Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-02-24
The sKOa1-LIAE DISASTER.
Further DetaIIs-HoW the Accident &C.
ourred-Llst of KILLED and Wounded.

CINCINNATI, February 23.-The
bridge on the Louisville Short Line
road was built OF iron and wood and
known as the FincE suspension truss.
1t was twenty-five feet in hight, sew
enty feet span and rested on two stone
abutments. 1t had been considered
safe. The train reached the bridge at
twenty minutes psIst eleven in the
morning, running about twenty miles
an hour. The locomotive passed over
safely before the str1ctuae went down,
carrying with it two passenger coach
es and the tender, baggage, express and
mail cars and piling all in one mass OF
ruin below. The front passenger car
was reduced to splinters. while the
others Jared but little better. The frag-
ments of the front Car were soon In
flames, but by the promptness Of Dali
lss Pullam, the engineer, they were
subdued.
About sixty-flve passengers were on
board. OF this number two were
killed and flfty-twO wounded. Sur
geons and supplies went from Coving-
ton at one o'clock In the afternoon,
and a locomotive followed with other
surgeons a short time later. The
wounded were cared for and placed in
cars. Passengers say the wounded
were heaped in q horrid mass, and
the scene following was exciting in
the extreme. The unwounded pas.
sengers Joined with citizens from the
surrounding country and the officers
of the train in the work Of extri.
eating the bodies.
THE KILLED
were John ]. Brock, of Sparta, and
Harrison Julian, the cOlored porter of
the train. Both were badly mutt
lated. The mail agent was wounded,
but not badly. A. train took the
wounded as soon as possible to Gov
ington, arriving there at half-past six
O'Clock in the evening.
LIST OF THE WOUNDED.
s, II. Aibertson, Brownsville, Ten
nessee; head and shoulders, badly.
Mrs. Levy, Columbus, Mississippi; /;
back, badly.
Craig and Mitchell, of Louisville;
teeth Knocked out, back and head in
jured badly.
w. B. Jacobs, of Warsaw, Kentuc-
ky; head, hips and legs badly.
DR.. b. F. Tomllnson, OF Mount
Zion, Kentucky; arm broken and head
hurt badly.
Mike Madden, Of Louisville; slight
w. Hukill, of Louisville; severely
in hips.
s. B.Voris, conductor; hurt all over,
tongue bit nearly in two, stove fell on
him.
J. o. Mosely, of Lagrange, Kentuc-
ky; slightly.
Saml. Fox, of Cincinnati.
Henry Kladzpack, of Newport, Ken
lucky; badly.
Msggie Powers, Of Perry county;
severely.
Frank Demmenty of Portsmouth,
Ohio; badly.
Robt. Sherrsrd, OF Canton, Missis-
sippi; severely.
Andy Person, of Portsmouth; head
and hips.
P. Nj. Kent, of Cincinnati; head
badly.
J.s. scroggill, Of Bsgdad, Kentuc-
ky; back, leg and arm.
Jno. W. Hume, of New Liberty,
Kentucky, shoulder and side.
Mrs. Oden; breast and back. Two
children Of same, both hurt, one only
Nellie Ozark, Chilllcothe, Ohio;
Carrie Gee Lincolrh Fremont, ohioI
William Chink, eIhiIlicothe, Ohio;
5. L. Tef, Oakland Station, Ken
lucky; slightly.
J. L. Ledman, express messenger;
slightly.
T. ]. Martindale and wife, Racine,
Wisconsin; severely.
s. Boil and wife, RacIne; severely.
M, Shay, Covingt(,n; badly.
@. A. Coffin, Cleveland, Ohio; face
cut and breast injured.
Fred Shofer, Cincinnati; slightly.
A. E. Hewitt, Derby, Connecticut
slightly.
B. Degrafie and lAr. and Mrs. Ira
Degrafe, Winona, Minnesota; all
slightly.
J. o. Martin, mail agent, Louisville;
badly.
Preston O0lI0B, NNlVlngVOuI Dhulys
William r. Oonyers, Zion Station
slightly.
William Tull; badly.
Thomas Gayle, New Liberty, Kan
sas; severely.
Samuel Maddox, Poplar Grove,
Kansas; badly.
Calvin Maddox, same place; badly,
e, @. McMichael, Anchorage, Kan.
sas; severely.
James M. Hall, bridge carpenter
slightly.
]. s. Todd, Louisville, slightly.
Mary Martin, Springfield, Ohio
slightly. Child Of same; slightly.
When the train with the wounded
arrived at Covington, the sufferers
were conveyed to the hotel and st
Elizabeth hospital.
William Tull, OF Louisville, will
probably die. The clothing Of many
passengers was literally torn from
| their bodies.
Dallas Pnllam, engineer Of the train
was the only officeE escaping injury.
The cause Of the bridge giving Way
| IS not explained. Some Of the mai
and all newspapers were lost In tn
L a., end xrroolF The CoVTinotOss a0,f