Train Plunges into Cumberland River (1866)
A locomotive and four cars were plunged into the Cumberland river at Clarksville last Friday week, by the giving away of a span of the railroad bridge. Fourteen or fifteen persons were on the train at the time of the accident, only one of whom was killed, although several persons were more or less injured. The locomotive is entirely submerged.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 02 June 1866, Page 3. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.