| From the Memphis Appeal |
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| February 1, 1862 |
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| No Collision |
| The following, from Mr.
Dodamead, of the Ohio railroad, explains itself.
"Your article in the Appeal, day before yesterday, headed,
"Collision on the Memphis & Ohio Railroad," has caused
numerous inquiries to be made; I therefore deem it proper to give a
statement of the facts: On the night in question, a heavy loaded
freight train was on its way to Memphis, when between Shelby and Union
stations, owing to the slippery state of the rails in consequence of
the rain, the engine was unable to haul the train over a heavy grade.
The conductor directed a part of the train detached and carried
forward to Union station, leaving the balance of the train standing on
the main track, with a signal man with lights to warn the passenger
train from Humboldt, with was mostly due at that point. On the arrival
of the passenger train, the engineer of that train mistook the signal
for one usually shown at night at flag stations for a signal to stop
at Bond's flag station; and although he had checked the speed of the
train, it did not entirely stop before reaching the cars standing on
the track, which were struck by the engine, doing some slight damage
to the draw threads or bumpers of three or four cars and causing a
short detention, but no serious damage was done to the cars or engine,
and no person was hurt." |
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