Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-07-06
sTArrNENr OF TIE cosDrcroR.


was seated IN the foYepart Of the FL st passenger
car at about II O'Clock on Monday night. when sud-
d My heard cracking ia the ear, as If the csF
was trembling AMI shaking then ] felt the car
plungiug, when ! got upon nay feet to see what vas
the matter, and tried TO reach the centre Of the
car, bat not being able, as felt my fOothold slip
ring from beneath me, commenced climbing to The
roof and succeeded in getting G hold. The roof
Was much broken away by ihis time, and l got
through ii TO The top, where l Kept hold until
landed below. them commenced climbing up, and
reached the bank. saw a number of others clam
bcring mp out Of The cars, and there were several
persons assisting the persons who had been injured
/ saw come lab2rers, whom ordered to light bon
fires on the track mp and down the road. OF the
eDesd CT the train took no particular notice /
Do rot think it was running at full speed as We had
just passed over big bridge, where we usually
slack up, and had not got under full headEay yet
l should Judge there were soma $50 persons in
he irain--I coud not tell. as / had not taken up
my checks of the second class for emigraEt cars or
the Eastern tickets There were fifteen or twenty
laborers gut on The foremost of the mgrans cars
from AinsWol ID station aud 81 the New Albany and
Salem crossing The EN- grant cars were all smashed
ND. When rot ont Of The car the might was very
dark nBd the wafer was running heavy. vas cou
fUged wanted 10 reach the telegraph station at
E Bend, Ind and started. as lsupp0sed, fOrit,
hut when I had forled the creek, discovered had
goae The wrong wsy. n, yer aay rain In this
yue before IL vas what call dry run s1d the cu
veIt was Of stOne as good can be found upon any
road The scene Of the catastrophe is, as near as
] can Judge. about half way between South Bend
and fIsTauks Thii Tuesday morning / crossed
the same spot shere last right was flood, almost
without more than Wetting the tops Of my feet
know nothing fur her Of .Ihe cause Of the accident
than the clrTyiRg sway Of the eulvert, an was
sitting on forward seat with my lantern j ear me,
when the pitching aud cracking commenced
STATEMENT OF MT. H. RICE, PASSENGER.
lie was in the sleeping at the time Of the scci
dln;, which occurred about midnight. The fret he
knew Of anything being the matter, was when the
water was TUshiag over the car. The lights we're
out and n5lhiBg but occasional flash OF light
mig s@s lhere 10 zee by. lie jumped frsIa the
cars but Bs;ead Of landing terra frHgq he leapsd
into the torrent. but succeeded in making his way
10 clurap Of bnskes, and got up the bank after
wards lie heard greet deal Of screaming while
in tue current, and siter landing, the cries Of
tress we're awful There being no lights, Everything
gas @ Infusion, and survivors were rushing wildly
! about the banks Of the rsvine in vain search Of
| their missing friends. lie says no enc was killed
10 the sleeping car, but enc cid gentleman jumped
out and was dgoEned in the current. Mr.. Rioe
says that Osgcod Cthe eonductor) seemed crazy he
! ran 20 South Bend and TO MshWaaka, and then re-
turned, distance Of eight miles, without his hat.
lie took ehargs Of him. and brought him to the city
At b O'clock yesterday M
Ons womsn who vas on the train with her hus-
band and FIVE children, ran wildly about all night
seeking her family but without success until morn
ing, when she found them all dead. She then went
10 farm house, few yards of, where, after sit
ing few minutes the Eretched wife and mother
expired
hir- Rice Gays that gentleman, with his wife and
two children was on the train on pleasure 4rip Il
the Fat. Bnt in the accident the parties became
separated The husband found one Of his yOnne
oues dead in the morning; next he found his wife
dead, but with her closely embracing the othei
child, who vas saved
Mr. Pardee. whose statement is also given, i
from Bloomington, Ill. He was returning from tn
.st to his heme in the train next 20 the Inflated
one and which left the scene Of the terrible disss
Ter at ~ o'clock yesterday. he arrived there ct
o'clock IN the morning but as the baggage had q
to be carried across from one side Of the rayine