South Boston, Virginia
Train Accident
November 13, 1860
Railroad accident — section master killed.
A painful accident occurred on the Richmond
and Danville Railroad yesterday morning, by
which one of the section masters,
Mr. John Dinon,
lost his life. Mr. Dinon had started from South
Boston, Halifax county, where he resided, on a
hand car, to see that the road was in good
order, he being accompanied by two boys. After
going about a mile and a half, and before he had
time to escape, his vehicle was met by an extra
train, which had on board the "Examining
Committee," run into, and he so terribly crushed
that he died of his injuries in a short time
thereafter. The two boys who were with him on
the hand-car, escaped injury.
Mr. Dinon was
one of the oldest and most valuable section
masters on the road. He could not have known
that an extra train was expected, and the
engineer on the extra did not see the hand-car
until it was too late to prevent the collision.
The Daily Dispatch, Richmond, VA 14 Nov
1860
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