New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-07-22

he Mayor IN Saturday fully Identified nrd co'u'',ed %
CAPr MYTHS delightful watering place Is
now ,hongcd with persons m e3reh 81 he.n arr pen I
nnmon;lons on the Island better ard am
sured by those who bet snoT that amp efp r.nr MsW
SnS spoken OF the highest term, OF pr, e he, az
loco Foco G,rHEsIyG.-There was quite
gathering Chester yesterday ote Loco tocot ESsfythI;
was m Observation-Disclosures cheese cu0F Sc-ou' the SPEAK
e SsS we;e few ard miserable.
AcCiDENr-rhe horses attached 10 a harouche
containing NJ Sheek daughter and child became i,shened
tbs IRONING about II o'clock at the corner OF Arch nnd
Schuylkl sh throwing out the inmates seriously
no, dangerously ujGnns the daughter and child.
A FEARFUL ACCIDENT AND NARROW EscAPE,-
On the 10Th instant, al O'Clock T. W. an extra
coach left Middieburi, W. for Burlington, (the
REGULAR coach having left three hours prevlous)
containing six persons, two ladies' from buriing-
ion. (Nrs Whitney and daughtcr,) gentlemen
and his lady from Boston, and the Rev. MI BAL.
lard, Pastor OF the first Baptist Church IN Low.
eli. and his son. II had been raining some dur.
inr the dav, but at the time the coach lelt MID
dlebnry the rain had entirely ceased. In a short
time. however, the rain began To descend again H.
riously. Tie Burlington Free Press says tint
:. il was the scverest and most violent ram winch
occurred here for fourteen years Ii ralned IN ioE
ren,s for two hours. flooding the streets, and
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almost IN an instant When the coach had ar.
rived within two miles of Burlington, one O'Clock
at nioht. where small creek cmpues INTO Lake
Champlain the bridge over the creek having been
carried awav by the sudden rise of water, the
coach, passengers and horses, were precIpltated
from the abulment OF the bridge, twenty ieet
| hch into the stream, where the water was seve-
raj feet deep and running with great violence
Two of the horses were instantly killed. The
Rev. MIR. B. Immediately sprung from the coach
with his son, lad, and swan to the opposite
shore. He plunged again into the stream and
made for the coach, which had lodged against
LARGE log which was confined near The bridge,
and rescued the daughter of Mrs. Whitney, and
the gentleman and lady from their perilous stu.
alton. He then returned and mounted the log,
and endeavoured to save Mrs. Whitney, bu. tail.
ed in the attempt, the log breaking away, was
instantly carried down the stream, and the night
being quite dark, dlsenabed hIm to ascertain her
! lust position, therefore her fate was to md
watery grave. Finding 1t was out OF his power
TO render her any assistance, and seeing that his
own life was in immncut danger, he leapcd from
the lca into the stream, and with great difficulty
reached the shore being somewhat bruised and
yery much exhausted. The diver escaped uuhurt.
FRtGnrruL ArrAIR-Wc learn that yesterday
morning. as locomotive, with train Of empty
burden cars, was proceeding the Reading
| Railroad, the whole train, numbering thlrly-tye
cars, with III; tender OF the locomotive, was pre-
cipitatcd into Mill Creek, with the bridge across
that stream. The engineer, in passing over e1.
perienced some symptoms OF giving way, and
upon reaching the extremity of the bridge, ap
piled more steam to the engine, and jumped of
at the instant the bridge fell, and the whole train
with it. The locomotive, at full speed, passed
up the road short distance beyond Norristown,
without any injury. Pnilad. Ledger
a. Twelve or fourteen persons were injured
more or less, and some of them quite serously,al
the fire Yesterday morning. Five of them, stran
gers, have been taken 10 the Hospital. The IN
iures were mostly caused by jumping from the
upper stories, in the haste, confusion and ncces-
slty OF the circumstances. One man had his leg
broke one woman met with the same misfortune,
and another woman jumped ont OF the second
story wlndnw with an infant in her arms. inH
woman escaped without serious dninagr bar the
child, 1t Is ic red Will not recover. The nthtrs
who weIc injured were bruised, cut etc bal sui
fercd no fractures, or very dangerous external
hut5. Buff '!n Courier.
HIGHWAY RoarEaY-OfIiccr WIN. 0 Russell
succeeded Yesterday in areslng two men by The
names Of John kinsngtOn and John Green, fol-
highway robbery on John C.. Bate. They were
Yesterday examined before the Police Court and
severay ordered TO recognize for their pc sona
appearance before the Court Of Common Pleas
in the sum Of $1,000 each, and for want thereof
they were committed. New Bedford Bul. GOTH
A SuicIDE.-A female named Rakes com.
mltted suicide at Cincinnati few days since, by
taking laudanam. She had just arrived in Gin.
cinnali, in search Of man, a painter by trade,
who had led her astray from the paths OF virtue.
On finding him, she demanded if he was going
to marry her; he refused, and she in fit of des.
pair proceeded to his shop in the evening and
commenced throwing his paints into the street.
for this she was arrested and imprisoned in The
watch hodse, where che terminated her life BIZ
taking laudanum.
MISERABLE OuTRAGE.-The office Of the Spai.
king Fountain was broken open at Pawtucket,
r l. on Thursday night by some of the rum.row.
dies of that place, and quite lot of type thrown
into the river. A letter directed to Rev. T. II.
Bachelor was broken open and thrown into the
river also.
u The Schenectady, N. Y Cabinet, says
that the Wheat crop in that vicinity will prove
total failure. From the success of last year large
quantities of wheat had been sown, especially in
the County Of Schoharie, but scarce kerne!
will be saved, SO great have been the ravages0 of
the fly.
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