Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-12-07
Complete List Of the sufferers!


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We have 70 ree0sd The must extensive and h,...
casually never khoBh in this country, Ysfte-s-
At "a early hour very large train left Orange X
r. en- rSuts fyF ire white House Washingtsn. ID +
under the charge u chief engineer Geo. b MeCaL
iaR. Il va expected 70 make che trip thrahgb \
Twelve hours The trim VI very heavily l4iassi
With merchandise shipped By New Tofk Jew
hoslss, Aagast Belmont agent. All the ooppgFa-sds
10 tbs country wsre passengers besides few limo
sent people who hsd been yleluded into taking AZ
excursion tfiP By the offer Of deadhead ticket
Horalo Seymour d New York wns che ogndge.a-
assisted By franklin Pierce, G. L yaTiandigbar sr4
Joel Parker. Ben: Mod sus apIssutoa y holdaa
the money received for fares All -. : -, -,
marked cOaspieBoasly, 4-ii-t4
Fof cgByeHieHee and c0mfoFt N. .sss.s,,,.-. co.,
classified in the ears; ths fogies under The sha,ge
Robert c. Winthrop snd MiIlard FiIuors ti-
short boys under John Van Buren, snd Cant ~
ers the mounteoanks ard MINISTRIES Jed by ~
R0gers sud Marble editor - the EgTl[-Lgd a.
few elefgyInen marshslsd By the vefy RI r
Chaunesy Burr ard ~ J. Vas Dyka Tbera<g-
several thst wers intended 70 be- sttackI D. ts.
train that did not make tie eonasction-,ge fr,.,
Csnada, with George y. saunders conductor. sad =
rooBy one gfom Mes York, filed with goy sav-
usOars sfrienis where both detained bv the 49,,
rantal.e interference o a man nasnsd B-n{srnin
Butter, who came "a Neg York lat week - stop a
spell The cars were gorgsoJsiy decorated Win
such elsgRnt mottDes - the f5l0giHg Butter la
n, aAfss Lincoln Is 3 gDfiiia Little Nike. the
by be jabers -EiEgsrs lor sssvs, Irshrash for oar
masters. = I'VE arc coming brother JeG La -
change our bass "Herot Jour spanisls fgT ysa
Mass Davis
They moved cut of the Orsnge depot gaiIy tgtas
tune of D1ie thoagh the engineer be-iiaJet shsz
the aBsi monsat q departure came shout stspPng
os tbs piNsf0Ful, and AZ last emily g. soaE3
by . little expcdient II Fernsudo Wed who pailed
hiua into ths train backwards By his cat tail. "a
gineer Mcclellan Has dreszsd IA che fill Fiz q e.
Major General, for which his Uncle Sam paid Be
was very nervous and remarked that ne shsid pre-
fer a Rulnboat % a ride On sUch q Locomotive. IL
engine was new one, built 3. Chicago last Aag.E
bat on a plan designed by BeHSict Arnold, asa
subsequently improved bI Aaron Burr and John c
Calhoun Il was bgilt % the order Of JET Davis,
and bore the engaging nsrne q Cessation which
was ad6psed a. 3 slight change from the original
designation secession
M ore.siors.i good deal u remark that hardly
any soli,ers took passage on ths train There we're
some men naned Grant Sheridan, Shernaar Hooker
and Dix srosnd who very ungr1ergslslT sxpr7sssi
doubts "a b the safety Of she track xnd the ability
Of the engineer, and 10 Is suPPosed tEat thE p'e1-
diced the ahlrie coat boys. Besides tbts the con
dor.or Of the train refused % have American Tag
on the engine Andihs soldiers have stubborn fee
ing Of urFiudice on that subject N0tWtthstaud-Z
these siigts drawbacks the train moved OF WIKI he
,uOd wishes and cheers Of al the rebel soldiers Il
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Semmea and his friends. From al that can b
learned irons the incohsrght talk Of the Few .rsi-
yoss u the sad catastrophe il appears that Jaes
/ trouble from the very start
/ The engineer aud his hreman, PcndlstJn, .aa-.
ysi3 al tb.. trip abogt the method q firing ID a1f
/ the conductors and The fare taksr were constantly
1 giving eontradictoTy orders 70 the brskensn szl
nerysas conservative gentleman pulled fc4aacally
Al the beIl-Fppe giving engineer AcClslsa 10 ed
Of trouble Just how the accident happsnsi 10 one
can tell now bat certain il is, that before he tran
goa hAIf way through, there Was SHOCKING 'saAss,
piled up IN fragaeuts the track born Gp and such
multitude Of passengers fatally injured that Il Is
doubtful If thesr names can ever be asesgIa877l-
Some assert that old Illinois jskeF, ls-allaz-g
called old ABB caused the disaster bY putting rsa
on tha track others that the fireman Pelilsto1 2;
too much water out q the peace tank upon ID 5r
| 10 McClellaas boiler; Others that EalisHdlghsa
ran the train OF TIN track by dropping al -. \ <
stick Of timber under the wheels; sIi others Ia:
the cuginecr frightened By Suddenly dIseover.zz
- Niger In bis wood pile the tender and Over,
turued the locomotive by attempting 80 change rs
/ base too Suddenly Whatever be the eause thcrg
Is no dOaht OF the eomplete wreck Of the whole trar
snd the cad fate Of the sxcursionist There aru bt
slight fragments Of the distinguished persons
that are recognizable. Ben Wood Is missing alto
gesher, except his l-ll-4t badge. Fernando ~ i
recognized BY copy Of the statute Ok iuitatic u
in his trousers pocket; HorstiO Seymour and Va
1 lanaighsm were found locked fasI in each ,shsr
arms, and crushed under the weight Of certain si-y
goods boxes that eoatsined bogus soldiers yotss
Governor Parker was badly bruised snd lost b. s,s
sight 50 that he aCAnt see IL Rny more PgaIlat9r
/ was pitched headloHs into nasty ditch i'ed vi.h
secession mud which ohoke1 hin, and or tAesa-
giGeeF, he was blown mach higher thaa Gi,-ovs
| kite, and ninutely palyeriEed that there +
no ccnlar proof thai any such hasn ever syiaeL-
The funeral Of these excursionists viii vs-v son b
! attended N Richmoa1 Va BY Je6. DAYS and NJ
his cabinet and II IS currently reported thag L. ;
Grant may attend, not however, IN the eh4rsetsssl
| a mourneF There viii Be no more trains rIa d,
| this road, as the oonpsBy being made bsnSruPs By
The Union line, howeVer, Is in sov1 running aFtsr