Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-01-11
RAILROAD ACCIDENT.

Two Passenger Cars Preoipitatcd
Down an Embankmeni TniTty
EeeI.
The Knoxville papers contain accounts q
q flightful accident that occurred TO inc
passenger train on the East Tennessee
and Georgia Railroad abont o'clock tri-
day afternoon. We clip the following from
the Knoxville Press and Herald:
A serious accident occurred to the pas
senger train on the East Tennessee and
Georgia Railroad, coming east, at about 6
O'Clock yesterday morning.
BY special dispatches. and information
CLEANED from passengers and the conductor
Of the train, we learn the following parti-
culars regarding the accident
LEAVING CHATTANOOGA.
The train left the Chattanooga depot, on
time, at o'clock yesterday morning The
passenger train from Nashville, due at the
depot at $40 A. NJ, had not arrived when
the East Tennessee and Georgia train left,
| consequently there were not as many pas
sengers on the train as usual. The train
was made up of the engine, baggage, ex-
press and smoking cars, and two passenger
cars. q
THE PASSENGERS STARTLED.
| The train ran merrily along without in
cident or accident, until twenty-four mile.
Of the distance was passed. About
O'Clock, while passing on trestle worl
over Black Fox culvert, four miles west o
Cleveland, the passengers were startled by
jolting Of the cars.
ON THE ENGINE.
Scarcely had the engine passed over th'
trestle work, ere a jolt warned the enginee
that the engine was off the track. Tn
brave fellow reversed his engine, and dit
all in his power to check the speed of tn
train.
OFF THE TRACK.
The engine, baggage, express and smok
ing cars, jGted along for about fifty yards
tearing up the ties in their course, an
finally stopped, without injuring any c
their inmates.
DOWN THE EsIBANKAIEST.
sfhe two passenger cars, after running o
the ties for few yards, halted momer
on the brink of the embankment, and the
/ the coupling between the forward passer
ger and the smoking car, was broken, an
the two passenger cars, with their huma
freight, men, women and children, role
] thirty feet down the embankment
OVER AND OVER.
I The cars turned over twice ere the
4 reached the bottom. Passengers, stoves
satchels and everything movable in I'll
Z cars, were knocked about promiscuousl,
4 and left lying together in a confused heaI
as the cars finally rested on their sides
AID FOR THE INJURED.
Nearly every one in the two cars wi
. mere or less injured. Those who were u
= | Ee1ir ~
Z ceeded to aid the more severely hurt, an
4 to obtain needful assistance. Aid frol
= Cleveland was soon at hand, and the engiT
and cars which remained, being replace
= on the track, quickly conveyed the su
J ferers TO the hotels and private residenc'
. of that hospitable town. ....
= THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT.
T The cause of the accident is supposed
have been the spreading of the track.
D rail was found TO be broken, but as it was
short distance from the point where Il
L engine ran off it was believed to have bee
5 broken by the jolting
e MAILS AND PASSENGERS.
The mails and some of the passenge
on the Inflated train, reached Knoxvil
e five hours behind time.
> THE INJURED.
| MIS-. bODlnSOn, OF AInelS, lenn.. MI
S De Lang, and Mrs Wolf, of Clevelan
n were injured, but not badly.
Q Miss Clark, travelling alone to Virgin
T was badly hurt, inwardly, and severely c.
in the head.
Q Mrs. Hicks, of Sweetwater, Tennessee
e was injured inwardly, seriously. Her hu
band, with her, was not hurt.
Mr.. Henry Upton, ason of J. Upton,
= Morganton, had his leg broken and w
. suffering intensely.
L. 2. Blackburn, of Newport, Tennessee
was badly bruised, but was able to come
Knoxville. His hand was badly burnt
trying to get the child of Mrs. Wolf fro
under the stove. Strange to say, the chi
r was but slightly injured.
An old man, residing in Missouri, hG
his leg broken at the thigh.
John Holston, brakeman was cut on Il
head.
The clothes of lady caught fire, burr
ing her severely.
f. F. Driscoll, Messenger in the en-
ploy of the Southern Express Compan,
was injured by being bruised.
Thomas Holloway, the Conductor of IL
train, was hurt in the hip.
-Four or five others were slightly injure
whose names We were not able TO learn.