NEWS FROM WINCHESTER.; Serious Railroad Accident A Train off the Track A Number of Soldiers Killed and Wounded.

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June 23, 1862

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WINCHESTER, Sunday, June 22.

A very serious accident occurred this morning on the Winchester and Potomac Railroad, at a point about fourteen miles from this place. The train, which was coming this way, contained a large number of soldiers and horses. Most of the soldiers were those who had been sick or guarding property at Harper's Ferry, or wounded, who were sufficiently recovered to report here. The train, at the point designated, ran off the track and rolled down the embankment. The men were on the top of the cars, and the horses inside. One man was killed -- JOHN P. KOPK, of New-York -- and fifty-two injured, more or less seriously. I have just this moment seen them, and am assured by the Surgeons that several more will die of their injuries. They were taken to the Union hospital and immediately cared for. Nearly all of the injured are from the Third Delaware Regiment.

J.A.

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