The Daily Nashville true Whig. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1851-1855, 1855-11-08

st. Geneyieve county (oBe of the list Of wounded
published yesterday died at the Sisters Hospital
last evening.
From the Republican.
Among the wounded is Eugene Longuemare, Of
this city He is badly hurt
Jas. NJ Dermott had his leg badly smashed, and
it is feared that be cannot recover
E. Court Dodds had both arms broken and foot
mashed.
very serious injuries; and Frank Lane of the Ma
tonal Guards, had his leg broken. Mr.. Lane is of
the firm of Warne, Merritt & Co.
These the only accidents of serious nature
that have happened to either of the military compa-
MES.
There is no truth in the report of the death of
Judge Lakeland. He did not start to 90 to Jeffer-
City, but left the at Franklin Station, ard
is safe.
Mr. O'Neal, the engineer, was left at Hermann,
very dangerously injured.
Some of the bodies of the dead we're marked with
unusual and terrible mutations. One Of the SUR
vvors informs US that he saw two corpses with the
entrals torn out by the splinters.
1t is not vet practicable to give a complete list
of the wounded among so many passengers, aud
where few escaped without cut or Confusion
The following, not named in yesterdays article,
suffered more serious injuries.
Robert FORSYTH, ankle broken and shoulder hurt
James Kaekly (colored, leg broken.
The editor of the Inteliigencer, who was on the
tran gives the following account of the catastro-
phe:
At o'clock we left Hermann, preceded by To-
connective and tender, which had been sent forward
TO see that the way was clear, and no danger i'm.
pending Soon we came in sight of the bridge
across the Gasconade river, about nine miles from
Hermann, and about thirty five from Jefferson City.
The bridge is approached oy an embankment, thir
~ feet high. which terminates in a massive stone
a6utment Forty yards IRON the abutment, and
just at the edge OF the river stands another staunch
stone pillar, three of which reach to the other
side of the stream, and support the bridge. The
river is about two hundred and fifty yards wide
and the bridge thirty feet high, at least The Pho
neer locomotive had crossed the structure safely and
was waiting on the other side to see the result of
our attempt. There was no fear of danger and no
apprehension Of peril. We slowly moved along
the embankment, and came on to the bridge. Tie
locomotive had passed the first span, and had its
forewheels above the first pillar-beyond the abut-
ment-there being then, resting, on the first span,
the locomotive, baggage car, and two heavily loaded
passenger cars The weight was too much for the
long, slender tmbers which supported the rails and
the enormous load above. Suddenly we heard
hOrrid crash-it rings in our ears nOw-and saw a
movement amongst those in the in which We
were seated; then there came-crash-crash-ds
each car came to the abutment, and took the fatal
plunge.
The affair was but the work of an instant We
were running slowly at the time, and the successive
crashes came on at intervals Of nearly second
We ourselves seated in the seventh caF-tpere
being three behind us-and when we heard the
horrid sound that came up, each car slowly aud
deliberately took the leap, We hoped that our car
might stop before it reached the preGpice. But
no il seemed that the spirit of ruin beneath,
determinedIy dragging each to the spot wrent h.
ing it from Its ta-tenings, and hurting 1t to atoms
beneath Six cars fell 10 one mass, each the
other and were shivered into fragments. The
seventh tell with its forward end to the ground but
the other end rested on the top OF the abutment.
Those in it were only bruised. The eighth and
ninth cars tumbled down the embankment before
they reached the abutment
Such a wreck never saw, and hope never again |
to see. 1t undistinguishabe mass OF wood (
en- beams, seats iron wheels, and rods from be
meath which came up groans OF agony. Those who
could, crawled out of the ruin Immediately, and
either sought to relieve their own wounds or tie |
wounds of their friends. Some wept tears of JOY to
find their friends alive; and others shuddered to
find their friends dead The uninjured organized
themselves under the lead of Mr.. Pride, the con.
ductor, and endeavored by chopping TO extricate
those who were yet alive from the wreck Here /
beam as cut into to dsengage broken arm there
an iron axle pried up to relieve mnti!ated leg.
There was shrieking and screaming, though ali
begged for the love Of heaven, to be extricated
from some mass of iron or beam of wood which pin
ned them to the earth. All begged for water, drank
it when it was brought and prayed for more. There
was hardly entirely uninjured man to be seen.
Most of those who had escaped had streams OF
blood flowing their faces from splinter wounds
Others mped and hobbled about looking for their
friends board shanty was the only shelter TO
be had and that was soon filed with the wounded,
whose silent, speeches. agony was enough to make
the stoutest heart shudder. Immediately after the
accident the heavens grew dark and black, as
though the night had come. The wind shreked
through the leahass trees; the heavens rent in
twain, and from the crevice cleaned the white light
ming, and the hoarse thunder beloved its cruel
mockings at the woe beneath. 1t seemed as if the
elements were holding high carnival over the scene