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Information about accidents in Richmond, VA during the Civil War.
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1861-11-21, Richmond Dispatch; 2 CS soldier guards in trouble for shooting at POWs – one fatality, the other a miss. Names given, prison not ID'ed
1861-11-21, Richmond Enquirer; sentinel at "Confederate Prison No. 2" accidentally shot two prisoners, one mortally. Mentions that he was on a hill behind the prison when his musket accidentally discharged.
1862-01-07, Richmond Dispatch; Jenkins, of Ben McCullough Ranger, shot in bar room. Sent to Lousiana Hospital
1862-01-18, Richmond Dispatch; White woman badly burned at Church Hill hospital (unnamed)
1862-01-25, Richmond Dispatch; ambulance train runs off the track near Gordonsville. Nobody hurt.
1862-01-25, Richmond Dispatch; an engine on the Va. Central RR blows up - no one hurt.
1862-01-28, Richmond Dispatch; large explosion at Govt. Laboratory, foot of 7th St. - many injured
1862-01-28, Richmond Enquirer; explosion at the Confederate Laboratory
1862-01-28, Richmond Whig; Explosion at the Confederate Laboratory, on Byrd Island
1862-01-31, Richmond Dispatch; none of boys hurt in recent lab explosion. Govt now building storehouse at “upper extremity” of Brown’s Island for fuse work
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