The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-07-10
TIE LAST RAILROAD HORROR.
Details Of the Accident ON the Nashville
and Nofthwestern Aailrond-Scene
md Incidents on tile Spot and In
Nashville.

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:. A dispatch dated Nashville, July s, gives the
following details Of the railroad accident near
that city, Of whleh we have already published
a brief account. 1t says:
Tie train which met With the terrible aoci-
dent left at half.past 8 o'clock on Monday
evening, on the Northwestern Railroad. 1t
was composed of an engine, baggage car, TWO
passengers cars and one sleeping coach.
There were fourteen passengers In the front
passenger car, about thirty In the ladles' car,
and three In the sleeping car; Aest ot ;n lnose
ID the ladies' car were on their way to kings.
tod Springs to enjoy the Fourth OF July. The
train. as Usual, reduced its speed on approach
,fnr the. bridge over Harpeth River, sixteen
miles from the city. The engine and bag
cage car passed over pier 9, In the middle
Of the river, In safety. The front. pas
senger car had reached the pier, ,When
the hrldge gave way under 1t, and 1t was
precipItated twenty feet into the river, tall
! fng on its side in eight feet Of water. The
Ladies' car fell end up on this, all the passen-
eers failing to the front, and the seats break
| Ing from their fastenings, falling on the pas
-sengers. In one corner OF this car, under the
water, in the trout car, was mr. Jo4n -Camp-
he'll. of Nashville, whose leg and head were
Injured, but who, with another gentleman,
was the only persons that. were lett tree to
move. They swan through the cars and eX-
tricated eight or ten others, aud brought them
out with but slight bruises. The others, who
were under the seats were killed or drowned,
| and the bodies were not found at daylight. In
the ladies' car thirteen out Of the thirty were
killed instantly, and their dead bodies, with
the broken seats piled up with md on the
other passengers. in this condition they were
| left-tne wounded and dying In the darkness.
! The sleeping car ran half way over tae .Dreak
| and lodged against the upper end OF the ladies'
| car. The three persons In 1t were badly
| bruised. but soon eXtricated themselves, and
| climbed down and commenced taking out the
broken seats piled up on the dead and dying,
and, after, about an hour, succeeded IN relieV-
| ing many. The engine and baggage car hur-
| rled on to Kingston Spring. where they awoke
the operator and telegraphed to Colonel
Thomas, superintendent Of the road. The
news reached him at half-past IL o'clock, and
he at once started with wrecking' train and
a number of persons to the scene of death.
Arriving at O'Clock, they went to removing
the dead and dying. All this time the wounded
were fastened under dead bodies, and unable
to move hand or foot, some praying for mercy
others bewallinl the loss Of dear ones, and
others rejoicing that it was no worse WILL
them than it was. One OF the wounded, MT
williams. stout man, Of Nashville, proved
himself q hero by telling one of the doctors 70
stand on his hip, the leg OF which was crush
ed. telling him to never mind him, but rellevS
others who were in worse condition. j.. ~
Thompson, of Amherst Courthouse, virglIia
was cut about the head and hip, ana nafnE