Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-04-28

| A MELANCHOLY RgcITAL--We Jester
day afternoon received from the lips o
BIiss Matte Cook detailed narrative o.
the facts attending The mslancholy and
terrible death Of Miss Sadie StockWell
at Bowling Green, Ky. e
On Friday Miss Matte Cook, Miss
Sadie stockwell and Miss Molie Hobson
yiAited the family Of SIR. Baker who re-
.ides a short mile beyond the river, where
they remained al night At half past
eight clock on Saturday morning these
young ladies', accompanied by Miss Til
lie Baker and her younger sister, started
70 Bowling Green The wind was blow.
ing quite hard, and Mr.. Baker advised
them not 70 90, as he said the wind would
be very heavy on the bridge They de.
termining, however, 10 90, set out and
as they arrived near the bridge they
Playfally arranged that they should pro.
coed in pairs to keep each other from
blowing away, bat upon arriving on the
trestle work Miss Cook was IN advance
some twenty feet, and when the fatal
blast struck her she, With great presence
Of mind, threw herself PROSTATE upon the
track and cluug to the cross ties. Al
most Immediately she was startled by q
shrek Of terror, and looking aroand sav
her friends being hurled over the side Of
the trestle work, Immediately over the
abutment She carefully crawIsd 70 the
edge Of the bridge, when she saw that two
Of her friends bad fortunately fallen on
the abutment, about Eve feet below the
top Of the trestle work, while another was
on the stony earth some forty feet belew.
The two.on the abatment proved to be
Miss Tillie Baker and Miss Hobson, the
former Of whom was lying partly over
the edge Of the abutment, aud was kept
from falling to the terrible depth below
by her younger sister, who lad reached
her, and was holding her by her clothes.
Miss Cook attempted to reach Miss
stockwell, and In the attempt rolled
down the steep aud high embankment
When she reached her friend, she saw
she was insensible, and she called loudly
for help; but none coming immediately
she endeayored to drag Miss stockwel
to the water, but before reaching the
river soldier arrived with bottle o.
camphor, with which she bathed the fac'
Of Miss s., which revived her for mo
ment or two.
The other young ladies were rescued
from their perilous position, and Mis-
Siockwell was conveyed back to Mr
Bakers, where she fingered. in grea
pain aud for the greater part Of The TINT
insensible, uatil a quarter before ont
o'clock in the afternoon, when she gently
fell asleep in that sleep that knows n,
dream and no awaking until the resur
rectiou morn.
There was slight cash on the bacI
Of her head which bled profusely, bu
none Of her bones were broken, aud onl
n few slight bruises on her shoulder an
arm were visible. Her wounds wer,
doubtless internal, and no skill Of phys
icians could avail angbt Five wer
called but could not save the preciou
life, which was so suddenly aud 40 terri
bly, snatehed away.
The remains reached this city o
Tuesday night and were yesterday 90,
veyed to Iheir last resting place, foIlowe
by long train Of Weeping and aorrov
ing friends aud aeqaaintanAceG
Miss Cook escaped entirely nnif1are,
except slight bruises received In rollin
down the embankment, while Mrs. Ho
son aud Mrs. Baker were but slightly i
iured.