Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1853-10-27

BE- Fatally Hjur,A
ACCIDENT AT THE SHIP LOCKS.
A sad and melancholy accident occurred az the SHIP
Locks Rockets, this morning. "a fN minutes before
o'clock, by which six severely aud one fern
it Is feared mort,iy injured. A. our readers are
aware the masonry this Important work. for connect.
ing the Dock Of The James River and Kauawaa COMPANY
with the james River, has been progressing very rapidly
for weeks past, under tie superintendent of Mr.
M-houey who pushing the works ahead With great
rapidly. For the purpose OF lowering the stones from
he cmbankmeut above tie wall below siz large ami
powerful dcrricks had erected each sustained om
by iron guy rods, which, apparently sufficient
~ strong TO support the weight Of two aud half tons
These six derrcks in order add to the- efficiency
all connected their heads by other rods Of great
strength, Gul from the amount Of weigh; that had hereto
fore been placed upon them ;hry believed fully equal
| 70 all the labor they wcrc called upon TO perform.
This morning after the and 4borcs had turned
out TO work, and while in the o! lowering q small
stone from No. derrick, ami from No. J. lie guy rod
supporting No gave way and Instantly the six dercks
came down with terrific crash, catching several men,
and -preldins havoc im ther fall.
At 30 J, Aclau Haley caught and crushed bad
ly but il hoped .Cl dangerously Auo her man who
was standing near aud aiding him at the tin, received
sigLtiiiury.
At No. >, John Sullivan, mason, was caught in the
wreck a"d had his leg broken Jerry Sullivan, who
'aboring on the platform, carried down with the i-
ling derrick To the wall and injured tlieauv
At No g, Thomas Wall was dragged from the platform
above, and injured though not dangerously
AtN0. :, Jerry Sullivan The 2J was Injured vcr~ bad.
u, having limb broken and Patrick donovan eighty
injured
AtNo 8, Patrick Higgins was thrown from the plat.
form to the wall below, and had h!s left arm broken
A. No g. William she's, a ,bo-cr was literally cru-h.
ed 10 A. the derrick fell he was caught between
the ARA and tue upright and 10 this condition precptcd
from The bank 10 the pit crushing his breast and ribs and
breaking bis thigh. When relieved from his perioJ.
position, he seemed to bee dead but on being carried
home, he sOmewh nat revived though but little hopes are
entertained hi recovery The fact that he was mpeI
into space Of inches, aud there held for some min
utes with large timber his body, furnish the
most conclusive e7id nee that his -terull Injuries arc
severe.
In the pit in which these tx derricks fell and around
the platforms upon which they Stood, there must have
been at 'eat sixty employ ahi the great wonder H.
that 50 few Of them Injured But the remarkaL.
escape that heard Of that ofthe superintendent Mr.
Mahoney, "ho was standing the wall directly between
derricks -four ard five. Thee two pondsous machines
fell at time, aud both in line With Nr u position
On hearing the Btst awful crash lac looked up and seeing
his danger, pruns from the wall under the truck support
ing No. !, aud thereby saved his lie.
The pCpglr vote Of PENNSYLVANIA for election pprposes
reaches about iyus hundred thousaud yet in the recent
State canvass not more tuan hundred and seyeut,
thousand votes were po'ed that about one hundred
and thirty thOuaud legal voters ab,taaed from tb. .r,r
cse Of the elective franchise o. course the tr.i5ri of
these nom voting citizens Whig- or opponents Of the
democratic party. Had any considerable proportion Of
these WAg- taken the trouble 20 20 o. the polls CLri
tan Myers wouiI have been elected Surveyor by hand
some majority for 10 appears Iy the returns that over ten
thousand persons WHO voted the regular Democratic Ste
tcslt Refused to vote f.r Ar Bfavlcy tue Democratic
candidate ils that Office Although the people Of Penn
sylvsua w.re never much addicted 20 polling their TOLL
vote az elections, yet 10 is something unusual and strange
for Jrsa number Que hundred aud Thirty tpou..a
81 tem % sl-'n i'oa voting, aui uyle. ehcra vide.
spread i-sfi. action with part. I'd, fIti "a, nd ,;,
or "an, Of eonidcnce j" 'he management Of cleo
I lions. s. G0.aUr.
The County agricultural Fairs this weir If, Psrr.y'ys
MIA have lI been unusually foe nod wei, Attended w..
have noticed ahclIy a number Of rem. ana We
arc continually receiving accounts Of others. Tie Nou.