The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-11-22
TELESCOPED.
Passenger Trains Collide on the I.
C. Railroad Near Bradford.
Three Men Killed and TWenty-Eight
WOandctl-The Heroic Action OF
Lady Saves Many Lives.

HI &ANA-S or KILLED ANO
WOUNDED.
The mail train VIII C passes Bolivar
at 10 Il. m, gong north, collided with
the southbound passenger train that
passes here at II M, near Bradford |
between two aud three
O'clock. Three men were killed
outright and twenty-eight more or
less injured. Three coaches were fired
hy the stoves and burned, consuming
an unknown passenger killed by the
jar, and all the baggage Of the south
bound train, including the coach ard
most of the mall, The baggageman
of the northbound tram, though bad
ly injured and knocked senseless for
while saved all his baggage except
about two pieces,
Various rumors have been circulated
as to the cause OF the wreck. The
truth in the matter will probably not
be known until the al ,ir is thor
oughly investigated. The rumOr that
gains more credence is that conductor
G.. B. Harris and his engineer Jno.
Smalley had orders at Milan to run
two stations and meet No. +, passen-
ger train, which they should have
passed ut jackson, and at the next
station after receiving these orders Il
green flag was hung out countel mand-
ing tbs ordt and indicating TO the
train men that new orders were to be
received. Engineer Smalley did not
observe the flag but conductor Harris
did and stepped into the telegraph
office to renew his orders. While in
the office the engine bell was rung and
the bell cord from the cars pulled in
response and SmalleY pulled out
leaving his conductor III the Office.
Every effort was made to stop the
train by blowing the whistle of a
freight engine. ETC., but no one on the
t. ain notired the signals. Near
tho scene OF the wreck Mrs. Anderson,
wife of the section master heard the
approach of the trains and ran out ana
tagged the nearest train and it WAS
Stacking its speed when they came
together. The heroic action of the
lady probably saved many lives.
Both engineers and conductors are
old and tried men on the road and
had the utmost confidence of the COM
panY.
The wreck is one of the worst that
has ever happened to this company
and WIS one of those uuaccountable
accidents that occur occasionally in
spite of caution.
A Milan special to the American,
gives the names of those killed and
wounded
MILAN, Tenn, Nov. 49, In ad-
dition to The particulars wired last
night OF the terrible wreck near Brad
ford, l learned the following this
morning:
w. L. Coburn, telegraph line re-
pairer; Peter Harris, colored porter,
| and passenger, whose name is un-
known, were killed. The latter was
an old man, and was talking to Co
burn when The crash came. Ills body
was burned. We have heard of no
other deaths, bat it is pc ssible ut
some may have been bnrncd in the
coaches. Below is full list of the
wounded:
John Smalley, engineer, leg bro
ken and badly scalded; injuries thought
to be fatal.
Jack Allen, engineer, leg bruised.
Ike Carey, colored, fireman, badly
bruised.
John Newman, baggage master
badly bruised on the head and shout
deIs.
w. T. Scruggs, baggage master,
bruised all over.
-McShane, express messenger;
bruised on the back and shoulders.
- Bracy, express messenger,
sli ghtly bruised.
Johu Parker, fireman, shoulder
bruised.
Gilbert Thompson, colored employee,
Durant, Miss, both legs bruised.
Joe Parker, colored empIoye, Du-
rant, left leg broken.
g. A. Crudup, postal clerk, thought
to be dangerously injured internally
was unable to speak.
i T.. F. Clemmons and Ben Freely,
postal clerks, were slightly bruised.
David Neil, ROckport, H., scalp
wound.
Bernard Henly, Chicago, leg broken
John Jones, Chicago, ar m bruised.
lrwin Townsell, Canada. leg bruIs-
ed.
Joe Minor, Chicago, scald and eye
hunt
Curtis Matson, Chicago. slightly
bruised on leg.
c. L. CleYeiand, Muskegan. Mich.
! leg bruised.
Jas. WEIGH, Chicago, wrist ssraln-
ed.
f. II. Hart, Jacksonville, Michigan.
both legs bruised.
q. G.. LOOMS, hand mashed.