Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-02-14
ACCIDENTS.
Collision Between Passenger and Coal
Oil Train-COnductO Alone Injured.
Train Run or on the Grand Trunk Road
Several Persons Severely Wounded.
Collision on the Central Paeiflc-NO One
Killed, bat Several Dangerously
Wounded.
Terrible Accidents at Richmond, Vir-
ginia-TwO Men Drowned In One,
and Six Others Drowned and
Killed in Another.

| PHILADELPHIA, February 13.-This
morning the passenger train on the Bal
timore railroad, owing to a misplaced
switch, ran into a coal.oil train below
| GTay's Ferry. The engine, tender and
oil-tanks were burned. The conductor
of the passenger train was the only per-
son injured.
PRESCOTT, CANADA, February "a
I The Pullman postOfiice cars on the
Crank Trunk railroad train from TOron-
to, due there this morning, ran OFF the
track, in consequence of q broken rail,
and upset, completely demolishing the
first-class car, but the others sustained
very little injury. Several passengers
were injured, but none dangerously.
Among them, J. n. Piedham, OF Chica-
90, had foot injured; w. J. Brunnell,
Of Kansas, leg and arm injured. They
all proceeded on their way, after having
their wounds dressed.
CoRRINNE, February l3.-The follow
ing dispatch was received from Nevada:
" "ELKO, February IA collision os-
CURED on the Central Pacific railroad
at six thirty-five last night, thirteen
miles east of here, between the east
bound passenger train that left San
Francisco on the mOrningof the seventh,
and the west-bOund freight train, the
particulars Of which are as follows
The passenger train was on time and
proceeding slowly around the curve,
when the engineer saw the freight train
coming at q furious speed. When the
engineers first saw each other the trains
were not more than four hundred feet
apart. The engineer Of the passenger
train reversed his engine, put on the air
brakes, and jumped down the embank-
ment into the river, followed by the fire.
man, in time to save themselves. The
brakes nearly stopped the passenger
train before the trains struck, prevent
ing the cars from telescoping. The en-
giHeer Of the freight train whistled down
brakes and reversed his engine, but it
was tso late. Both engines struck,
leaped into the air, and fell on the side
of the t. iack mass Of ruins. The fol- !
lowing is list Of the wounded-none
were killed: G. Jack, fireman of the
freight train, head badly bruised and |
back badly injured, thought fatally; |
John Barley, brakeman Of the freight |
train, head cut, face bruised and back |
injured; J. Porter, brakeman of the pas
senger train, face and head cut. Some |
Of the passengers were slightly bruised, |
collision is attributed to the carelessness
Of the train dispatcher at Carlin, who, it |
is reported, gave the freight train orders |
to run passenger train time, without |
giving the passenger train orders to |
wait"
RICHMOND, VA, February 13.-T. n. /
Hendon and Phillip Hampton, employ
ed on the bridge in course of construc-
-, Ds.l.
mOnd and Manchester, were drowned |
this morning, while attempting to get |
to their work in a boat, which, owing to .
the swollen condition of the river, be-
came unmanagable and upset.
At later hour another dreadful acci- |
dent occurred at the same place. A
temporary trestle-work across two of the
pillars of the bridge upon which about
fifteen men were engaged in laying the
iron superstTucture, gave way, precipita-
ting the whole party into the water.
Nine were rescued, and the remainder
were either drowned or killed by being
dashed against the timbers and |
non which went down with them.
Among the lost was John Harrison,
of Ohio. OF those rescued two hOated |
about q mile down the river on timbers, |
and were taken out badly injured and |
nearly chilled to death. One seized |
hold Of short piece Of rope, fastened it |
to some broken pieces Of timber which |
had got jammed among the rocks, snd |
remained there for two hours, but finally |
rescued with ropes and an emyty boat, |
which was drifted TO him from the |
Petersburg railroad bridge, about one
hundred and fifty yards above the scene |
Of the disaster. No one dared go to him, |
the water being so rapid. The remain
below.