| From the Clarksville, Tenn. Jeffersonian |
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| January 3, 1862 |
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| Accidents |
| A soldier belonging to one of the
Mississippi regiments, fell from the up train on the M. C. & L.
Railroad {Memphis, Clarksville & Louisville
RR} on Tuesday morning, near Cumberland city, and was killed,
we did not learn his name. |
| On the same night, about 8 o'clock, while
one of the soldier trains was standing still on the high trestle, on
the other side of the river at this place, waiting for the draw of the
bridge to be turned, two volunteers, one belonging to the 10th
Arkansas regiment, and the other to a Mississippi regiment, stepped
out of the cars, under the belief, it being dark at the time, that the
train was at the depot, and fell to the ground a distance of about
forty feet. One was instantly killed, and the other so badly injured,
that although not dead, but little hopes are entertained of his
recovery. |
| A few moments after these accidents, and
before the train had got entirely over the bridge, two other soldiers
stepped out of the cars, and fell through the bridge to the ground, a
distance of forty or fifty feet, and yet miraculously escaped any
serious injuries. |
| A man named M. C. Turner, belonging to
Col. Reynolds regiment of Mississippi Volunteers from Corinth,
Tishemingo county, was found lying across the railroad track on
Wednesday morning, cut nearly in two, and horribly mangled. His bowels
were torn out and scattered around. He was on the train which left the
depot between three and four o'clock that morning and it is supposed
must have fallen between the cars. Verdict accordingly by the
coroner's jury. |
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