Cumberland-Randolph County NcArchives News.....Bridge Collapse September 14, 1859 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carolyn Shank Carolynshank@msn.com September 8, 2007, 12:44 pm The Raleigh Standard, Sept. 14, 1859 September 14, 1859 [Reprinted from The Fayetteville Carolinian of the 12th Sept. 1859] "We regret to learn that the Bridge over Little River at Manchester, 12 miles west of this place, broke in two on Sunday evening at 8 o'clock. A wagon belonging to ABNER COLETRAIN ESQ. of Randolph was crossing it at the time. The driver, a negro, was seriously, if not fatally injured, three horses killed, and the entire load, 16 barrels of flour, thrown into the river. Another bridge, we understand will be built immediately. It should be done forthwith, as a very large amount of country produce comes into town in that direction, and our country friends will, in all probability, delay bringing it until the bridge is built again." File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/cumberland/newspapers/bridgeco153nw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb