Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-03-04
THAT RAILROAD RI 81 SLAUGHTER 4 nII.7
LIst of one KiIIed ana woundea

rt"' " she Atiieo anu wounded.
Full particulars Of the shocking rail-
road accident (?), near Oxford, last Fri
day, an account Of which appeared in
Saturdays LEDGER, have at length come
70 hand. Mr.. j. w. Simonton, Agent of
the New York press, says in his account:
After stating that the people of the
neighborhood, as soon as they heard of
the wreck, were prompt in administering
such>aid as was in their power, there re-
mains nothing to be remarked further,
except that for this terrible railroad hor-
ror the managers Of the Mississippi rail
road are clearly responsible. Their road
IS simply in q most wretched condition.
The Immediate cause of this disaster.
doubtless, was a rotten tie, just at the
north end of the trestle, from which the !
pressure Of wheel drew the spike de-
signed TO hold the rail to its place; and
there are many. more of these rotten
ties on the road. This was noticed by
some of us who walked over miles of the 4
track during our twenty hours Of deten- /
ton. The road is unfit for use. Acct (
dents upon it are. frequeat, il we can be- 4
lieve some Of the company's own en-
ployes. President Tate had been eau
toned several times in regard to the un-
safe condition Of the road at the very
point where the slaughter of Friday last
occurred; but he appears TO have disre-
garded the warnings. The train sent up
from Water Valley, to relieve the wreck,
was itself run off the track, BY which
event one man lost his life. This prob
ably, accounts for the otherwise unac-
countable delay in arrival Of the succor-
ing party from the company's headquar-
tiers.
p The Water Valley Vallonian (extra)
gives the following list of the killed and
wounded, SO far as ascertained
NJ. W, Mcdonald, Of Bolivar, Tennes-
see, roadmaster.
q T B. Harris, Of North Carolina: on !
his way to Texas. II
7. j. Coyington, Woodbury., Tonnes
see going to Texas.
Colonel Alex. Speers, Brandon Missis- I
sippi; in charge of a number of immi- |,
grants,
Stephen W. Coon, Illinois; on his way
to Rankin county Mississippi.
r. b. Moore, Ellington, illinois.
Thomas Watson, immigrant.
Mrs. Ann Turner, Glasgow, Scotland. /
l.. c. Morehouse, Elkhart, Illinois.
One woman, name unknown, and two
one some FIVE years and the P
other two years of age.
John House, colored brakeman, Water g
Valley. th.'4 t1a l'' < 3
crN-rt, ,r.,r a
Charlie A. McConnico, of Water Val ?
ley.
Lady, name unknown, at Oxford.
WOUNDED. 3ltg
Colonel Sam Tate, President Southern
Railroad Association, slightly wounded;
S now able to attend to this business.
General Pennypacker, commanding
district, was considerably bruised but not :,
hurt. asl a L
The District Surgeon, in company with m
General Pennypacker, cut on the head, TT
lot serious. M9Ti giiNEHf Ia
Captain A. B. Schell, of Louisville, re
gent for r, A, Robinson l. Co., drug m
,ists, wounded seriously but not fatally; aa
eft arm broken, confusion in back of the 81
ead, and face badly bruised Well cared ar
or at Mr.. II. Rassoe's, Oxford. al
f. Megger, wife and child, from Chi IN
ago, bound for Brandon, badly hurt but
covering; at Mr. Jessie Robinson S, Isl Isl
Water Valley. w
Joseph Shoueranbery, wife and child, seq
rom West Bend, Wisconsin, bound for til
anton, Mississippi The wife in very wv
ritical condition; man and child slightly yl'
urt; cared for at DR.. Buford's S, Water WI
alley Hadai 1aI ia
Mr.. E. Kirkham, express messenger, ye'
ably hurt, was taken up unconscious. ye'
eceved several Commissions on the head. De,
Mr.. Mat. 0 Brien, of Memphis Ten sol
essee, special express agent, consider yer
by bruised up but is doing well. ret
Mr.. and Mrs. Payne, from Effingham, asc
linois, wounded; the wife in a critical IN
,ndition at Simmons Hotel. i ern
Mrs. Mary A. Roe, of Effingham, I'LL o 20,
Dis, with four children; all hurt, but con
ling well at the Collins House. ,oci
b Nunnalley, Water Valley; badly n lns'
uised aar5iaV if - uns
w. Talliafero, Water Valley; badly % sAp
lrt, but doing we'll Ne'
G. r. Boyd, Cheyneyille, Louisiana; Ooa
ghtly wounded; was ia charge of a gro
rye number of negro laborers from s es'
rginia, all of them more or less hurt noa
H. @. McCarter jackson, TENNESSEE: me- nv
all agent. 1 r In r oiac
Mr.. Sam Frazier, of Nashville; right s slSe
ee dislocated, and badly bruised; doing Via "IJ
II. .-saa.-sss guy
Captain James Reynolds, of Pikeville, 'T ~
nnessee, bound for Texas; badly e.a.;