Delaware State journal and statesman., 1863-09-18
A Sad Accident
FaH " q Portion Of d New MHt-TDslve Men
InjuTei

WINE village, nchr Inc ahll yufu lcll by Whlch
twelve men were injured The facts ~ we have
learned them are as fOlluws;-li appears that
fifteen men we're engaged in raising up some
large pieces ol lumber On which the root rests,
and iur this purpose had / laced boards across
the 1lsts distance Vi about twenty five feet
from the ground, OH which they were standing.
Whist hOislup the frame. work up 10 its place the
main grder supporting the loieta broke in the
cchtrr, aud ptecipiiatcd the men to the ground
among a mass of broken uoa,ds aud pieces Of
lumber Twelve ol the number were injured -
Their namea are as follows
famue u. File Of Dfandywiue Village, leg
broken anu considerably htuiscj
William Garter Of Br.hdywihe Hundred, back
Injured-no seriously
ueorge MOuslty Of BranlyWue Hundred
elirhlly injured about the hack nnd much bruised
about The bOiy
Amos Nickershan oi this city, ankle sprained
Cornelius McAlliscr # Upper Oxford. Uhes
ter County, Pa, badly injured internally. lie
was dying when We vlsttd the scene Of the
catastrophe yesterday lie WAS conveyed to the
residence vi Mrs Green, ia Brundywine village.
Theodore Kennedy Of New London rORnshlp,
Chester County, Pa ankle spralned aud bruised
about The body
Cheney ilaunum OF braniywiue llundred, loot
smashe.l.
Lewis Squibh OF this city. hack hurt
Brnton Cox of Draujywine Village, back aud
side injured lie was very much bruised
Wysiuger Robinson. slightly injured about the
shoulders.
William Pearce OF Philadelphia, foot aud shoul-
der hurt
Ferguson Wilson Of Newark, Delaware. head
injured
None oI these men are seriously hurt except
MIR. McAllisier
Mr. Isaac l. Wcldn OF Brandy wine Village
WAS un the wall III the building when the acci-
dent occurred aud was Just in tho act ol stepping
Va to the scailollmg Had ii taken place one
minute later he would probably have been one of
tic victims
DR.. Miller OF Brantywine Village was sum
moned immediately 10 the scene ol tue disaster
and attended TO tue wants Of the sufferers.
| Those liviI q Mt distance were kindly cared for
and remO 'ed to the residences of citizens of the
| Village.
The accident is taid to have Leen the result Of
a defect IN the timber composing the main girler,
| which was not observed wheh il was put in the
building. when we consider the immense mass
Of lumber which fell and the great distance it
was from the ground, together with tue large
number of men on it ut the time, it may be re-
garded almost ns n miracle that more were not
either killed or fatally injured.
LAYIEd CORNER Stone The corner stone
of new chapel to be erected at Fort Delaware,
for the use OF tho garrison, was laid on Saturday
last. The address on the occasion was deliver
ed by Bishop Lee, uul was Of an eloquent aud
appropriate character.
A paper containing tue following inscription,
was deposited in the corner etoue:-
4" In the name Of Almighty God, the Father,
the Son aud the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Z" This corner stone of Trinity Chapel Fort
Delaware, to be erected by contributions from
the troops aud Engineer Department of this post
and consecratcd To the worship Of Almighty uod
is laid on the l2ih day of September, AunC
Domin 1853, by the Right Rev Alfred Lee, b
ID Bishop Of the Diocese Of Delaware, assisted
by the RcYs. VIM II Paddock mud L j. Why
Chaphms U. s A his Excellency Abraham
Lincoln being President Of the United States
Ametlcai the Hon William Cannon Governor o
the State Of Delaware, and Bripadier Genera
Alhin SchOcpi Commaudant at Fort Delaware
80 Other foundation can no man lay than lha
Is laid. which is Jesus Christ"
Besides n copy of this document, the corne
stone contains the names Of Colonel Samuel
Graham, commanding the purnoll Legion, III
field aud company officers OF the Legion on dui
At this post
Also, the names Of the staff of the General il
. command. with the company oiliccre Vi the va
rious batteries within the tort.
