New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-07-21
CAsuALrIrs-A cartman named Christie

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pher Wood, instantly killed at eight o'clock on
Thursday evening at ochestcr. by coming IN con
tact with the express tram. Tie was caught by the
COW catcher carried three quarters OF a mile. The
tram backed up to the house of the deceased which
was near the road left the body and proceeded on
ward ..-...M Plttstown, Pa. on Saturday week, an
Irish boy named Dougherty,2 OF Il years of age was
drowned while bathing John MahoDey was re-
Gently found dead, with one leg cut of by passing
tram, on the Ogdensburgh and 81 Lawrence Rail-
road near Burke Station. II Is supposed that he laid
down onthe track under estupci,lng influence Of ar
dent spirits The hail storm Oflast Sunday week,
did much damage at Portsmouth. n. II. and q, Kit
terry and York, Me. Five thousand panes Of glass
were broken IN klttery, and The corn, grain, fruit
and potatoes IN the range OF the storm were generally
DESTROYED. Trees were stripped OF their leaves ana
many Of them Of their branches, while some were
torn I'm bv the roots. Geese turkies chickens and
birds were destroyed and lay dead upon the ground
A piece of ice was picked up IN httery mea-
surfing two feet square and two inches IN 'hcA-
ness The Portsmouth Journal says The guam
tIty of hail was great IN some parts OF MI
Il ~ that sleigh would have run on Monday morn
ing early. On Tuesday morning. the second gay a.
ter the Storm basket OF the haistones was brought
to Portsmouth, which had been exposed 10 the ayr
forty hours IN the rear OF the residence on yonn
L. Lawrence, Esq. We measured several OF ihe
giobuies which from two inches to two and
half in circumference. One man, whs was driven
from his room to retired place by tear OF the zee
balls bouncing about the rOOm told US mat nc saw
hail-stones as large as mems eggs we nave ne",a
OF some entering windows With such force as 10
bounce up and break glass OH the opposite Sue Oh me
room. They left indentatlOIs IN the boards on "hch
they struck. In Safest Boston. on Friday evening,
Mr. George McCutcheon, blacksmith was Killed by
being thrown from horse which he had carelessy
attempted to ride with nothing 10 control nm pnt
halter. AT Albany on Friday evening, John hig-
gins was crushed 10 death by the falling OF clay
bank under which he was digging Mr.. Clark, hre-
man on the express line of cars between Baltimore
and Columbia, and Mr. George Meredith, were
Killed recently by falling of the engine and tend
er through a bridge. The Borfentoun RegIs'u
saws that a sad accident occurred near Mansnsta
Square Burlington Co, on Wednesday last. mr.
Noah Brown, a respectable farmer, was engaged ~
drawing hay, and running into bees nest, aroused
them and they lit upon his horses and commences
singing them he attempted to hold them by the
head and IN their efforts to get loose, they knocked
him down and ran of The horses ana wagon
both passed over him, killing hun instantly -.
Mr.. Alfred White, OF West Baton Rouge, says the
Ne,c Orleans Bee, met a sudden and shocking DEAN
ON July ith. lie employed ~ washing the iess
of his horse a favOrite racer, and had securely iAs
tened the end Of the halter 10 his lett wrist suadeh-
ly the animal became frightened, sprang on ana ran
at furious tate around the lot, dragging the unioI
tunate man after him, throwing hlm against the
fence, trees &c lie was discovered by some per
IONS on the road and released, but too late his mead
was Dire adfllly crushed, his breast stove M and ne
breathed his last IN few minutes ai'er~ard.