From the Richmond Dispatch, 5/21/1863, p. 1, c. 4

Accident. – Four negro men, operatives at the Tredegar Foundry, were very seriously injured yesterday by the falling of a portion of a burned roof on them. They were clearing away the rubbish of the late fire when a portion of the debris fell. One of the men had his skull fractured, and another a leg broken. All were badly hurt.

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