Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-08-29
SIX RAILROAD ACCIDENTS.
COllisiOns-Great Destruction Of Prop
erty-Three Lives LOst-FiTe
Persons Injured.
NuMRER ONE.


rious accident occurred to a passenger
train on the Pennsylvania Central rail-
road, near Johnston, yesterday. While
running at the rate of thirty-five miles
per hour, the second passenger-car was
thrown from the track in such q way
that it ran into the bank of the river,
and a deep embankment of about
forty feet being on the other
side, the platform Of the
front cars, were penned in, but not tele-
scoped. A crosstie was thrown from
the track in such a way as to prop the
front passenger car at an angle Of forty
five degrees. The rails and ties were
torn up the whole length of the train,
and the sleeping coaches were thrown
out upon the bank. The passengers
were all found to be unhurt, with the
exception of few bruises.
NUMBER TWO.
An accident also occurred on the Pan
handle railroad in Birmingham, south of
Pittsburg, which, fortunately, did not
result in the loss of human life, but
caused considerable destruction of prop
erty, and interfered with the passage of
trains. A cattle train, heavily laden,
arrived from the west, and was on its
way to the East Liberty stock-yards.
About eight cars passed in safety, but
when the next one reached that part of
the bridge at the reverse-curve formed
by the rails of the Panhandle and Pitts
burg, Virginia and Charleston railroads
one car jumped the track, followed by
two others. The train. which was going
at considerable speed, parted in two.
The sudden stoppage of the rear and
~ NOM ar,fr1v,, IF ho front raorf of the
train, caused the bumpers and coupling
gear to be pulled clear out Of one car,
the fifth one from the engine. One car
tOppled over and remained sus-
pended on the Carson street abut-
ment of the bridge. Had it been three
or four feet further on it would have
fallen on a street-car, which was just
passing under the bridge.
NUMBER THREE.
DowNINGTowN, Pa, August 2S.-
The passenger train on the Pennsylva-
MIA railroad which left Philadelphia last
night ran into the rear end Of the stock
train at Chester Valley. Three cars and
a caboose of the latter, and the engine,
express and baggage-cars of the passen-
ger train were thrown from the track,
blockading the road. John McDowree,
fagman, was killed.
NUMBER FOUR.
Troy, n. Y, August 2S.-A blind
man and his wife were killed at Bath
to-day by the Hudson River railroad
train.
NUMBER FIVE.
TERRE HAUTE, IND, August ga
collision occurred on the Vandalia rail-
road at Mocksville, one and half miles
west of this city, this evening, by which
five persons were badly hurt. An en-
gine with 8 pay car was coming east
and Jumped the track on account of the
spreading of s switch, and ran into the
engine of q gravel train standing on a
track. Both engines were totally
wrecked, and a caboose teleseoped by a
tender. The following persons were in
iured: J. w. Canlcgue, former superin-
tendent, Frank MeKeen, acting pay
master, James Southland, fireman, Jacob
Saekensinger, James Ross, and Mr..
Ross's little granddaughter. None of
them fatally.
NUMBER SIX.
PITTsBURG, August 2S-One of the
buildings for the new Edgar Thomson
steel-works, at Braddocks, was damaged
TO some extent yesterday. A car loaded
with cement was placed on a siding
running from the Pennsylvania road to
the works, and the brake becoming
loose in some way, the car came down
the heavy grade with great velocity.
Opposite one of the new buildings the
car jumped the track and pIoughed
through the brickwork. One Of the door
ways was enlarged to about three times
its proper size.