We are reliably informed that a collision occurred on the Memphis and Charleston railroad a short distance west of LaGrange, on last Thursday evening, between a freight and construction train. No one was injured by the accident, though the locomotives were terribly smashed up. The engineers and firemen saved their lives by jumping off the engines before the two trains came together.

The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 14 Sept. 1867, Page 3. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.