Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-07-05

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ing. All this time the wounded wer'
fastened under the dead bodies and de
bris, unable to move hand or foot. Some
we're praying for mercy, others bemoan
ing the loss of dear ones, and Others
rejoicing that it was no worse with then
than it was. 1t was extremely difficult
for parties to reach the wounded without
standing on or holding themselves up by
some OF the wounded or dead
One of the wounded, Mr.. Williams, a
stout man of Nashville, proved himself
hero by telling one of the doctors to
stand on his hip, the leg of which ives
mangled and crushed, and never mind
him, but relieve the others who were in
a worse condition than himself j. M.
Thompson, of Amherst Court House,
Virginia, was. cut abont the head and
hip, and having his bowels mashed, has
since died. He was under the impress
sion he had been in great battle and o
cannon ball had struck him below the
knee. When they brought the stretcher
to take him out he said: Oh! ! know
what that is. / have been wounded in
battle before and taken off of the field
on stretcher." He was very cheerful,
but died soon after reaching the city.
Mr.. John Scott, an employe at the
Nashville depot, was in the center of the
car converting with Miss Heard, Of
Trenton, Tenn; Jno. Marshall, of Nash
vile, Judge Hornberger, of GAINESVILLE,
both distinguished lawyers, were seated
opposite, and Henry Howard, fronting
them, were conversing. w. E. Yeatman
and wife, of Memphis, were seated on
the next seat, to the rear of the car, and
Charles Campbell and wife, formerly
Miss Celia Case, of Granville, Ohio and
little year old daughter, were seated next
to the Yeatmans. These we're all in
stantly killed except Mr.. Yeatman, who
escaped with dreadful wound on the
head, and it is feared some internal in
juries. Mr.. Scott was under all these,
and escaped with bruise on the head
and crushed foot.
The following is list of the killed as
far as known: John Marshall, Nashville;
Judge Hornberger, Clarksyillei Henry
Howard Mrs. Emma ieatman, Mem
phis; Charles Campbell, wife and
child; Mrs. Thomas Dunn, Kingston
Springs; Mr.. Pendurgrast, White Bluff;
A. Wright, railroad agent, White Bluff;
j. NJ. Thompson, Amherst C. H., Va;
three men unknown.
Mr.. Wright, of White Bluff, was taken
out alive, and said, after heing laid on
the bank of the river, that he felt as
we'll as could be expected, and only
wanted drink Of water, which imnedi
ately after being taken was thrown up
from the stomach, together with large
quantity of blood, and in few minutes
afterward he was dead.
It is feared that others in the forward
car were drowned or killed.
Colonel Thomas, as soon as he reached
the city with the dead and wounded, re-
turned to the wreck.
The following is list of the wounded,
so far as ascertained WV. Glee, break
man, leg broken; V. Halle, Point Isa-
bella, Ind, bruised; Miss Heard, Tren-
ton, cash in hand; J.W, Scott, Nashville,
bruised; Mr.. Wilhoiter, Nashville, leg
broken; Miss Leak, Nashville, fractured
arm and wrist; WV Yeatman, city, jaw
broken; W. E. Yeatman, Memphis, cut
in the head; Thos. r. Yeatman, Kings
ton Springs, hurt in the back; Conduc-
tor Lands, leg broken; Mr.. Brown, of
the two Pegrams; John
head and leg hurt; s. S.
Brown, of Nashville, jaw broken and
body injured Thos. Waine, of Edgefeld,
cut about the head; Robt. Daniel, Bed
ford county, arm broken. The scene at
the depot on the arrival Of the train with
the dead and wounded, was heart-rend-
ing in the extreme.
The wounded were conveyed to their
homes and hotels, and tenderly cared
for.
Two Of the unknown dead have been
to be two brothers, named
Crockett, from near Chapel Hill, Mar
shall county, Tennessee.