Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-12-23
FREIGHT TRAINS CoLuIDED.
Two Wen Killed aud Oae Seriously
Injured a .
From Rnonville Daily Chr ,ni,le Dec. .OI. 7


From RnoA vile Daily Chr ,niele. Dec. .Ol,
The news that two freight trains had
collided on the Fast Tennessee, Wiz
GINA and Georgia railroad, three
miles East of Carriers depot, was eur
rent yesterday noon on the streets, and
the usual fiighlful rumors followed.
The fact that several competent en-
gineerz had been discharged because
Of the re-orgiuiz itiOn of the Brother
houi nf Locomotive Engineer ani a
conflict of authority probably to result
therefrom, caused Iumors to circulate
that the accident was the result of the
employment of inefficient engineers.
The officers uf this road, We have
good reason to know, realize fully their
responsibility tor the safety Of the
lives and property entrusted To- their
care. 1t il best for all concerned that
the facts of the case should be plainly
stated so that Tumors calculated to
inspire asense of Insecurity iu'travclers
and shippers he set at rest The un-
fortunate differences between the
engineers and the officers 0f the road
we deplore both because of our deep
sympathy with men who are Deepen
dent upon their daily labor for the sup
port of themselves and families, aud
because OF our personal knowledge
that under all circumstances and on
all occasions Capt. Jaques and Col.
McGhee have shown the liveliest in
terest in the welfare of their employees.
So for as We can judge from the in
formation before US this accident il of
the class that happen on the best rcgu-
lated roads and through The mis-
takes Of The most expert.
enced of railroad men.
1t seems, from the statements of the
officers Of the road, that the accident
Is the result Of mistaken calculation
of time on the part of the Conductor
of one Of the trains, probably the west
ern-bound train, and was no, the fault
of the engineers.
The trains should have passed at
Johnson, where they break fast, but
the westward 100 md train was late.
The eastward-bound train Conductor
Dooley, waited forty minutes, accord
ing to printed rules. The supposition
now is, that the westward bound train
ran on wrong time, and that the trains
met three miles east of Carriers, with
the result stated in DOoley's telegram.
The two men killed on engine As
were not employees of the road. How
they came on the engine is not known,
or whether they We're riding ON the
cab or on the terder Grouse was q
fireman on the road some years ago.
An operator was sent from Bristol
with an instrument to the wreck and
from there Conductor DoOley, at about
. O'Clock yesterday afternoon, sent Mr..
Bogart the following telegram:
Both engines badly broken up.
Jno. Grouse and Bill Wyatt are killed.
They seemed to be riding on Engine
No. As. Trainham's leg broke. Toll
Ryiaud, conductor Henderson, nre-
man on TTainham's engine; Engi-
neer Staub and Nicely are slightly
hurt. Two cars are burned with cons
tents. Two flats and three box cars
badly wrecked. DOLBY,
Conductor
Engineer Staub telegraphed his wife
that he was not hurt.
Both the conductors. Dooley and
Ryland are old and.trusted employees
of the road. TraiDham, engineer of
the westward bound train, was not n
Brotherhood man, but has been on n
switch engine at Bristol for year and
is regarded by the officers of the road
as a competent engineer. He chose to
run the Bristol switch engine to be
near his family.