The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-07-14
Fearful Accident at Camp Worth.
A WOMAN AAD CHILD sHor NY THE NATIONAL
ouAkrs-RaIURN or rax sgvEsrH KEaMxrT 10
THE CITY TO DAY.

Fearful Accident at Camp Worth.
WOMAN And CHILD sHor ny THE NATIONAL
erAhps-RAIuRa OF Tar sEvxsrH Ksarxxrr 20
THE CITY TO DAY.
depiorsbls accitcn. occurred yesterday morn
isg about ten O'Clock, At Camp WORTH King~ton,
where the National Guard. a'e cncanpsd
The regiment called oui fo' drll, revisw aud
firing practice and OF the numbers on the ground
to witness the exhibition great Immedists'y
in front Of shs line number Of ladies' friends and
Iatvcs Of the memb bers furnished wtth seats, to
have better view OF ths firing and all passed oil plea
sanity unth they began 10 Are by battalion, when the
cry Was raised-'A woman shot "a woman shot ~
whereuron rush made 10 part o! the hsld whore
woman to faIl She raised herselfto her feet
when, the horror OF all present young infant Wa
found in her arma wounded In the head by buiis AMI
it's blood aad brain, asattered the face an person
OF the mother--As she Afterwards proved 10 be.
The greAteWt exciteeot sn.1cd and the females pre-
nanifested the utmost feeling for the runats
mother and profuss In their offers OF assstsace
and Affected many of them that they shed tears
The wounded mother and child taken a tent and
= doctor hent for II found tho wound WAS caused
by bullet which he'd fret struck the bress. Of the
mother, passing through tho mAmiilaIy glands, then
entering the onta lobe OF the chds head and psssiag
nj the top and again woundeg tbs mother by brask
ing the bone OF her Nor the course o. the
in his coat tail without njurns him taach. Tho child,
wtch about ten months old caunoi aurvivc, bot
the mother is pronounced out Of danger.
The wounded woman 10 the wife OF Jeremiah Csssel,
. farmer, who lives shout ten miles back Of KIN .nou,
The ball found to be aattsnsd and had piBce of
bone attached 10 II How got into Of tbs muAtsts
is mystery II liz surmiasd that from the Sc
cond ccnrsny, {Csp,nin shslsrs) directly
opposite Mrs CasBel whom She fell /. further appears
tnat the, mad been shooting at target "a ths morning
and II Is surmised that ball csrricg by somems,ahe,
mixed with the blank cartridges, aud IN the excite
nent OF loading ths difference DOT noticed by ths
person who sped the fatal buie The officers state shat
all the nuskets carefully ersminel and they
understand how the disaster could have occurred
The LOUD Ia their expssssions OF hympatny Tor
the bers aved and wounded mg.r, and IN. affair cas-.
gloom the gala day, which was progressing most
plsasantly &c all copcersod
In orosr to in sons atone for the mischief, col
kciion in aid OF the taken up, ana ncarly
thoussn nd dollars collected The ball which 70
come oil in the evening, and for which prspArA
tcps bad bes made dispsnssd with 20 tho grsat
tsapponteat Of tors five hundfsd young ladies who
had come New York and the uTronndlng coun
try to participate In tn. festyity Th@ gyana review
was also postponed. fpdssd the pnfortunsts occrr-
renee put stop TO all the pleasant tlle sc.ne- the
Guards anticipated
This MOI ming tha seventh Regmaut viii return Ia the
steamer Aida, and will arrive at ~. foot OF Robi
street shout tro O'Clock in the afternoon fhs LIST
Regiment, Colonel vosbourg will meet the Quarts on
their return and escort them 20 their headquarters