The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1853-01-20
BLAIR CoUNTy AFFAIRS.

| Rail ROAD CoLLIsIoN.-Ac collision took place
on the Penn'a. Railroad, near McVeytown, be-
tween two freight trains, on Friday afternoon
! last. We learn from those who were present,
that the engagement between the Locomotives
was frightful in the extreme. They came to-
gether with terrific force, running at the rate of
ten and twenty miles per hour when the occur
renee took place. Both Engines were totally
wrecked, and several of the freight cars broken
to pieces scattering the contents for great dis
tance over the road. The Engineers and hands
all jumped from the Locomotives and Cars and
escaped uninjured, but Mr.. John Painter Of
Westmoreand county and Mr.. Porter of Lewis
town. The former had his legs broken and was
otherwise injured, so badly, we believe, that his
life is dispaired Of The latter was badly hurt
but will recover. The damage is estimated at
from fifteen to twenty thousand dollars.-Blair
County Whig
nSy~ J. C. McLANAHAN, Esq, is recovering
from the recent injuries he received. He was
thrown from his buggy about ten days since.
Rs~ BoNNAFoS, of Pittsburgh, opens his
dancing school in Holiday ysburg on Friday night
and viii teach the Polka, Schottisch and Mazur-
ka He is the man that can do 1t.
Eag= On Friday last, son of Mr.. VIM. Har-
dy of Snyder township, in Blair county, aged
about IA years, met with his death under the
following painful circumstances. He and his
companion, n small boy, were crossing the Rail
road bridge near lower Tyrone Forges, about
the time the Express train crosses the
same, and before they had both reached the end
of it, young Hardy was overtaken and instantly
killed. His head, one arm, and legs were all
cut off, and his body torn to pieces. He was a
sad and mangled corpse to convey lifeless to
suspecting parents! His associate reached the
terminus of the bridge, but made miraculous
escape Hhig.
ESE7 A man named Joshua Creighton, was
81. 4
Furnace, Blair county, on the night of the llth
inst. He leaves wife and seven children to
mourn his loss.
gGE- We learn from the Standard thot several
fires occurred in Hollidaysburg, ON Monday
night about u o'clock. The Livery Stable Of
MIR. C. f. Delaney, situate in the rear of the
American House, was discovered to be on fire,
and with its entire contents, consisting of hay,
harness. and a quantity of grain, all con-
sumed. Shocking to relate, four horses also
persisted in the flames, and another was so bad
ly burned that he had to be shot. The loss of
Mr.. Delaney will probably amount to 81, 900 or
81, 500.
A short time afterwards the Exchange stable,
was discovered in be in flames, and was burned
to the ground, together with about one hundred
bushels of oats and some two or three tons of
hay. The horses, buggies, harness, hogs, COWS,
Sc. were fortunately saved. two story frame
house, opposite the stable, belonging to Mr. L.
B. Moore, was considerably injured by the fire.
In this, as in the former fire, the snow on the
roofs of the surrounding buildings was all that
saved them from destruction, the engines being
perfectly useless. Fortunately, the night, though
cold, perfectly calm, not a breath of wind
moving.
On the same evening, about IL o'clock, the
bedroom Of Mr.. j Ill. Douglass in the second
story of his grocery, was entered by the back
window and the bed fired, which was fortunately
discovered and extinguishe6 before any material
damage was done except to the bed and bed
ding which were consumed
Soon after, the stable of d. Watson was dis
covered to be on fire, the fire having been COM
municated TO some straw in the NOW, but the
fire was promptly extinguished.
These fires were undoubtedly the work of a
band of incendaries, and it is 10 be hoped that
the citizens of the town viii at once adopt mea-
sures to capture the inhuman scoundrels who
commit these deeds.