The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-07-21
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
SEVEN MEN KILLED BY A COL
LISBON ON THE
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Near Columbia. Tenn.-Names
of the Victims.
ESPECIAL TO THE APPEAL.l

l6fEOlhL AffEALsl
NASHVILLE, Tenn, July 20.-A
special engine coming north collided
with the regular train on the Louis
vile aud Ma hville railroad, near
Ddck river, forty-eight miles south of
Ma: hville, at 6:15 O'Clock pm, and
seven man were iustantly killed. The
collision occurred in deep cut with
sharp curve, making it impossible TO
see each other, hence the collision
took place while both trains
were running at full speed.
Both engines are t1tal wreck. The
following is list of the killed: Henry
Lauman, Robert Brown, engineer and
fl eman OF the accommodation train;
Thad Beech and Pat King, engineer
and fireman on engine No. 49,; Mon
roe Wilson, baggage master; Alb. Rob-
insoD, of Louisville, Ky. passenger
agent, formerIv ticket agent Of the
Louisville and Nashville road at this
Point, who was riding on the en-
CINE; also Section Foreman Thorn
ason, of the Nashville and Florence
railroad, who was riding on
tn ire No. $40. There were only two
passengers injured. Rev. VIM. M.
Green, who was in the smoking Ger,
was throw1 agAnt a seat, cuitirg a
cash over his riGht eye; not serious.
the other, a colorad girl, name un-
known. was slightly cut in the face.
The sight OF the bodies is most borri-
bic, they being torn to pieces and
scalded by the escaping at cam. It will
probably be late tomorrow before the
wreck is cleared.
CONDUCTOR KIDD,
OF the accommodation, says engine No.
$40 ran into him one mile south of
Dark's Mill while running on time of
his tram. One engine was knocked
off the track, while the other tele-
scoped the baggage car. The collision
occurred in a deep cut with a sharp
curve making it impossible to see
each other, hence the collision took
place while both trains were going at
full speed.
A PASSENGER
on the accommodation states that he
was in the act of looking at his watch
when the engines collided, and they
had Just three minutes to make Duck
river, proving that the accommods-
ton was on time. The bodies of the
killed were terribly mutilated and
scalded by escaping steam. The news
created fearful excitement in Column
bia, aud every conveyance obtainable
was som en- route to the scene. OF the
pas lengers in ladies coach none were
hurt. Engine No $40 had been used
on the Nashville and Florence railroad
and was on the way to Nashville for
repairs, Engineer B9ers having
brought an engine along from Nash
vile to take its place late this even
ing.
THERE ARE SEVERAL THEORIES
OF the accident. AL. R)binson's watch
was broken in two and opped by the
shock. 1t showed 1922 o'clock, prov
ing that the train was exactly on time.
One theory, and the most plausible, is
that being ahead OF time when it
reached Duck river, where it should
hsve side tracked, the train tried to
make DoIic Mill, the next station,
three miles north, and NILE from that
point the accident occurred. Engine
$40 received orders before leaving
Columbia 10 run to South Nash.
vile, keeping out of the way of
o.her trains. A large number
men are working on the wreck, but
the tack will not be clear before the
morning. This bodies vera taken to
C1lumOIa tonight, whence those lying
here viii be brought 20 Nashville to-
morrow.
The tcane at Bsthel House, Colum-
hia, when the news Yves conveyed by
Engineer Humans vile is sad to
have oean beyond descrip ion.
LATER INFORMATION.
shows tina engine No $40 exploded,
tbrogin the tender 100 feet in the
opposite direction. Robertson was
killed instantly by being disem-
DO weied by piece If iron. Humans
body was found on the side of the
road. He is supposed to have jumped
from the engine and was Injured in
ternally, his being the only body that
was not disfigured. Section Foreman
Thomasson is not among the
killed as supposed, the sew
enth mans name being Henry
Whittemore, section foreman, who was
found, with flag in hand, wedg be-
tween the cylinder of the exploded
engine and the side of the rock cut.
He lived about ten minutes after he
was found. 1t took nearly an hour to
extricate his body. Robinson got on
the engine at Carter's creek, inviting
Friend to ride with him. Friend
declined warning Robinson of his dan
ger in riding on the engine. Cliff
P. Kennedy, passenger agent Of the
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul rail-
road, who was on the accommodation,
saws they were running at least forty
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