Terrible Railroad Accident – Two Men Killed and Many Wounded
It is our painful duty to chronicle another terrible railroad accident, this time occurring on the Memphis, Clarksville and Louisville Railroad. The train which leaves the latter city at 4:30 pm, and known as train No. 2, ran off the track two hundred yards north of Budd’s Creek. The engine and tender crashed into the trestle work, and one sleeping car down off the trestle, which was fifteen feet high. Mr. MCGUIRE, the express messenger, and a German passenger, whose name was not ascertained, were instantly killed. Mr. HOWARD, the baggage master, had an arm and a leg broken; and the arms and legs of two passengers, whose names are unknown, were also broken. Ten other passengers were injured, more or less, but none dangerously.
As soon as the wounded persons could be gotten together, and means of conveyance procured, they were expeditiously taken back to Clarksville, and furnished at Moore’s and National hotels, with all the appliances necessary to their condition. They are under the medical care of Drs. WRIGHT and LURTMAN. (Nashville Press and Times, 8th)
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 15 Dec. 1866, Page 2. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.