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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 20. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.13 (search)
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Chapter 13 : (search)
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 14 : (search)
The Daily Dispatch: January 2, 1861., [Electronic resource], The National Crisis. (search)
The Daily Dispatch: July 25, 1861., [Electronic resource], I know you are now. (search)
Shocking accident.
--About 12½ o'clock P. M., on Saturday last, a fatal accident occurred at the Colleton Lime Works, at the head of Cooper river.
A valuable and trusty negro named Toney, about twenty-nine years of age, was taking from a lime kiln a quantity of lime that had gone through the burning process, and while so engaged, the kiln fell down, burying his body among the burning sand.--Mr. Lachicotte, the superintendent, was standing near, and and to move rapidly out of the way in order to escape being covered by the hot ashes and sand.
Immediate efforts were made to take the body out, and it was recovered in about three quarters of an hour; but, as the kiln had been under the action of fire very steadily for months, he must have died almost instantly.
His body, in parts, had nearly all the flash taken off, and, for a short time, the poor fellow must have suffered dreadfully.
He was the property of Messrs. Ravenel & Stevens, owners of the Lime Works.--Charleston Mer
The Daily Dispatch: November 19, 1863., [Electronic resource], Annual report of the Virginia Central Railroad . (search)
From Charleston. Charleston, Nov. 18.
--A slow but steady fire has been kept up on Fort Sumter last night and this morning from the enemy's mortar batteries.
Everything else quiet.--No casualties at Sumter for the past two days. Major Elliott and the garrison are all well.
[second Dispatch.] Charleston, Nov. 18. P. M.
--The firing on Fort Sumter continues steady.
Our mortar battery on Sullivan's Island has been shelling Gregg and the Cummings Point batteries all day. No casualties at Sumter to-day.
The enemy fired at long range to-day up Cooper river at a passing steamer, it is supposed with one of the same guns with which they have been firing into the city.