The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-07-15
RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
Full Particulars OF the Disaster.
fDispatcb TO the Republican Banner.


Fall Particulars OF the Disaster.
dispatch to the Republican Banner.J
LYNNvILLE, July ID.
The north bound mail train broke
through the bridge one-fourth of a mile
south ofLynnville this afternoon. The
engine was the first to start through, but
passed over, breaking loose from the bag
gage car. The cars dropped through, the
hind coach standing nearly on the end.
The following is list of the wounded:
Tom O'Neil, our faithful telegraph le-
pairer, head badly fractured and no
hopes of his recovery; Tom Jones, brake
man, was badly hurt in the back and
head, but will recover; n. B. Shepard. of
Nashville, hip ard back badly fractured;
DIR. Hancock, of Nashville, head cut, not
serious; Mrs. Moffct, of Pulaski, hurt in
the face and back quite badly but not
dangerouly; Miss Hattie Pointer, of Pu-
laski, Tennessee, was hurt about the
head and arm, not serious; Miss Stafford,
of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, not hurt seri-
ously; Miss Nav Rhodes, of Wales Sta
ton. hurt on top of the head; three wo-
men from Columbia, names unknown,
badly hurt; Dave Reynolds, of ReynOld
Station, slightly hurt; Mr.. Tyree Rhodes,
of Wales Station, slightly hurt; Silas
Hine, agent at Columbia, Zip and head
bruised; Giles Hedspeth, of Nashville,
head bruised.
Three negroes were hurt slightly.
Booth, the conductor, Ed. Rust, the
engineer, and johnson, the fireman,
were not hurt. No train men were in
jured except Jones. MFR. Reynolds, with
the bridge men, are all at work and will
have the track o. X. in a short time.
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FURTHER DETAILS. =
About 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon
intelligence was received at the Superin-
tepdent's office of the Nashville and De-
catur Railroad Company, by telegraph
from Columbia, that the passenger train
bound north had fell through the Lynn
Vile bridge over RObinsOn's Ferk. The
entire train, consisting of one coach,
mail and baggage car, and the tank OF
the engine were precipitated through the
bridge, along with the broken timbers,
ties and iron rails, in one broken mass of
confusion. Tom O'Neal, the telegraph
line repairer, stationed at Columbia, was
mortally wounded. Tom Jones, brake
man, seriously wounded, and ten or
twelve passengers more or less injured.
The freight south being al Lynnville at
the time, the engine was detached and
sen. pach ~ ~ oe;anr a. thn rnad The
neIl!ynlS ,ne onaSois u ;o ro a,,d a,,o
tervices OF III: oam IN G rrngh, amu a sa
o.ned pm .,a tiao., ;n,n,od;a.aiw nro1.eeied
to the scene of the terrible disaster.
Mr.. r. V. Reynolds, Superintendent
of the road, Immediately upon receipt OF
the intelligence, took an extra engine
with large force OF track hands and the
bridge gang from Franklin, and went to
the wreck. EveIyssi t on; ;',;,, Uu" VIC
uohe loI the Ieiioi -, snoe 20 .h ',,o,,,,,,oJ
Pronptly uoIe' sun VI t 40 c",,,,,,%;,
as Mesireu " uo 80 sonJ -, ~, ,,,arl1 ti'c
Inc HIuuie coaSn ulOpp'u .h III Ia.
pIluSc Win TUG iHai SO, u ,:no. -
gage car anu .eIiueL leaainS a ..n. .mo
aput!leMt. inelo ses iii" ~, 49, thr.pt,,, ~,
t",rards tho front end which was broken
ont Several ladies' we're thrown through
tho saloon Tho damage to the ears is
;ncaIcnJaLlo Tbev arc ruined
O'VaaI wac sitting i'm the rear of the
hind ,nost coach and was thrown AGAINST
tho stoVo i'm the rear of the ear. crushing
i'm his sLulj. ,te died MT q o'clock last
nicbt
NJ nonn.rd of Snrino Hill Miss
rnr,.h,;oid All Ronsse,n werc badly in
;nrad AR t;arIner the bapparo-n,as-
ro,. Ia nj l,is binh al isin tlI
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srbo sonth,varT hound train returned
,t a..s iaSt ni%I,t Two negro women
w,undad i'm the hnad were brought to
Nash,,;IIe On If There are M Iocomotives
~ ,,,;ns So,,th Of tho wreck THO off;
carS oftbe road sent to Tuntsyijje last
n;obt for !, train tn Inc sent around to the
u-rS,.1L ,,;a nacatur that nassenger,s micht
he t,a,,ssarroS No freigLt viii no tran.
s',o.,.i ~, ,,o;,tS sontb ofthe wrecL nm
ri - shall lac baen ren,ired
II ;s sa;d that Jones fell underneath
tho ,.Iatfor,o of tho ladies', coach and
,,o,i n have boon drowned had not snecdv
ass;stance heen rendered him.
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= ABOVE, we Dhpiish INC ooH"eT ac-
count OF the late disaster at Lynnvlile,
winch III inc HAIL Is EoiIec', uu. MY "
ing ehtirely true III al us uotae' VIC "P
peha what we Know =! .he aliai. ,s,.
ing lTlehu at Ly hnNilie "no MIs Dauly
injured I'D me catastlopHe, anu uesiLous
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n ~. na mmn;shment Tho Section |
master i'm rxbom Mr.. REYNOLDS has
,raat ,.o,ntidence nronounce;i the bridce
:, n ,;1b,' tha morninc of Ihe disaster
rha Siubt betore n q smash nm, Mr.
Rnotb condnctor ON the same train unon
,o;,'ar ,,.,ld Iv the ENGINEER that a mise
rad been heard as he paSsed over took |
ne lantern and went back and examined
+ carefnlIv Int fonnd nothing wrong
yhatever The engineer then became |
atisfied that he had been DECEIVED Inv
one noise about the engine. Next |
han The nassenger. nassed over with
tut any signs of giving away being man
tested. Some perso. started the report \
hat the train was going across the bridge |
It break-neck speed, but Mr. Jones, the |
wounded brakeman, contradicts this !
statement, and says that they were go