Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-07-29
Twenty. Ave Persons wounded.
List OF ihe KilIed ANA wounded.

List Of the Killed and Wounded.
A serious accident occurred at BudPs
reek, about twenty miles below Clarks-
lille, on the Memphis branch Of the Louis
lille and Nashville railroad, yesterday
morning at one O'Clock, the train going
through the bridge at that point, killing
Eugene Riley, the engineer, Charles
Shields, the fireman, and passenger
named Hugh Mccall, from New Orleans.
The entire train Immediately caught fire,
and all the cars but the one in rear of the
sleeping car were consumed. 7.-.F...,.g |
The list of wounded is about twenty |
FIVE, few of whom are dangerous.
Below we give the dispatches received
at the railroad Office in the city, and fur
nished us by Maj. Bransford, General
Agent of the Louisville road:
FIRST DISPATCH. $3.50.
GAINESVILLE, July 2S.-Train No. 2
went through Budfs creek bridge. Riley,
engineer, and Shields, fireman, and one
passenger killed. Several badly wounded.
Do not know cause of accident. Cars all
burned up but rear of sleeping car
MARK LOWE, Conductor.
The following dispatch from the Super
intendent at GAINESVILLE to Albert Fink,
General Superintendent, was also tele-
graphed here:
SECOND DISPATCH.
GAINESVILLE, July %, 1S69.-.Albert
Fink, Gen'l Supt. "A serious accident &C.
Cured to passenger train No. 2 north, at
one % AIM, at Budd's Creek, eight miles
below GAINESVILLE. All endeavors to dis
cover the cause of the accident have been
| fruitless so far, as the bridges are nearly
| all burned. They consisted of four (4) spans
| Order Bridges Joined to a trestle and
were but three 90 years old, while the
trestle was but two ~ years old. Nearly
all the bridges are burnt, but what is stand
ing shows they were perfectly sound. The
entire train and contents except the New
| Orleans sleeping car were burned and
that badly damaged. We may arrive at
the cause of the accident when the heat
will admit. The following is list Of the
casualties
Killed; Eugene Riley, engineer; Chas.
Shields, fireman; Hugh Mccall, passenger
from New Orleans.
Badly wounded Mrs. Ii Mccall, New
Orleans; Jos. Nut, New Orleans; Fl B.
Michael, Now Orleans; John Burt, Column
bia, Miss; Judge Coulkin, and wife, New
Orleans; ] ] Buck, GAINESVILLE, Ten n;
Seth Henderson, (coPd), Memphis, C III.
Sage, Fulton, N. Y; c A Brown, Train
Baggage Master; Jno c Dugan, Train
Express Messenger. .-...
Slightly wounded: VIM. Mccall, New
Orleans, La; Ed. Stowe, Eufala, Ala;
| Mr.. and Mrs. Patterson, Baton Rouge,
La.; w Parker, Pittsburg; c Hannah,
Cofeeville, Miss; J G Levy, Holly Springs,
| Miss; Miss Hattie Michael, Landerdale,
Miss; w CShephard, New Orleans; ] L
| Coanell, Stewart Station; Barton Sails
bury, Stewart Station; two children OF
Judge Coulkins, of New Orleans; Sam
Lewis, Train Sleeping Car Conductor;
w w Wrsy, Train Mail Agent Ed.
Boone, Train Brakeman; c B Webster,
| Train Brakeman.
RoB'T MEEK, Supt.
| LATER
Since the above was put in type, cor
respondent at GAINESVILLE sends the follow
ing further particulars:
CLARKsvILLE. TENN, July 2S.-The
cause Of the accident has not yet been as
certained. The trestle was only about two
years old and the bridge three. Two spans
of the bridge, about fifty feet each in
length, and four bents of the old tre5tle
fell. The speed with which the train was
going carried it under the track on the
other side of the creek. In addition to
this, / gather the following facts by en-
curing among the passengers.
Mr. Fontaine, of Memphis, with his wife
and three children, was on board the train,
and all escaped except Mrs. Fontaine, who
was wounded, az was the colored nurse OF
her children.
Mr.. Hamilton Pike, son OF General Al
bert Pike, with his sister, was on the train.
but escaped with slight bruises, and re-
ceiyed universal commentator, as did
Mrs. Sawyer and young MIR. Wood, Of New
Orleans, for their heroic and energetic ef-
forts TO save and relieve the wounded.
Great praise is awarded Mat. Low, the con-
ductor, for his GOODNESS in the prompt dis.
charge OF his duty.
The express books and papers were
saved, from which 1t is asCertained that
there WAS about one hundred thousand
dollars in the safe. At last accounts from
the wreck the safe had not been found.
After the fall Of the train fire was commu'
nicated TO the baggage and passenger cars
from the locomotive, and all were destroys
1 l., Lid ,Iaa.,ingy ana.h n.
gether with all the express matter and the
passengers baggage, which is a serious loss
Considering the fact that the fall Is al
least Is or 80 feet, and that all of the
cars were nearly pulVerized, it seems a
miracle that single soul escaped.
Those of the wounded who are here, are
receiving the best of medical attention
and the sympathy Of our entire population.
Mr.. Pike and his sister are here, waiting
an up-train. Mr.. Stow is being kindly
cared for. Judge Caulkins and family are
under treatment here. Mr.. Dugan, the
express messenger, is also here, but his
case is doubtful.
Since writing the above, learn that the
body of a man, badly burned, has been
found under the wreck He is not recog
nized.
| LATEST.
The following dispatch is from the super
intendent Of the GAINESVILLE division:
GAINESVILLE, July IS. - Dugan, the
express messenger, is not dead; he is doing
well. All the other passengers at Clarks'
vile, seven 10 all, are doing well at pres
ent. The body of the man found in the
wreck, which could not be recogniz d.
proved TO be man named Baxter Of
Nashville.
LOUISVILLE, July ga special train
arrived here at 5 o'clock this evening from
GAINESVILLE, bringing the passengers that
were saved and many of those that were
wounded and able to travel. The follow
ing badly wounded were taken to st. 10
| senh InlirmarY where they are receiYing