The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-11-03
4 FRiGHLFUL EXPERIMENT.

Was uisd with EvnP'~ der u B..i-
deere. In Warren f'ouais. N. ]. on Fn.
day afternoon. y h,ch ih,esisnsd lie NOT
l.lal consequences 10 several lsiis,e.al..
The e.se - sisted By slle journal shons
remarkable leneriiy 90 lie psu Of The
persons concerned. snd The result 1.
Taught With profitable Ssrning:
Il appears that large hollow iron shaft
lsr water Wheel WAS csss some noah.
sInre IL The foundry 4 DAVID P Krn,en.
10 Beludere; which proving deIeslse.
Vas removed Il .haw sia1i qn.tIer
al mile from the village { . the parp..e
al beng bursi 70 pieces vi n posdsr. IN
order that the fragmenls might be melted
down AID over Ml X and some IL
his voTkmen charged il with several
pounds If powder. aud Esrced IN an iron
bali urighing some % lhs.. By the sida
81 which they drove In a large iron
wedge. sopposine iha, WHEN lhe powder
should e,xllo,lsd ne hall would be fare.
"a along lie wedge. Until b.co,aing 90.
slrueled. The expansive larce u tie pow
der woald bafst the shalt ssnnder lIlv-
irg no idea thai the lall could po,s,hly
escape. lney were careless. sd in Ito
opinion IL most persons. hlamsably care
les, &c The dirrclion Va llrh the ~
lindrieal shaft aas pointed. AZ i hsp.
peued IL was aimed iowsrds tie village.
The ma,ch Was spplied; IN explosion
followed. Bat instead 81 bursting lilo
shaft. he ban and wedge we're fnlcsd Out
With mTesisublr violence. tie hall being
hurl,d 20 The diftriion 81 MI. Cisig's
Hotel. Ia is route Il passsd near lie
hssd nf one Of The persons Who hid been
concerned IN loading Tie .hafi; struck he
earth in Tie STREET south u the Court
House. near where so1e BOYS were play-
ing; thence glanced upward. passed
through The roof 81 The shed in the rear
Of Mr.. Crsig's premises; dashed shroogh
. window 10 The srcand slofy 81 the
housr, through The partition which sep
efsies the back add ironf rooms, forced
is way Out through ihe trent ~ the house,
and fell 10 The ground few rods dlssani.
Near where il fell some persons were
passing, aud some children were playing.
bot none Of them were njused. 10 The
fInnt room through which The bill passed,
Gentge w. Snyih. E.q.. HE lady, AID a
youug lady. we're sitting II The time. The
ball went lille 10 ihs front &c Nc.
Snlyih, and directly over she head Of
Mrs. Sny,h, missing her By only law
inches. She bad jus, resumed her seat.
having the minute before b.ea silnJi g
10 point blank range Of she shot. which
would ceriainly have dashed her "a pia.
ees. As il was. her head Was covered !
with du,i and fragments ~ the shattered
wall, and she Wss stunned with the con-
ens.ion ni tie air, which "a. 90 great =
10 force ou1 several panes " glass from
tho window near her. On the whale.
however. she sustained no serious irjd.
rs; most rro,IJeniial circumstance.
Tho conducl IL Mrs. Snyih on this
trying occasion was cunl. calm aud col.
lrciej, sifnrdiag Al example worthy Of
inIIaiion By her sex. She neisher srtea'n-
ed. faInted, nor vent iuia hysiunc', bat
seemed lc.s anxious or hrr AVN personal
safety than far that II her husband. The
fret uord she uttered uss To- inquire ahe.
iher lie was hurt. even b.inlc she Could
deirrm,ne whether Of nuIshe MS herself
seriously IMPUTED.