Smyrna times., 1865-08-30
Railroad and Steamboat Acc,d.n,I


The following is list of the ra;hood ond
steamboat accidents which have occurred du-
ring the last week. A frightful catalogue.
:, A dispatch to the New York World from
Nashville, dated on Saturday, SAYS:
The following are the latest details of the
trlghtfnl railroad disaster which occurred on
the Tennessee and Alabama Railroad yesterday
morning.
AS the morning train was passing over the
treste at Richand neck seventy miles south
Of Nashville, the trestle suddenly gave way and
preclpltated the train into the creek.
Up to six o'clock twelve dead bodies and
eighty wounded had been recovered from the
wreck.
A car containing thirty negroes is still under
water.
quite number OF passengers were missing.
A large gang of men has been sent forward
to clear away the wreck, and all that is posi-
BILE will be done for the relief of the wounded
The utmost excitement exists here, as many
well known citizens are supposed to have been
on the train.
No names have been received as yet.
The steamer Argosy No. 3, Capt Vange-
grit, from Cairo for Cincinnati, with the
Seventieth Ohio Infantry, about three hundred
strong, was blown ashore in rain-storm on
Monday evening, near Hatfield Landing, eigh-
ty miles below Louisville. The conclusion cx-
ploded the mud-druns, and the steam, coming
att, scalded twelve, two of whom died, and two
are expected to die. Between thirty and forty
jumped overheard, eight of whom were drown
| ed.
A collision took place on Friday on the Oil
Greek Railroad, by which nine persons lost
their hives, and ten to fifteen were seriously
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glneer OF freight train running his engine on
the track out Of time, and at an hour when a
passenger train was due, coming from an oppo-
site direction. The trains met near a curve, and
nearly every car was broken up. 1t is Won
der that more persons were not killed.
The steamship Brother Jonathan was wreck
ed on the 3lst OfJuly while on her voyage from
San Francisco to Portland and Victoria We
have very brief particulars, such as we hope
may be materially modified by further ntelli-
gence. The vessel had 100 registered passen-
gers and crew of 81. 1t is stated that OF
these only Is were saved, but there is hope that
many more have been rescued. The place was
about six miles from Crescent City, the north.
ernmOst town in California, and near the Ore.
gon line.
The steamer Ida May, Capt. Armstrong
from Shreveport for New Orleans, on the
18th instant when about l40 miles below
Shreveport, while making bend, struck a snae
and sank soon after crossing the river into shoa
water She had $50 bales of cotton on board
which was lost. All the crew, passengers
books and papers were saved.
An excursion train filled with passengers, re
turning to Boston Wednesday evening from
picnic party at Abingdon, on the Old Colony
Railroad, came in collision with hand car OF
the track, in which were two men. The en-
gine, tender baggage, smoking and four pas
senger cars were thrown from the track, thre,
of the latter being capsized down an embank
ment. None of the passengers received sc
riOus injuries
On the Long island Railroad yesterday,
S collision occurred near Jamaica. The engine
! were smashed, and the cars of the up trai
were piled on each other. Five persons wer
killed and number were wounded.
: On Friday last train ran off the bridge
G near Reynolds Station, Alabama. lively
= persons were killed and twenty injured.