hso, the names Of tho officers of the Melica
aud United States Engineer Department AT III
n post, Of the nrchiect mnstrr mason and buildu
d, Of tue chapel The conner stone also contains
= cory OF the Holy Scriptures OF the Old aud Ne
Tesiaments, copies oi the leading religious an
D. political papers of lhis date, aud spccinens
+, the coin aud currency Of the United States.
The new chapel will he very neat Goth
" structure, capable Of seating about 800 person
D. 1t will be Uhtoa chapel in the fullest sense,
IA cletgymen ol all denominations connected vii
4, the different military organizations on the lslal
II will meet, fratcrnigc und ollciatc there.
:. AT the conclusion Of the exercises, the invit,
AZ quests were sumpiuously entci tanned at Il
Head quarters VI General Schocpf, tue Gener
u and his lady doing all IN their power to enhan
L. the enjoyment Of their guests
ID u 5. GENERAL HospIrAL.-The folowil
H. changes have taken place at this institution, siu
=, our last report
" Adauied james lIilyard, Co. C, Purnt
ol Cavalry Benjamin r. Belt, Co. c, Pnrn
Cavalry Joseph France, lst Delaware Batter
Corporal Henry Zimmerman, LIST Delaware BIZ
terry Hiram Butler, Co. T., both New Yorl
"a Morris u lienyis, lst Delaware battery; Mori
~ Ruiter, Co 9, Let Delaware Cavalry; rhOm
a Miller, Co. &, 2l Delaware; Miller Jones,
Delaware Battery Jesse Kirk, "a Delawa
H.. Battery james Mulhm, lst Delaware Batter,
~. Johu Il. Hamilton Go. h, lst Delaware Corp
~ T., raj Theodore Jones, Co &, lst Delaware UaValI
~ ReturaedtO Dgty. Morris u iIenVis, LIST Del
ne ware Battery; hlram Butler, Co. C, 5Oh N,
ne York, Wm. H. Hitch, Co. G, Purnell Cavalr
er j. Hayward Bradford, "a lieutenant U. S.
US iantry James Mullin, LIST Delaware Battery.
II. On FarlOagh -Flrman Lloyd, Co. |, 18th NJ
ir, Jersey; Sergeant Albert L. Bigebw, Co. |, "a
III, Michigan Corporal Isaiah N. Alhertson, Co.
he lth New Jersey.
ce Returned from FWiouyh -lIalsey r. BrannG
ge Co q, 10th New Jersey Lorin Barrans, Co.
re LIST Massachusetts Cavalry.
MS The Board en- psrmdnencs is now holding
ire services at the United States General Hospital
), this city
he First Lient Samuel Uanby, Fourth Unit
ian States Artillery, is ordered TO report to Bri
% ~, Gen. Slemmer, at Columbus Ohio
y. Dr. VIM. II. White, is ordered to report
NJ Brigader 0enerBl Graham, at Annapolis, n
:" He left our city, on Wednesday morning last
Number Of Patients, .
nB Strength Of hospital, .
~ New MiLL.-Measrs. Jessup s. Moore, ,
,,o erecting large mill in BrandyWino village
81 81 short distance below tue ship yard, for the pl
,r, pose of manufacturing paper from straw. \
~ Wysinger Robinson, Of Rocklanl, ia the c.
lei tractor. THIS firm have a large number Of IL
m employed, ind are using every effort to have
IL mill finished as early as possible Mess
ore Jessup Moore were induced to erect this u
ton ON account of the articles necessary to be u.
on in the manufacture of ohaw paper having b,
ace found to be injurious to the water with VIII
our city reservoir is supplied.