The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-08-12

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From the Memphis Avalanche.
Tie express train III question as has been
previously stated, left the depot in this city
at o'clock on the afternoon Of Tuesday.
and was composed Of an engine and tender,
an express and baggage car. and couple OF
sleeping cars At humboldt an additional
sleeping car, from New Orleans, was attach
ed to the train, and the train proceeded on
its way. Everything went well until Budds
creek, which Is covered by a trestle work
about one hundred yards in length and for
ty feet In height, was. reached The train
was ION time,- and all on board, with the
exception Of the employees Of the tSaln. mad
composed themselves TO sleep. when In an
instant the entire train, with the exception
Of the New Orleans passenger coaches,
plunged through the t-esfle-work into the
bed of the creek below. A frightful shout
arose from the suddenly awakened passen-
gers, and the scene which ensued oeggared
description.
The engine and tender lay at the bottom
of the gully, with the cars all piled on top
of each other, while the poor anrighted ana
wounded passengers were endeavorlng 10
crawl oft from among the debris In the
midst of all the terrible confusion the fright
full cry of fire" was raised. and the terror
OF all was increased tenf0ld; and in rev
minutes all the cars, with one exception,
were in a blaze. The passengers who hau
managed to get clear OF the wreck. stoou
| for few moments paralyzed and stricken
at this new and terrible calamity. NO time,
however, was tn be lost, and those who had
escaped unhurt went TO work with will to
effect the rescue Of those who had been less
unfortunate.
The engineer, Eugene Riley, one of the
most careful employees on the road. was in
simultaneously killed, and his charred re-
mains were, with the greatest difficulty. res
cued from the flames The fireman, Charles
Shields, shared a similar fate, and Mr.. Hugh
Mccall passenger from New Orleans, was
| instantly killed while sitting in the forward
car. Mr.. j. I. Maynard, the route sgent OF
| the Southern Express Company, telegraphed
that the car in his charge was completely
destroyed. and the entire loss TO the COM
pany will amount to about twenty thousand
/ dollars
The baggage car and baggese was COM
pletely burned up, and ID Ghe trunks under
charge of Captain Pike, MAS a large collec-
/ ton of valuable Masonic jewelry, including
the magnificent regalia of Sovereign Grand
Commander of the South. belonging TO his
| father, General Pike, whose loss will amount
to several thousand dollars.
The follow ing Is a GAINESVILLE telegram:
The cause of the railroad accident has not
vet been ascert9ined. The trestle was only
| two years old and the bridge three. Two
sDans of the bridge, about ffty feet each in
length, and length of the trestle fell. The
speed with. which the train was going ear
ried it under the track upon the other side of
the creek. The express books and papers
were saved. from which il is ascertained that
there was about one hundred thousand dol
lars in the safe. At last accounts from the
wreck, the safe had not been found. After
the fall of the train, fire was communicated
to the baggage aud passenger cars, from the
locomotive, and all were destroyed, except
the third sleeping car, with all the express
and passengers baggage, which is serious
| loss. Considering the fact that the fall was
at least twenty-five or thirty feet, and that
all of the cars were nearly pulverized, it
seems miracle that a single soul escaped
The trains on the road are running regu-
| larly, the transfer taking place at the scene
built without delay.