New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-08-22

VRrGHTrUL AccIDEYr-COURAGE OF LITTLE
GtKL-As two gentlemen were crossing the suspension
Bndge between the Fall from the American sac on
Friday evening when about two hundred yards from
he Canada side they heard noise ike the falling Of q
heavy body over the precpice few rods above the
bridge and Immediately observed little girl running
toward the bridge. She passed several men who were
standing ia the vicinity aud fastened 10 the lower side
81 the bridge where she descended sort Of ladder or
stairway made by pins being driven into large pole OF
og placed ia upright position and reaching from the
l,wer side of the bridge some eighty or ninety feet
down the precpice TO sort OF recess under the clis
When She arrived al the bottom OF the ladder she
climbed with increased speed along the side OF the MIL
uoder the hanging rocks 10 the place from above
where she had started and descending few steps she
rss observed trying to raise and carry some object
which the gentlemen no had watched her movements
with increased interest, soon became satlsned was
child that had fallen the precpiee. lhey hasten
I'd 70 the end of the bridge, aad sent down some men
wuo had not known OF the accident The child, little
s or years Of age, was ashed 20 the back oil one
Of the and brought up, alive, although greatly IN
ured having one OF both OF It's legs broken, ana one
eve considerably bruised but II will probably recover
s; the child was not instantly killed is truly astonish
ng a. IN have fallen one hundred feet per
pepdiclarly without anything To impede us progress
on the broken stones below. The GOODNESS and lntre
pdity of the little girl perhaps 10 or III years OF age
Of the who met the accident was also aston
shng lBunho Com AdV' iSIh'
DIsGRAcEFUL RIoT.-A shameful and disgrace
c riot took place Saturday night, about IL o'clock
between two of our FIRE companies The alarm oil mr.,
originated from gang Of rowdies numbering, we should
mink one hundred on the corner of state and Pearl
ss who evidently got up the alarm for the purpose Of
getting up a row The crowd n mixture OF boys
and said 10 be attached 20 Engine No y. Engine
No H. on reaching the Of Pearl aud state sts II
Is said was assaiod with They LETT their ma
chine Safest when the gang of rowdies on the cor
ner fed but stood there. named SaInons
who wss attacked by the members o No. ii, and beat
in most brutal They loft hun Tor dead when
they we're pursued by the persons who had previously
hed armed with pistols and stones and No. II Wa
chased down Statest to Broadway where the night wa'
renewed Pisiolr were fired and stones as thick as hal
aewin every direction man named Henley, attached
10 No H. was shot in the groin and dangerously wound
ed Several citizens who were eye-wltnesses were
badly injured. The wsfchmen were IN the Vicinity
sad as usual made no effort TO stop the row.
Albany Knickerbocker.
FACTORY BURNED.--On Thursday evening the
factory of Mr. Blunden, situated on Ridley Creek abou
nine miles west of Chester Delaware County, Pa tool
ire accidentally and was totally destroyed with all III
contents 1t contained machinery valued at soou
5000 used in tine manufacture of cassnets and othe
woolen goods Mr.. B. was fully insured. The build
ing was owned by VIM. PaXson, aud was not insured
There was but very trihing quantity OF goods saved
r-THASksoIvINGi in New Hampshire, Nov 10