Litchfield enquirer., 1862-07-17

New HARTFoRD.-A singular accident and a
remarkable escape from a terrible death, is re-
ported in a Hartford paper as having occurred
in the Village of New Hartford early last week.
The circumstances are briefly as follows: fl. .
On Monday afternoon, the It'll inst, four Irish
lands were swimming in the waters Of the Green
woods pond, near the east end of the dam, when
one of them, boy of 10 years Of age, named
Michael Denahy, was drawn by current Of wa
ter through broken plank in the dam, ,cithin
the dam ITSELF His young companions, fright
ened by his mysterious disappearance, and sup
posing him drowned, made up various stories as
to his whereabouts, denying that he was with
them in the water, and it was not until Tuesday
morning, when the boys clothes were found up
on the bank, that it became evident that he
must have been lost in the water while bathing.
Consequently large number of citizens rallied
at once to recover the body of the lost boy, but
all these efforts were unavailing, and work was
suspended until evening. At this time some of
the boys owned up that they saw Michael drawn
into this suek-hole, as they called it-when
Messrs. Bentley and Stewart of New Hartford,
went to work, early Wednesday morning, with NO
thought of finding the boy alive, to open the
lower end of the dam, when after removing
some of the stone with which the framework Of
the dam was filed, the searchers were startled at
hearing faint cries from within Tue structure,
which led them to suppose the boy was still
alive The removal of a few more stones con-
frmed the suspicion, and discovered the boy
crouching beneath the upper timbers of the
dam, crying out in wild bewilderment and fear,
with the waters dashing wildly and terrifcally
about him-from which position he was speedily
removed, after having been confined in this liv-
ing tomb for period Of thirty-nins hours.
The correspondent of the Press concludes -
He was taken home, and with the care of his
parents and friends is rapidly recovering from
his prostration. He is already quite himself
again, and gives good account of his dark and
dreary Imprisonment. He says he went through
the hole head foremost; that it was entirely
dark that he became very cold that he slept
for long time and awoke much refreshed; that
he heard his father call after him on Tuesday
morning, and answered him that the water was
constantly pouring around his feet and legs. and
dripping down from above in showers, so as oft
EN- to make his breathing difficult; that when
the men first got hold Of him to take him cut Of
the dam, he thought some animal had caught
him, and he pushed them back that the FIRST he
knew of his rescue he was in the boat being to.
king to the shore and his fathers house. The
boy is but ten years Of age, is good swimmer,
but did not know Ct the hole into which he was
drawn. His parents, who have been frantic
| their supposed loss, are now loud in their ex.
pressions Of gratitude 70 God and their neigh.
bors, for the preservation and rescue of theii
child, after his Incarceration Of thirty nine hours
in the dark, cold, drenching prison Of the Green
woods dam. age 9s% .a'''i@s-- f3Ai sh-t."