes that she is 75 years old
1908-07-12, Richmond Times-Dispatch; hot iron bar falls on the hand of a Tredegar worker, and “sizzled its way through before it could be taken off”
1909-10-03, Richmond Times-Dispatch; watchman at the Tredegar Iron Works trips over iron, breaks leg
1911-01-08, Richmond Times-Dispatch; man injured at Tredegar “by a piece of flying steel”
1911-07-09, Washington Herald; very important description of the destruction of the River Queen in a fire at her Washington wharf. Brief mention of her use during the Civil War.
1911-07-12, Washington Herald; burnt hull of the River Queen to be placed “in the hands of wreckers”
1912-03-23, Richmond Times-Dispatch; man has two fingers ripped off at the Tredegar Iron Works
1912-06-29, Richmond Times-Dispatch; four men badly burned in “an explosion of molten zinc” at the Tredegar Iron Works. One of the victims is Augustus Krengel, father of 1944 Tredegar murder victim

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