Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-11-04
ANOTHER HORROR.
Explosion Of n Locomotive at
Gravel Pit Station, O. the Ohio
and Mississippi EhiIFOad---
Five Persons Killed sndSeFeraI
Others Wounded.

| CINCINNATI October 3t-A terrible
railroad accident took plce at Grand
Pit, q station distant abut eighteen
miles from this city, on ne Ohio ana
Mississippi railroad, last night, about
| eight O'clock. 4 special freight train
left the city at 6:25, las evening, In
charge Of Mr.. Mills Hoe, conductor,
and James Gardner, engneer. Reach
ing Grand Pit about 7:9 O'CLOCK, the
train was stopped on themain track for
the purpose OF taking wod for the en-
| gine. Shortly after thetra stopped,
and while the brakesmn WAS passing
the wood aboard the tenor, the engineer
oiling the engine, the frman piling the
wood as it came ABOARD, and the cOnduc
tor and party of little boys who had
gathered about to see the locomotive,
standing alongside tn engine, which
was the powerful freigk locomotive No.
| l9, the locomotive exsoded ber boiler
! with 8 report that VS. heard for miles
around, and with fore that killed the
conductor, fireman, ad cne OF the boys
outright, and wounde two more Of the
boys, vino have sine died. The engi-
neer, Mr.. Gardner, and q brakeman
named Henry How, brother of the
conductor, Mr. Mil Howe, were also
injured quite seYereF. So terrible was
the force of the exFosiOn, that the en-
CINE was shattered Ito thousand frag-
ments, some OF winch were thrown to
the Kentucky side 5f the Ohio river, a
distance of nearly mile; while others,
large and small, haze since been picked
I'D all around the Gene of the accident,
within a radius of 900 yards. The con-
ducto-, Mr. HOWE was lifted up and
thrown against JhewOOd-pile, and struck
in the face and boy with several frag-
ments OF the boileI and so fearfully man
Qled and burned b the escaping steam,
as to be almost mrecognizable. Both
legs we're broken, MS body crushed to
jelly, his face and1eck gashed, ana skull
crushed. The finman, John Mullone,
who WAS standing near the fire doors,
was also horribly nangled, and instantly
killed, One OF tie boys, named John
Smith, son of Ons Cf the employees of
the road, residing at Grand Pit, was
blown distanoeof 500 yards, against
gravel bank, and instsntly killed, He
was about II years old, his brother,
few wears younger, vas also blown long
distance, together with the flying wood,
and so badly Injured that he has since
died. Another boy, Thomas Murphy,
about Is years old, was lifted up and
thrown distslce Of so feet, against s
wood-pile, whBh fell on his body, COM
pletely hidingit from view. He died
few minutes ater being taken from the
debris. His little brother, about years
of age was tlowD a distance Of 40 feet,
into a lot OF tall weeds, where he was
afterwards bund, crying Justify, but
comparatively slightly injured. MIR.
Murphy. father OF the boys, resides st
North Bend, about five miles below the
scene OF the iissster how the engineer,
Mr.. Gardner who was standing within
three feet Of the engine when she ex-
ploded, escaped desth is mystery. He
was knocked down and pretty seriously
il jured in the head, shoulders, and hips.
He wss taken to Lswrenceburg last
night, in aa insensible condition, but at
last accounts had recovered his con
sciousness and was in fair way for re-
covefy. Henry Howe, the brakeman,
had his hip and knee crushed, and re-
ceived internalinjuries, which it is feared
will prove fatal Several other persons
were slightiy bruised and scratched by
the flying frsgnents.