Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-11-09

| Salem for New Orlesns, being about To sail,
Mr.. MIligan. OF New Orleans. VII, child and
servant, who wer TO embark in the Salem
! rove down in hack TO the wharf In tu,n-
ing The carriage round, one OF he wheels 'ame
off, and The consequence WAS, hat The carriag''
wi h its passengers, was o er'hrnfd into me
dock Unhappi'v, Mrs MlIligan sunk 'mme.
diateIy and all -ffrrrs 10 recover the body have
hitherto pro, ed -ilics. Nh. Mi ligan, he
child, md the -eivant, were saved.
] O'Clock = The body of Mrs Miigan has
iusr neen recovered the Coroner's Inques' Is
now sit ing The accident occurred 'hu~: The
cnac Imam having driven to the wrong pier, was
! turning his carriage, when, In doing so, the
horses trod on some bar iron lying 'oos ly on
| the wharf, wifi II alarm d Them Caused them
TO ia k, and, nefo'e they could be urged tor
ward. he carriage was for, ed over the wharf,
dragging Them with II The horses were
drowned and me csrrage sunk
Mr.. VI liigan i, The brother Of Mrs. Louisa
NJ ne. of Delaware. Mrs Mlligsn was he
daugh'er Of Mr.. Urquhar,, of New O'leans.
~ r inner
This unfortunate and melan holy accident
having enlisted public sympathy, we suhj"in
the following additional particulars from the
New York G. &c e:
We have o perform this morning, the me.
lave civ task Of relating the c,rcomst inees at
ending a mos h. RI rending accident which
occurred in tbs CITY abou noou, Yesterday
NJ. Miligan, e New . leans, arrived, with
is family in hi, CIV, on Tuesday evening.
from PnI!sdrlphia. and v,se day morning took
a hack with u,e in,enir n "f embar k,"g
board 81 the ship Sa EN-, WIN h was on he eve
f Ealing far New leans. The vessel was
lying at the pier mex, allow Old sip, but owing
To some mis- direction, the driver went down
the wrong pier. On asce'tsining his error, he
found hal he harf was 40 much enc umbsre
to admit Of MS to ming He accordingly GO
down from his box with the Inier ion Of back.
ing his carriage GU Into the street He had
SUI coed in reaching wI'hn nbou, iwenlv five
feet vt the npen s're't, WHEN from some alarm
exit IN The horses or some obstruction en-
o n ed ny The der wheels, he Carriage
tu ~, d tn one SIDE AID before The horses could
b. restrained. me whole f. II backwards IN o he
liver The ci,zens IT, tn v.cini y i'm med ave
" locked TO 'he 500, To render their id. Mr..
Ming ~ was cxtr'ca ed aher me de- "
The female sew mt Ia black) wos res ued.
b ing taken Up on the other side of h,
VII {. lug pa,s,d under IT Mrs Mill
lgar's infant, aged about eight month W 5
,iso RESCUED ny a humane individual. VINO, #
Ter diving several ,imes into the carriage sue
c. drd in Ting i in his arms. The fate Of
Mrs. MiIligan, ue remaining suff-rer as O
more drplorablr 'hatsctet A gentleman
who was one Of III" frs opr.fr' suoco,, dive
into thf water aud caught hold OF her clp k
but II Welded 10 his er,sp aud the atiemp
proved fruitess. Her BODY was afterwards
d'lfed bv the Tide under tie wharf, where l.
rem Aimed abou forty f e minutes. An open
Ing bring made in tue bridge, the body was
aken out. hut in N n,Irrly hnpeIes, condition.
Several of our mos eminent nhy,i ians asks
10 tn, a 'empts TO resuscitate the BODY, but ali
proved unavailiug
A c"ronrr's jury sal over the body of he de-
ceased, and re'urDed verdict Of Accidental
Drowning *s' fs5'
The erivrr of the hack i, a person no eoub,
we'll known !" many OF our d'izrn.. HIS mann
IS Ia RI Srxtpn, and he was, Tor many years,
the faithful attendant upon the l.ie DR. Wrighr
Post, whose gig hr inv ,riaoly drove The |
Carriage and oorsrs Viii, h are now st 20 him)
were his own, having been g-uero s y b stow
ed upon hin, o." the decease Of his venrrable |
master. !, Dies not appear rha, any gross |
csrelessness IS tribu able TO Mr. S x'"n, who |
bears character for attention, sobrieiy. and !
industry.
We have vi wed the spot where thi, fatal
acc Ident took place rhe wharf is out II Of
der. / square timber tcaIIed The string piece)
about foot III height which IS ususlIy pic d
o" the edge OF the whar'es. is wan,iue, and its
p'a,e has been supplied win round spar.
which a. III r hui little resistance to the pas.
sage OF wheel over il.
Mr. Milligan is he brother Of Mrs. Louis
M'Lanr. OF Deawar- Mr., MiIiean wa, hr
daughter Of Mr.. U quhari, Of New o leans
ne hi'd, hough ofcourse III, is ., onouuced
to he out II DANCE.
we understand hat hr body of the dee ased
!ady mas been r"m we'd 20 The house OF Mr..
roster, Bowling green, and will be inferred on
Saturday, mex,
We should be unjus' no, to speak OF ,be hu.
name exe-ti0ns Of Nh, Samuel h. " .r,.. Ill