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Show i Uy Te'wr.ipir.J JlKllrontl DI-AHlrr. Meuiplfs, 11. The a.cilcnt on the Mis L-s ppt A Tennessee Rai road today, to-day, was more terrible than was it first reported. As the train was cro-s-ing the iron bridu'e five miles south ol here, the axle of the 'a'gage car broke. The con:ussion prvciiiitated the seeouJ class passenircr coach down the embankment, em-bankment, where U took fire from tin overturned stoves and burned will fearful rapidity. The scene ,f -ufh-r-ing and terror was horrible. Tiic cai was principally tilled with negroes, who were madly strug'-ding to extricate themselves from the debris of tin broken and burning car, and seream ing to those around to aid tlieiu. Sm li was the rapidity with wlrch the fire spread, that nearly ail injured by ihc fall were burned to death. Thu second sec-ond pa-seuger coach was dadicd to pieces, yet but few of the paenger.-wcro paenger.-wcro seriou-ly injured. No accurate account has been received of tho number num-ber of killed, but it i certain six were burned to death, and a luige nuinh.-r seriously woun led. |